CineSpace 2018
In Partnership with NASA
Finalists of the fourth annual CineSpace international competition, a collaborative project of the Houston Cinema Arts Society and NASA. The event features the announcement of the three top winners selected by Academy Award© nominated director Richard Linklater. NASA will also award two special prizes for films that best depict Innovation and Inclusion in Science and Technology and the Concept of “Moon, Mars and Beyond”. Entries are competing for a total of $26,000 in prizes.
Films containing NASA-captured imagery collected throughout the agency’s 60-year history were judged on creativity, innovation and attention to detail—the same hallmarks of spaceflight. The competition was open to all filmmakers, both professional and aspiring. The chosen films, all under ten minutes in length, are a wide variety of narrative, documentary, and experimental film genres.
Sleep
Film Best Depicting the Concept of "Moon, Mars, and Beyond"
Orest Smylanets, Ukraine, 2018, 3:29
Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance. This movie is dedicated to Robert Andrews Millikan.
| Country, Year | Ukraine, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | Orest Smylanets |
| Language | Ukranian |
| Runtime | 3 MINS, 29 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Experimental |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Juanita: Beyond the Borders
Film Best Depicting Innovation and Inclusion in Science and Technology
Elena Franco, Mexico, 2018, 9:58
Juanita manages to turn her dreams into reality.
in 1985, Juanita was one of 16 Mexican women semifinalists in a contest that chose the first Mexican astronaut. A pioneer for Mexican women, she created an opening for females in a field heretofore dominated by men.
| Country, Year | Mexico, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | Elena Franco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Runtime | 9 MINS, 58 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Documentary |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Hall of the Space Kings
Finalist
Elizabeth McKeon, United States, 2018, 5:22
Just another day in the life of an astronaut.
| Country, Year | United States, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | Elisabeth McKeon |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 5 MINS, 22 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Documentary |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Blackout Day
2nd Place
Graham Uhelski, United States, 2017, 7:29
A mini documentary about peoples' experience on the day of the total solar eclipse, August 21, 2017. A filmmaker collaboration of an incredible celestial event.
| Country, Year | United States, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Director | Graham Uhelski |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 7 MINS, 29 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Documentary |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Aphelion
Finalist
Sarah Hickey, United States, 2018, 6:38
A human pilot and his alien biologist companion embark on a mission to discover the mystery behind a strange shape in the stars. Along the way they grow closer, sharing commonalities, understanding their differences, and working together to keep their spaceship floating, all while pushing beyond known boundaries into the darkness.
| Country, Year | United States, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | Sarah Hickey |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 6 MINS, 38 SECS |
| Genre | Animation, CineSpace |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Lift Off
Finalist
Kevin Hughes, Ireland, 2018, 7:17
Grace aged 10, is woken up from her dream about going to the moon in a rocket ship by her parents and their friends arguing about the future in the sitting room below.
| Country, Year | Ireland, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | Kevin Hughes |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 7 MINS, 17 SECS |
| Genre | Narrative |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Back Home
Finalist
Stela Subashi, Albania, 2018, 2:25
Four year old Lucy travels back to Earth inside her paper-cut spaceship equipped with curiosity and a lot of imagination.
| Country, Year | Albania, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | Stela Subashi |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 2 MINS, 25 SECS |
| Genre | Animation, CineSpace |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Rocketman
Finalist
Charles Baldwin, United States, 2018, 3:47
This is the story of a phone call during John Glenn's 1962 spaceflight.
| Country, Year | United States, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | Charles Baldwin |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 3 MINS, 47 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Documentary |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Particles
Finalist
Neta Ben Ezra, Israel, 2018, 2:45
Music Video for a Hebrew song called "helkikim"- Particles.
The beginning and the end are out there, just hard to find.
| Country, Year | Israel, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | Neta Ben Ezra |
| Runtime | 2 MINS, 45 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Music Video |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Arc
Finalist
Kamil Dymek, Poland, 2018, 6:14
On a distant planet, the last descendant of a dying race awaits his demise when a mysterious life-giving creature crash lands in his world and gives him another chance at survival.
| Country, Year | Poland, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | Kamil Dymek |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 6 MINS, 41 SECS |
| Genre | Animation, CineSpace |
| Event Type | Compilation |
The Visitors
3rd Place
The Visitors, Horacio Rodriguez, United States, 2017, 8:42
An account of how residents of the moon were surprised and inspired by the arrival of the Apollo astronauts.
| Country, Year | United States, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Director | Horacio Rodriguez, Susan Spano |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 8 MINS, 42 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Comedy |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Tape Machine
Finalist
Aidan Brezonick, United States, 2018, 3:17
An old-fashioned writer, dreaming of distant planets and adventure in the big infinite, discovers that he's already living in the future. The quest for exploration never really ends, it merely changes.
| Country, Year | United States, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | Aidan Brezonick |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 3 MINS, 17 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Music Video |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Space Craft
1st Prize
Jan Turek, Prokop Jelinek, Czech Republic, 2018, 4:54
Sampling from his personal archive, Jan Turek takes images, miniatures and other materials collected over three decades and brings them to life in this moving collage - taking us on a journey through the history of space exploration.
| Country, Year | Czech Republic, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | Jan Turek, Prokop Jelinek |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 4 MINS, 54 SECS |
| Genre | Animation, CineSpace |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Oxidation
Finalist
Neta Ben Ezra, Israel, 2018, 1:30
Space is visible from the earth, how would that look like?
| Country, Year | Israel, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | Neta Ben Ezra |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 1 MINS, 30 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Music Video |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Spaceling - Everything is Possible
Finalist
Karsten Pruehl, Germany, 2018, 3:31
The first child in space shares her thoughts and dreams with us.
| Country, Year | Germany, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Director | Karsten Pruehl |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 3 MINS, 31 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Comedy |
| Event Type | Compilation |