She stole a ship to save humanity. The military said 'absolutely not.'
This film is the story of an idealistic flight officer who hijacks her spaceship during an interplanetary cold war, and attempts to escape our solar system in search of other habitable worlds. However, when a small group of soldiers led by Second Lieutenant Kai provide unexpected resistance, Malleck’s master plan is threatened. A compelling sci-fi action/drama about one woman's vision for the next logical step in human development: the leap from interplanetary to interstellar colonization.
Practical Effects
Zero CGI, all miniatures and in-camera magic. A lost art resurrected.
Score
Pulsing synthwave that makes 15 minutes feel interstellar.
Direction
Van Gorder crams feature-length ambition into a quarter hour.
Director
Derek Van Gorder
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Entirely crowdfunded for under $10,000, proving practical effects aren't dead—just ignored by Hollywood.
The title is literally lightspeed: 299,792 km/s. The film itself is about outrunning human limitations.
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