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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.

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***** OFFICIAL SELECTION ATHENS FILM FESTIVAL MARCH 2025*****

***** OFFICIAL SELECTION STOPEMOTION FESTIVAL VENICE APRIL 2025*****

Funded by Screen Scotland and Sharp Shorts

Original Concept Curious Dreamers

Co-Produced by Curious Dreamers and Eyebolls

Producers Giles Lamb & Rhona Drummond

Written by Sacha Kyle

Co-Directors Sacha Kyle & Victoria Watson

Composition & Music Giles Lamb

Sound Design Anna Sirjajeva

Animator Calum Main

DOP Sean Monroe

Art Director Victoria Watson

Editor/Colourist Florian Viale

Background Artist Agata Kaczan

Model Maker Rachael Olga Lloyd

Storyboard Artist Sam Horton


For release Autumn 2024