Sci-Fi Short Film 'Eternal Dawn' | DUST

Eternal Dawn is an anticipative short documentary painting the story of humankind exploring our universe after discovering the secret to eternal youth.

"Eternal Dawn" by Tom Serin & Thibault Fotré

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Director's Statement:
Science is often disliked by young people. Yet, the great minds of humanity gave us science so that we could dream. We really wanted to use it to write this film. AI and new technologies open up new horizons where immortality, or at least the extension of human life, is an extremely serious topic. We were eager to share our vision of a world where aging is no longer a problem. Space travel would then be completely transformed, and humanity could finally set out to conquer our galaxy.

"Eternal Dawn" Credits:
Director & Writer : Tom Serin & Thibault Fotré
Lead 3D Artist : Thomas Hubert
3D Environments :
Chiara Guedon
Anton Gruschy
Léo Bouyer
Dimitri Zordan
Mathis Malvaud
Matteo Betat
Nathanaël Duminil
Pierre Buissiere-Pacard
Eliott Delahaye-Boigontier
Tom Serin
Thibault Fotré

Cast:
Frédéric Swiderski
Anne Fotre
Selma Benbrahim
Thibault Fotré

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[thibaultfotre]

Hey Everyone! Thibault, the co-director here. Thank you for watching Eternal Dawn!

We are documentary film makers with Tom and on our last year of school, we decided to make a 3d fictional documentary. We had 7 days to make it all happen, so we wanted to thank, from the bottom of our heart, all the team behind this film. They are all students but none had experience in 3d.

This was a beautiful challenge made possible by Thomas, our 3d teacher and unreal freelance artist.

Thank you also to Sergey Azbel for his incredible tracks and kindness.

I'd love to answer any questions you may have about the making of Eternal Dawn !

(Yes, we are science weirdos)

[thibaultfotre]

Just to add a little note : *No AI was used to produce this film. From the script all the way down to the final export, we only used our brains and our very modest 3D skills*


When I mentioned AI in the video description, I was referring to its use in the scientific field. Very far from our common usage of Artificial intelligence, some AI models already enable our researchers to multiply their computational and iterative capabilities. For example, AI allows for the rapid modeling of new proteins and new materials. All of this is already evident in our current world. There are countless examples! We have been given the opportunity to generate a bunch of cool stuff with public AI. Scientists have been given the opportunity to radicaly change our perception of the world !

[eezyclsmooth]

"Star Stuff, We Are All Made From It",
Carl Sagan (RIP)

[jameswack]

Wow!!!! GREAT WORK, team! I'm 70 years of age and was an early member of "The L5 Society", etc. I personally knew Carl Sagan as a friend.🙏 I watched the Space Shuttle land in The Mojave after its maiden voyage. I attended VIP Nasa events as my then wife worked for NASA via Lockhead on the Space Station Science module. LOVED he opening 'commentary' from recorded messages from Humans that were engraved on the 2 Voyager Spacecraft's "Golden Records" that were attached to the spacecraft (a Carl Sagan sponsored project as our "Message in a Bottle" from Island Earth).🥰

I think "Life" is a balancing act, especially for Humans" (We "Smart Apes"😁): Longevity ("Survival") = Intelligence + Wisdom (Intelligence is knowing a Tomato is a Fruit. Wisdom is knowing that it doesn't belong in a "Fruit Salad"). As we're living longer (Science!), our Intelligence & Wisdom aspects are... at the moment... lacking. Darwin hypothesizes: 'that means 'some' will NOT survive' ('some' is a relative word depending on where you currently live and whether you believe in Science).

I've shared your work with other like minded individuals. Kudos! I firmly believe Carl Sagan and Gene Roddenberry would have approved as well. THIS is MY idea of The Future!

[Zero-Point-Particle-Machine]

You've really done something here.
A history of a future as the backdrop of an elder imparting wisdom. There was no judgment or egotism in his words. This is a man that wants others to succeed; this is a man I would like to know.
You guys hit a rare balance with this. Wonderful job!

[BearOnTheMoon]

Beautiful.
That eternal dream of humanity, to reach out to the moon and stars, and one day actual grab hold of them with our bare hands.

[HappyMommy]

From DUST we born
And in DUST shall we return

[dimitrizordan]

So proud of worked to this masterpiece, thanks and hat-off to the team, we can be proud !

[ericchild]

This was very interesting. Great subject material to work with and the CGI is flawless. The score really brings it together. Congrats and thanks for sharing your work with us mere mortals.

[VickiNikolaidis]

Engaging visuals! Good to think about this topic. 👏👏👏

[andersborum]

Would pay real money to see a movie made from these people on this topic.

[denijane]

"We gave you the key to time, what would you do with it?" is fantastic line. I personally would rather leave thousands of years. I'll figure out what to do with my time.

[MortenNielsen-skpt]

More, please more. It’s brilliant 🎉🇩🇰

[fxmaster]

Amazing!
From playing Unreal to seeing what current FREE Unreal engine can do in hands of capable artist...
I'm astounded!

[soerengerlach]

Very good story, .thats really hard or SciFi when you use virtually the whole galaxy as canvas. And i wouldn't overestimate the importance of brilliant visuals as there a so much gems on Dust, which used just very simple visuals, but where the story totally compensated for it. Thanks for the short!

[jimfrey]

Another impressive video! Great ideas to bend the mind, Expansive soundscape and CGI. Love it! Thank you very much for this short. It leaves much to think about.

[charles.e.g.]

This is an extraordinary film. At times mesmerizing and hypnotic. And with the incredible score, it often feels like a dream, of events that may or may not have happened.❤

[AcapulKero]

Great short! Something different we watch here on DUST. I liked it a lot!

[BruceDavidKellock]

Absolutely brilliant!!!
Excellent work.

[Ramen.Butterbeard]

Visionary, thank you for a real Sci-Fi, story, keep it up please ❤