ASTERNAUTS - Award-winning Sci Fi Comedy Short Film [EN]

Winner Best Film @ Columbia Film Festival, NY
Winner Best Cinematography @ HollyShorts Film Festival
Winner Best Screenplay @ Porto7 Int'l Short Film Festival
Winner Audience Award @ Cortópolis Int'l Short Film Festival
Winner Jury Prize for Excellence @ Boston Sci-Fi Film Fest
Winner Best Sci-Fi/Horror Audience Award @ Love Your Shorts Film Festival
Official Selection @ Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner, SXSW, Heartland Film Festival, DC Shorts, LA Femmes, Jerry Goldsmith Awards, Huesca Film Festival, Malta Film Festival, Hofer Filmtage, Molodist Film Festival, Bangkok Film Festival, Kurzfilmfestival Landshut, BuSho Budapest, Cannes Short Film Corner, and more (over 50 film festivals worldwide)

Life is pretty dull for small-town farmer Earl McKnutt and his childlike brother Joel: Wake up, feed the cows, and sit on the porch until it's time to turn in. That is until one night a mysterious object from outer space crash-lands in their pasture killing their best bull and milking cow…

A MovieBrats & Sandbox Hero production
Directed by Marta Masferrer
Written by Raven Burnett
Produced by Alexander Weimer, Esther Friedrich, Marta Masferrer
Cast: Zenon Zeleniuch, Wray Crawford, Melissa D. Brown, Tina Balthazar
Cinematography: Xiaosu Han & Andreas Thalhammer
Production Design: Marcus LaPorte
Film Editing by Marta Masferrer
Music by: Adrian Sieber
Executive Producer: Marianne Walzer
Co-Producers: Paul Knaus, Chelsea Kujawa

[kinngrimm]

i loved how Earl brought back wonder to his brother.

[tomtest]

I did the voice of the baseball announcer on the radio in this film. I channeled my "inner Ernie Harwell!" The producers did an incredible job all around, great performances from the lead actors, excellent score and cinematography.

[RocketeerAndRoll]

The best part of this is that the women were all acting only slightly odd, and it is up to your interpretation to decide if they are actually human or not. You get the idea they may have been aliens but if they were, they were used to masquerading as humans. All that's really important in the end is that these two characters are incredibly endearing.

[TallyRocky]

The official human slogan: “Let’s poke it with a stick!”

[TheChaoticCelt]

It is amazing how people can come up with really nice films here on YouTube yet, there is so much garbage in the theaters that we have to pay for. GOOD WORK!

[DigilusionStudios]

Its funny how some movies need 3 hours to tell a story. This one was done in 15 minutes and was better! Simple story, characters you cared about and a plot that comes back around that hits you in the feels to complete the story. Yall did a great job!

[MirlitronOne]

At last - a sci-fi movie with no "enigmatic" ending, just a proper short story. EXCELLENT.

[thomasstevenrothmbamd]

Wow! This is as light heartedly funny as it is tragically revealing of the human condition.

[tagonistknightspublishing]

I can now die happy knowing I've seen an encounter with aliens involving the phrase, "Maybe you should poke it with a stick." (laughing)

[harryjohnquest]

"We're sittin' on a front seat of a planet -- shootin' it's way all across space 🌌... " Very nice.

[farrier]

"We's all astronauts!" One thought brilliantly brought to life.

[randygunn]

Never thought of it as that! Front seat driving the coolest ship around! Earth Dam! It sure is cool!

[John-...]

I like the line from the agents that your cooperation though mandatory is appreciated. Lol

[scottyelliott]

"Your cooperation, though mandatory, is appreciated". Slayed it

[Brad]

This film is enjoyable, but that score is absolutely beautiful.

[LS-tirz]

Now this was simply put, damn good! No crazy special efx no giant budget. Just a very good story acted out well. I really enjoyed this.

[johnw]

This needs to be a full length comedy scifi movie! With these guys as the lead actors!

[MsPepperbelly]

I like the fact that Earl has a hat for relaxing, listening to the radio and a work hat for chasing off alien trespassers yet both hats are nearly identical.

[davidt]

I was waiting for the bull and cow to turn up, meaning they'd barbecued and eaten the remains of an alien.

[nameinvalid]

"we are not trained to respond to that"
YEP, that's tech support.