Sci-Fi Short Film 'Back to the Gaia' | DUST

An action to save to world, a clinging mourning of her father, the metamorphosis of a girl in her fighting with loneliness and fear.

"Back to the Gaia" by Chen Xiaomeng

More About "Back to the Gaia":
After the collision with an asteroid, the earth's magnetic field had been broken, it was still inhabitable for human beings in the year 2013. To survive, human had started to construct the sanctuary in outer space. Many geologists were compelled to exploit non-ferrous metals. For most of them, it was a one-way road to death. Lola’s father was one of these geologists. He was deeply in love with the abandoned earth, he believed that the SG106 he researches on could bring human back to earth. But he didn’t see it come until the end. Many years later, Lola, who misses her father very much, carries out the unfulfilled wish of him. She steps on this strange planet, looking for the the secret of returning to earth.

"Back to the Gaia" Credits:
Cast:
Lora - Xinmo Ma
K - Wenhao Zha
Lora's Father - Peng Yan

Crew:
Director - Xiaomeng Chen & Le Luo
Log keeper - Sha Lee

Director of Photography - Rui Zhong
1st Assistant Cameraman - Eryang Cao
Assistant Cameramans - Jiaqi Zhang, Junfeng Cao
Lighting engineer - Kunpeng Liu
1st Assistant lighting engineer - Yanfeng Sun, Jun Lee
Assistant lighting engineers - Pengfei Liu, Fei Teng, Guoping Sun , Junfei Sun Zhigang Cao, Qiwang Sun, Hui Deng
Camera Checker - Yu Chen
Stage photo - Zi Cheng
Conceptual Design - Xu Tianhua

Art director - Xiaoyu Wang
Set Decorator Leader - Hongwen Chen
Assistant Editors - Jian Liu
Original Score - Zi YI, Xiansheng An
Costume designer - Bao Wang
Makeup assistants - Guannan Wang, Huimin Shi
Dubbers - Wenhao Zha, Yanming Mo, Yin Feilong
Subtitle translator - Ge Mu
Producers - Wei He
Production manager - Feilong Yin
Producer - Dan Chen
External producer - Lei Luo, Jixiang Liu
On-the-spot producer - Qingyuan Yang, Heng Huang
Administrator - Jie Wang
Grips - Xiaobo Zeng, Jie Lee, Changbo Yu

POST RRODUCTION
CGI Supervisor - Allen Wei
Assets Supervisor - Allen Wei
Producer Manager - Myron Cai
Production Manager - Sherry Wang
Matte Painting Leader - XianYang
Matte Painting Arist - Russell Lee, Jinqian Ma
Modeling & Texture Leader - Yang Su
Modeling & Texture Artists - Derek Liu, Stephen Wang, Russell Lee, Lan Yu, Tony Li, Shanshan Liu

Stereo Effect Artists - Yihe Wang , Xiaohan Zhou
Colorist - Yuxin Liu
Audio producer - BEIJING GOLDEN CICADA FILM
Sound Designer - Yang Jiang
Sound Production manager - Zhao Nan
ADR Recordist - Tian Zi
Sound Editors - Chen Yu Tong, Zhang Rui Ming

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[SD_FANZ]

Glad to see the Ghosts from "Destiny 2" are still helping humanity!
Wonder if she becomes a Guardian...🤔
😅😅👍

[natet]

I love the fact that the music when she first starts descending is hopeful rather than foreboding. It's a beautiful sentiment to the idea of possibilities rather than fear. Sound can change everything.

[pw]

Great visuals, good storyline..
Well made, great short !!

[sinan.]

This brings back the sense of wonder that has been sorely missing today. Good job!

[erreemebeerreemebe]

Great popcorn movie Lora and K make a wonderful team. Wonderful job CONGRATULATIONS,

[TheRealNappyG]

Definitely want to see more of this storyline! Want to know what happened to Earth after the magnetic field is restored. And this character. Very compelling, some great CGI too. Great job, Team!

[AcapulKero]

Excellent short. I would like to see more of this story, maybe a whole movie? Great actress!

[thegeohistorian]

Not sure if that was a nod to No Mans Sky, but it sure looked like the Atlas! NIcely done!

[hellothere]

A first one to comment on a fresh DUST release.
And a good one!
Am honored.

[mlh]

great short and great choice of is very easy on the eye and a good actress. Hats off to Xinmo Ma.

[OniMetsuki]

So close to being excellent.
Clearly a lot of work and passion went into this.
Just let down by a few bits jarring the overall experience letting this short film down.
I hope you do more shorts though and learn from this experience :)

[tardismole]

Beautiful. I love it. The images and music complimented each other perfectly.

[rakibhasan]

Watched The Expanse recently, loving sci Fi more and more. A nice addition.

[leeakers]

Good film. Action without being overwhelming with booms fire and smoke. Good tension, and a hopeful resolve. In my mind, everything a good science fiction movie should be,

[jonah_.l]

whoa
this is one of my favourites
also the mandarin is absolutely flawless, im impressed

[BonkersAboutAlice]

Nothing old or stale about anything with DUST in it.

[GySgtRay]

EXCELLENT!! The actress is fantastic, as well as, storyline and special effects! I loved it! Well done!

[ericchild]

Awesome work. Need more of these please.

[danielcostello]

I see the team are Destiny 2 Fans. One of my first thought is that she has a Ghost. At the end, it looks like a scene out of Rifts.
Nicely done. One question, why is the ship's computer speaking in English when no one else is?

[rbshoemaker]

Wild story idea! The theory and scientific idea is unique and creative! Would love to see a full length feature exploring more of the causes and effects of such a potential threat to our earth!
The potential story line could create a world where we must deal with the catastrophic consequences of such a threat!
Please continue!