CineSpace 2020
Presented in Partnership with NASA
CineSpace is a short film competition and collaboration between NASA and the Houston Cinema Arts Festival. This screening highlights narrative and documentary short films inspired by the NASA archives and created from NASA archival footage. Prizes are awarded by Houstonian filmmaker Richard Linklater and will be announced on Friday, November 20th.
Join us for a special CineSpace ceremony on Friday November 20th at 6pm which will play at the end of the CineSpace program. Already watched the finalists? Just skip to the last video in the playlist (still accessible via your ticket) and watch the announcement of the 2020 CineSpace winners!
Kalpana Chawla: The Bright Star in the Sky
This is the story of Kalpana Chawla, an American astronaut, engineer and the first woman of Indian origin to go to space.
| Country, Year | India, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Director | Sourabh Kumar Vinodiya |
| Producer | Sourabh Kumar Vinodiya |
| Language | Hindi |
| Runtime | 9 MINS, 59 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Short |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Curiosity
Riley, a graphic designer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, discovers an alien species while browsing photos from the Curiosity rover. These creatures can only be seen when one scrolls through the photos quickly: when the scrolling stops, they disappear. Riley’s initial excitement turns to terror when he realizes that one of them has appeared in the room with him.
| Country, Year | United States, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Director | Ryan Larkin |
| Producer | Ryan Larkin |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 4 MINS, 48 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Short |
| Event Type | Compilation |
This Other World
Former astronauts reflect on their experiences, sharing their wisdom to offer fresh perspectives on confinement and isolation.
| Country, Year | Australia, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Director | David Regos |
| Producer | David Regos |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 9 MINS, 53 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Short |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Twenty
After 20 years of human presence on the International Space Station, astronauts celebrate the power of global partnerships, and their advancements for all humankind.
| Country, Year | United States, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Director | Eric Harris |
| Producer | Kim Baker |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 4 MINS, 43 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Short |
| Event Type | Compilation |
The Search: Journey of Faith
An astronaut brings the Catholic Sacrament of the Eucharist on a mission into space and sees the beauty of the world through the lens of his Faith.
| Country, Year | United States, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Director | Steve Flanigan |
| Producer | Steve Flanigan, Justin Leddick, Kevin Mallory, Jon Ervin, Ted Mass |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 7 MINS, 03 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Short |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Space: A Skate Odyssey
An experimental short film which blends skateboarding and archival footage to tell the story of one woman's mission to cut sick on the moon.
| Country, Year | Australia, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Director | Toby Morris |
| Producer | Toby Morris |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 1 MINS, 59 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Short |
| Event Type | Compilation |
My Name is Juno Hello Jupiter
A spacecraft falls for a distant planet and resolves to go and visit, a one way journey from which it will never return, in this music video ode to the Juno mission.
| Country, Year | New Zealand, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Director | Claudia Gunn |
| Producer | Claudia Gunn |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 5 MINS, 04 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Short |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Cosmic Perspective
Cosmic Perspective follows the journey of how space photography has changed our understanding of the universe as a two-dimensional, then three-dimensional, and ultimately a four-dimensional place. It combines spectacular images with Terry Virts’ profound narration.
| Country, Year | United States, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Director | Terry Virts |
| Producer | Terry Virts and Jannicke Mikkelsen |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 9 MINS, 58 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Short |
| Event Type | Compilation |
For Humanity
A short, collage-style film that slingshots us on a journey back to our childhood aspirations to explore space.
| Country, Year | United States, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Director | Spencer Olson |
| Producer | Spencer Olson |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 1 MINS, 33 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Short |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Opportunity
Opportunity, a NASA rover on Mars, must find a way to survive as a life-threatening dust storm approaches.
| Country, Year | Canada, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Director | Braelynn Simpson |
| Writer | Braelynn Simpson |
| Producer | Braelynn Simpson |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 4 MINS, 24 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Short |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Impossible Journey: The Untold Story of the LLRV
Impossible Journey: The Untold Story of the LLRV reveals how Nasa engineers and test pilots developed a new vehicle to train astronauts in simulated lunar gravity, which made Apollo 11 a huge success.
| Country, Year | United States, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Director | Cameron Mitchell |
| Producer | Cameron Mitchell |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 10 MINS, 00 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Short |
| Event Type | Compilation |
Not Our Thing
From the viewpoint of an engineering student from a rural village in Indonesia, we can see how the ISS has empowered the children of his village to dream of something that is out of this world.
| Country, Year | Indonesia, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Director | Rio Ananta Perangin-Angin |
| Producer | Rio Ananta Perangin-Angin |
| Language | Indonesian |
| Runtime | 5 MINS, 06 SECS |
| Genre | CineSpace, Short |
| Event Type | Compilation |