Category Archives: Space films and videos

Events, Solar Sci-Fi, Space films and videos

Videos from the Starship Century Symposium

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Via Rocketeers comes a pointer to the gallery of videos of lots of interesting talks and discussion panels at the recent Starship Century Symposium. The symposium was a gathering of scientists, engineers, and science fiction writers to discuss the future:

See, for example,

Panel: The Future Of New Space
moderated by Peter Schwartz
Freeman Dyson
Neal Stephenson
Allen Steele
Geoffrey Landis

Solar Sci-Fi, Space films and videos

Video: Trailer for “Dark of the Moon”

A trailer of a proposed sci-fi film named Dark of the Moon by Tyson Wade Johnston has been released. (Link via io9.com)

“Set in Los Angeles City, 2057, an outlaw is captured and sentenced to a lifetime of imprisonment in the LUNAR penitentiaries. To reunite with his lost love, he must become the first convict to escape the corrupt system and return to Earth.”

Space Arts, Space films and videos, Space Music

Videos: Tribute to Carl Sagan with space vistas and the music of Daniel Hope

Brittany Manning points me to her excellent videos of space imagery combined with the words of Carl Sagan and the music of Daniel Hope:

 

Solar Sci-Fi, Space films and videos

Classic space opera novels – suggestions for filmmakers

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Hollywood would have no shortage of space stories to tell if they followed the recommendations on this page: What classic space opera novel do you want to see on the big screen? – io9.com.

History, Space films and videos

“The Cosmonaut” – feature film available on line

The Cosmonaut is an independent film that was made for $400k obtained via crowdfunding. You can watch it online for free. The film is

a fusion of science fantasy and history inspired by the legends of the lost Soviet cosmonauts. The film is set between from 1967 and 1976, and follows the life of Stas, Andrei, and Yulia in the recently built Star City. The main characters are witnesses to the successes and failures of the Soviet space program, and are frustrated by political intrigues and power struggles prevalent at the time.

Here is an interview with the director Nicolás Alcalá: The Cosmonaut: Crowdfunded Movie Explores Legends of Lost Cosmonauts through a Fantastical Lens – Space Safety Magazine

Here is the trailer:

http://youtu.be/hdIGjMbrk70

Caption:

Trailer for “The Cosmonaut” a feature film by the Riot Cinema Collective and 5000 more people more.

The Cosmonaut is the story of three characters surrounded by events that happened over a fifteen-year period: successes and failures, accidents, conspiracies, nepotism and secret missions. Is not only a feature film, but also a Transmedia project (30 webisodes, an alternate ending, a secret shortfilm, various books and much more).
thecosmonaut.org

Trailer edited by: Arturo M. Antolín, Daniel García, Víctor G. Rivero
Motion Graphics: Daniel García
Sound: Pecera Estudio
Color Correction: Luis Enrique Carrión
Music By: The Secession Studios; Greg Dombrowski (Trailer Cues Vol. 1)