Jupiter II (2014) - Beautifully shot science fiction film is set in a distant futuristic world where a young couple is exploring an infertile planet. It's an abstract piece of art so its open for an interpretation, it reminds of 2001: A Space Odyssey and music videos by Tool.
Maxim Zhestkov is a director and artist with a design, photography and fine art background mixing live action, CG, animation and storytelling. There are many reasons to have a fascination with science fiction. It helps open doors to alternate ways of viewing our reality. It introduces new concepts from the realms of science, philosophy and metaphysics. It consistently shows the triumph of the human will over mental afflictions such as greed, ignorance and anger, all the while promoting tolerance, reason and compassion.
Any composition needs to begin with one or two main elements. The smaller the elements, the greater number of them there should be. You need to start with one or two main ideas and gradually build up the smaller elements until the space becomes rich with life. Simple comments can deploy new worlds and expose things that were on the surface, but you had not noticed - Maxim Zhestkov
Written, Directed and Produced by Maxim Zhestkov
Solaris: A Haunting Exploration of Human Isolation and Emotional Turmoil! **Andrei Tarkovsky**'s 1972 film *Solaris* is a cinematic masterpiece that transcends the boundaries of science fiction to deliver a haunting exploration of human isolation and emotional turmoil. Set in a distant future, the film follows the story of psychologist Kris Kelvin (played by **Donatas Banionis**) who is sent to in [...]
Science-fiction film that combines Alien, Predator, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Star Wars, Galaxy Quest, Stargate, Starship Orion, Starship Troopers and 2001 - A Space Odyssey! In the brief period of peace after a terrible war in a far future Earth, an outer-space military academy is attacked by an unknown and unstoppable alien force. The commander of the academy, along with a group of newly [...]
Inspired by Asimov's book I, Robot, where the titan of sci-fi laid out his famous 3 laws of robotics!Embarked on a spaceship in the hope of finding a new habitable planet, the human trapped in his own ship after the robot overseer finds every single candidate planet unsuitable.**A splendid short film. I take a bow for the craft. It's full of the references, from The Little Prince to classic Scienc [...]
A strange signal arrives on the Earth disturbing all communications, while an ufo appears above the Antarctic sea. Captain Alex Hamilton is sent with his spaceship and crew to the space outside the Solar System to find the origin of that signal. They reach an unknow planet where a giant robot enslaved a whole population of humanoids by taking their psychic energies. The robot's got his eyes on the [...]
On his isolation cycle to Mars, Astronaut Commander Stephen James inadvertently discovers the darker side of the planet. This Science fiction thriller explores what a mission to Mars could look like in the near future.Effects added include solar flare, color correction, horizontal flip and displacement map to create heat effect near horizon.
No Sand Worms and Spice but still Bonafide science fiction action movie! Despite Dune in the name, there are no Sand worms, No mighty Houses, no Bene Gesserit, and no Muad' Dib, and No, the spice does not flow. This is a raw movie. A simply made movie. Too realistic for most people. A movie for hardcore sci-fi fans who will stick it out through all the unpleasant screaming in the beginning, the so [...]