Movies About Space Travel
C (299,792 km/s)
In the future, there is an interplanetary cold war with ten thousand warships circling the sun, each with a planet killing payload. On board one of these ships, Lieutenant Commander Malleck and the ship’s engineers seize control of the ship and accelerate to near light speed to begin a new life in another star system. (15 minutes)
Citizen
After astronauts John and Isaak traveled 234 days in space, it is time to return to Earth. Unfortunately, a meteor strike caused their spaceship to lose nearly half of the breathable oxygen that they need to return to Earth. How will they resolve the situation, and what is the meaning of John’s nightmares? (15 minutes)
Cockpit: The Rule of Engagement
In 2103, humanity is at war with the Tarceds, an alien race that can control minds. A fighter returns from combat, and its pilot requests to land on a space carrier. The captain of the carrier must make a difficult decision—either allow the fighter pilot, who is running out of air, to suffocate, or allow the pilot onboard and put humanity at risk, if the pilot is afflicted by the contagious alien mental disease. (12 minutes)
Hyperlight
The USEF SOLIS is the first spaceship to be constructed with faster-than-light capability, made possible with the Hyperlight core. Emiliana Newton and Philip Maeda are chosen for the USEF SOLIS’ first mission—to investigate a distress signal coming from a nearby planet, Q465b. The Hyperlight core creates a temporal anomaly: the distress signal came from themselves. (18 minutes)
L.I.P.S. – League of Interplanetary Process Servers
In this part live action, part animated, comedy, the League of Interplanetary Process Servers’ allegedly finest agent attempts to deliver 30 subpoenas throughout the universe in ten minutes to break a record. A fan/bartender/aspiring writer accompanies him to chronicle his great ten-minute adventure. (22 minutes)
Over the Moon
The first moon landing included one spacecraft with two redneck men and another one with a feminist heroine and her bumbling cyborg sidekick. There is some not-too-friendly competition between the two groups. (7 minutes)
Recoil
Space scavenger Marshall receives a deep space distress call from his estranged brother, who is trapped in a time loop near a black hole. Against the wishes of Bodhi, the ship’s computer, Marshall decides to try to rescue his only surviving family member, despite the enormous risk of navigating this strange space-time anomaly. (19 minutes)
The Comet Chronicles
By the 22nd century, Earth people have been exploring the galaxy and have met hundreds of life forms. In this retro-futuristic noir short film, private detective Ashley Comet explains what happened on planet Andar 5 that caused her to be expelled from the Galactic Patrol. She should have been more careful when answering that distress call! (12 minutes)
The Leap
In the future, only a limited number of people are allowed to travel each year from dystopian old Earth to utopian new Earth. A government cop takes pity on a disadvantaged woman to help her begin a new life. (30 minutes)
They Will All Die in Space
A large spaceship is adrift in space, with its main engines and long range communications damaged. Will the travelers on board the spaceship start to run out of supplies before repairs are successful? (15 minutes)