A young apprentice struggles to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to her enigmatic master. Will her herculean goals remain tantalizingly out of reach, or will she fulfill them and in the process, change life as we know it?
Visual Effects
Platige Image's photorealistic nanotech that still holds up a decade later.
Direction
Bagiński's economy—every second earns its place in this sprint.
Acting
Gillen's smug cryptic energy vs. Franciosi's desperate hunger.

Director
Tomek Bagiński
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Commissioned by the European Space Agency to promote the Rosetta mission—yes, this gorgeous existential crisis is technically a space agency ad.
Bagiński based the nanotech visual language on actual EU research, making this the most beautiful hard sci-fi propaganda you'll ever see.