CINESPACE 2019 FINALISTS
Judges’ Picks
FIRST PLACE, BEST DOCUMENTARY
David Regos, Spain, 2019, 9:52
When preparations were being made for the historic Apollo 11 moon mission, three space stations around the globe were needed to keep track of the spaceflight. One was in California, one in Australia, and the third was in an unknown sleepy village in the middle of Spain. “The Most Ideal Place” shows the crucial role that the town of Fresnedillas played in July 1969. This documentary tells the story of the local Spaniards who unexpectedly became an important part of this monumental event.
The Only Home We Will Ever Know
SECOND PLACE
Matthew Pomerantz, United States, 2019, 3:11
On February 14th, 1990, one picture made us all feel small again. From over 6 billion kilometers away, Nasa’s Voyager I Probe turned back from where it had once come and snapped an iconic image of all of us, together, shrunken down to nearly the size of a pixel — The Pale Blue Dot. Astrophysicist Carl Sagan personifies this image, encapsulating the sublime, the vastness of outer space, and the creations of the human race. Our differences are meaningless, and our only true hope for today are the innovations of yesterday and tomorrow.
THIRD PLACE
Susan Carol Davis, United States, 2019, 8:26
Before the acronym STEM even existed, Dr. Pauline Beery Mack, Texas Woman’s University professor in the 1950s-1970s, pioneered in the quest for knowledge in science, technology and statistical research. Her advances in bone density provided NASA invaluable information for manned spaceflight, earning Mack a Silver Snoopy award presented by Astronaut Jim Lovell in 1970, a time when women scientists were rarely recognized among their male peers.
Special Categories
BEST DOCUMENTARY
David Regos, Spain, 2019, 9:52
When preparations were being made for the historic Apollo 11 moon mission, three space stations around the globe were needed to keep track of the spaceflight. One was in California, one in Australia, and the third was in an unknown sleepy village in the middle of Spain. “The Most Ideal Place” shows the crucial role that the town of Fresnedillas played in July 1969. This documentary tells the story of the local Spaniards who unexpectedly became an important part of this monumental event.
NASA 1991 Youth Recruitment Reel
BEST FILM USING THE MOST UNUSUAL OR OBSCURE IMAGERY FROM NASA
Juan Pablo Jaramillo, United States, 2018, 1:58
A fictional “lost” NASA recruitment reel from the year 1991 while the STS (space shuttle) program was in full swing; the campy short captures the joy of NASA employees working and supporting the shuttle from the ground, as well as astronauts operating the shuttle during liftoff, low Earth orbit, and landing. Nearly all shots are carefully constructed using archival references combined with modern-day footage, using visual effects to remaster existing archival videos and finally recorded to a 23-year-old VHS tape.
FILM THAT BEST DEPICTS HUMANS IN SPACE
Wai Ching Cheng, Zhuoneng Wang, China, 2018, 4:59
From the point of view of a small robot, this video seeks to tell the story starting from the launch of the SLS to the future city of Mars. Our habitat, the Nomadic Cloud, will accommodate a NASA crew of four, who will be the first humans ever to step foot on Mars. Our habitat is a movable lightweight structure that can be used as exploration equipment as well as a living space.
Finalists
Milda Baginskaite, Lithuania, 2019, 6:43
Joseph Diaz, United States, 2019, 4:36
Clement Oberlin, France, 2019, 4:414
Çağrı Surhay Kılıç, Fuat Değirmenci, Turkey, 2018, 3:45
Dan Brown, Graeme Mackenzie-Owen, Dave Walters, United Kingdom, 2019, 3:43
Gabriela Iancu, Romania, 2019, 7:58
Damien Donnelly, Ireland, 2019, 3:34
CG Foisy, United States, 2018, 7:55
Fatima Zahra El Yazghi, Morocco, 2019, 4:56
Coleman Mason, Nikole Pryor, United States, 2019, 8:43