C 299,792 km/s: Derek Van Gorder’s Short Sci Fi Film

C 299,792 km/s is the story of Lieutenant Commander Malleck, and her radical act of mutiny aboard the KESTROS IV. With the help of her co-conspirators, she attempts to harness this weapon of mass destruction for a grand new purpose. But when a contingent of ground crew led by Second Lieutenant Kai threatens her master plan, Malleck must use the ship against them in order to succeed.

I have to say that I haven’t seen another sci fi short that pays as much visual, musical and ideological homage to Carl Sagan‘s seminal series Cosmos as C does.

From the film-makers: To build the future, we looked to the past. No CGI or greenscreen was used in the making of the film; all our sets and props were built by hand and filmed in-camera. Combining new advances in digital camera technology with traditional special effects, we sought to create a unique, timeless look through lighting design, camera tricks, miniature photography, split-screen, and stop-animation. We believe that this approach allowed us greater creative possibilities on a low-budget science-fiction film.

Other cool science fiction films

• Tears of Steel: Blender Foundation’s Stunning Short Sci Fi Film
• Stephan Zlotescu’s Sci Fi Short “True Skin” To Become A Warner Bros Full Feature
• Plurality: Dennis Liu’s Big Brother Sci Fi Film Rocks
• ROSA: an Epic Sci Fi Short Film by Jesus Orellana
• Legacy, Ark and the 3rd Letter: The Dark, Post-Apocalyptic Sci Fi Films of Grzegorz Jonkajtys
• Portal: No Escape (Live Action Short Sci Fi Film by Dan Trachtenberg)
• Cost of Living: Short Sci Fi Film by Bendavid Grabinski
• Robots of Brixton (a short film by Kibwe Tavares)
• Drone: An Action-Packed Sci Fi Short by Robert Glickert
• Somnolence: A Short Sci Fi Film by Patrick Kalyn
• Kara by Quantic Dream: Do Androids Fear Death?
• Aaron Sims’ Film Archetype: Your Memories Are Just A Glitch!
• Ruin: A Stunning Short Sci Fi Film by Wes Ball
• Sight [a Short Sci Fi Film]