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"When we originally went to the moon, our total focus was on the moon. We weren't thinking about looking back at the Earth. But now that we've done it, that may well have been the most important reason we went." Michael Collins (Apollo 11; 1969)

In a stark future where Earth lies desolate, 'X', its sole remaining inhabitant, undertakes a surreal ascent on a ladder to the Moon. Battling his inner demons, existential despair, and profound solitude, 'X' discovers unexpected companionship and encounters glimpses of beauty and hope in the infinite vastness of space.

Distance to the Moon is a short stop motion animated film taking its cue from the early sci-fi aesthetic, pioneered by early film makers such as Frizt Langs, Metropolis and later the Hitchcock films but with an unexpected absurdist twist inspired by the writers such as Samuel Beckett and Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics.

Capturing the mood of 1963-68 during the heyday of the Space Race between Russia and the USA but bringing this into future, the film is a very human and refreshing counterpoint to modern times as we find ourselves at a cultural, environmental and technological tipping point. The themes of the film resonate strongly with our sense of place in the universe and in many ways have come full circle as we are about to return to the moon.