CINESPACE 2017 FINALISTS

Judges’ Picks

Lunar

FIRST PLACE

Christian Stangle, Austria, 2017, 7:20

In A Process That Took 18 Months, This Animated Collage Brings Together Thousands Of Original NASA Photographs. Using Different Techniques, The Artists Bring The Stills To Life In A Celebration Of Peaceful Exploration.

Nadir

SECOND PLACE

Pedro De Filippis, Hungary, 2017, 9:17

In An Observatory In Budapest, A 55-Year-Old Astrophysicist Plans To Go To The Moon. In His Small Dome, The Micro-Universe Turns Into Macro, Giving Life To His Plans.

The Invisible Border

THIRD PLACE

Shannon Leigh Reeves, Chelse Belmont, United States, 2017, 9:35

In The Not So Distant Future, Renown Scientist And Inexperienced Astronaut Dr. Annie Tennant Has Beaten The Odds And Successfully Returned Home From An Unprecedented Solo Space Mission. During Her First Exclusive Interview, The Crucial Importance Of Her Journey And Its Emotional Impact On Her Views Of Humanity Are Revealed.


Special Categories

Apizaco

FILM BEST DEPICTING THE BENEFITS OF SPACE TO HUMANITY

Alex Moreno, Mexico, Documentary, 7:36 Without high-tech and with limited resources, a group of teenage girls from Apizaco, a small rural town in Mexico, learned math, science, and robotics together with the passion and dedication of their middle school teacher, and managed to win the top prizes at NASA’s Mars Trekker Global Teen Summit.

This New Sea

FILM BEST DEPICTING THE SPIRIT OF FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION

The case for space exploration as something essential to the human spirit, made passionately by the explorers themselves. A documentary straight from NASA’s archives.


Finalists

Eight Ball

Jonathan Grace, Australia, 2017, 2:53 

Miss Baker’s Ride

Patrick Morgan, United Kingdom, 2017, 6:45

The Great Portals Of Cyberspace: Doomsday

Jacob Carlsson, Sweden/France, 2017, 3:25

To The Sky

Damiella Clementi, Chile, 2017, 9:58

I’m Here Now Somehow

David Regos, Germany, 2017, 10:00

Planet

Bill Sebastian, United States, 2017, 10:00

The Space Between Us

Jesse Vogelaar, Australia, 2017, 8:10

Transmitter Receiver

Vincent Wilson, Canada, 2017, 8:59