Writer/Director Luc Besson made the 1997 sci-fi movie The Fifth Element and his new movie, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, appears to have a similar extravagantly stylized look to it. The movie is inspired by the French comic book series Valérian and Laureline. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The National Geographic Channel‘s Mars mini-series directed by Ron Howard debuts on TV on November 14th. However, the first episode is now available for online streaming for free: Novo Mundo – MARS Video – National Geographic Channel. We watched the episode […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A couple of inspiring videos:
Here are some recent additions to the collection of sci-fi short films at DUST – “sci fi videos and visions of the future” (see also this earlier posting): ** Wire Cutters: “Wire Cutters” – Writer / Producer / Director: Jack Anderson www.jackanders.com/ […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest trailer for the movie Passengers, which will reach theaters during Christmas: Synopsis: Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are two passengers onboard a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This video has two versions of the trailer for the movie Arrival with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner, which opens in theaters on November 11th:
Below is the trailer for the movie Hidden Figures, starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer & Janelle Monáe. It reaches theaters on January 13, 2017: HIDDEN FIGURES is the incredible untold story of Katherine G. Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Happy Asteroid Day! Asteroid Day is a global awareness campaign where people from around the world come together to learn about asteroids, the impact hazard they may pose, and what we can do to protect our planet, families, communities, and future […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is a crowd-funding campaign for a documentary about : Earthling’s Quest – Alien hunters and a message to the stars by Alexander, Per & Malla — Kickstarter This is not fiction – this is the human pursuit for extraterrestrial […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve posted a couple of times (see here and here) about the CineSpace short film competition, which is sponsored by NASA and the Houston Cinema Arts Society (HCAS). What makes this competition unique is the requirement that the creators use NASA imagery to some […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Check out the short film Boldly Gone now available online for free: Boldly Gone is the tale of two estranged brothers who come together to launch their father’s ashes into space. It stars Sean Biggerstaff (The Harry Potter Series), Dimitri Leonidas […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I posted earlier about the “Moon Shot” documentary project by Orlando von Einsiedel & J.J. Abram, which profiles participants in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition. The nine short films are now available on YouTube. (The videos are also available for free at Google Play.) You can watch all […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A documentary series of short films about the Google Lunar XPRIZE will be released later this month: Academy Award®-nominated director Orlando von Einsiedel, Executive Producer J.J. Abrams, Bad Robot and Epic Digital have joined forces with Google and XPRIZE to create a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the complete 74 minute high-definition version of the film, The Mars Underground, released in 2007. The documentary tells the multi-faceted story of how humans might reach and settle the Red Planet and of the studies, proposals, and advocacy […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Check out Konstantin Bronzit’s poignant We Can’t Live Without Cosmos, a fifteen-minute film that has been nominated for a 2016 Oscar in the animated-short category: The Screening Room: “We Can’t Live Without Cosmos” – The New Yorker WATCH: Oscar-Nominated ‘We Can’t Live […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A report on the recent Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival held in NY City: The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival Announces Fourth Year Award Winners NYC’s Only Sci-Fi Film Festival Honored Superb Independent Filmmaking. Record 80 Films […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I recently highlighted the 2015 winners in the CineSpace short-film competition sponsored by NASA and the Houston Cinema Arts Society (HCAS). NASA officially opened the 2016 competition this week: ‘CineSpace’ Short Film Competition Returns for 2016 NASA and the Houston Cinema Arts Society once […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Philip K. Dick Film Festival opens soon: Great sci-fi is steadily approaching as The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival returns to New York City for its fourth annual event from January 14-17, 2016. The four-day festival, screening at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The CineSpace project is a short film competition sponsored by NASA and Houston Cinema Arts Society (HCAS). The framework for the contest is that the films must inspired by and use actual NASA imagery. The first competition took place in 2015 and you can find the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) just released its latest newsletter: ISEC eNewsletter – December 2015. Included is an announcement about their new magazine: Via Ad Astra – The Space Elevator Magazine – Volume 1 / Number 1 of Via Ad Astra (Road to the Stars), […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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