This Sci-Fi Short Film THE EMISSARY Follows an Astronaut Traveling Lightyears Away To Find a Lost Colony

I’ve got a wonderful sci-fi short film for you to watch today from Dust titled The Emissary. The film follows an astronaut who embarks on a mission to travel lightyears away to find a lost colony.

The story is set in the year 2257, and it centers on Liv Laika (Viviana Chavez) who embarks on “a solitary mission to a distant planet in search of her ancestors who fled the earth nearly a century prior. After days of radio silence, Liv begins to question whether or not they even want to be found.”

Liv Laika departs from her life, her love, and from the aging earth in search of her ancestor's people, who fled the earth nearly a century prior. Arriving at the distant, icy gas giant, Yaghan, Liv embarks on a systematic search of any sign of her people, yet is met only by barren moons and radio silence. Day after day of isolation forces Liv to come to grips with the cost of her decision to leave the earth, when suddenly, a glimmer of hope sends Liv on a frantic journey to one last uncharted world.

These people left Earth in search of a better life due to feeling oppressed, and to embark on a mission to find them is pretty much a suicide mission. The big question is, what will she find on her journey?

The movie was written and directed by Bryan Tan, who built the ship you see in the film in his parent’s basement. This is a well-made film that tells a moving story. I hope you like it!