Blindsight | Short Film

Personal Projects / Direction, Design, VFX

While a cryo capsule resurrects the body of a survived crew member on his long way back to Earth, his wakening mind unwinds memories of the first contact mission.

Blindsight is a short film created by Danil Krivoruchko in collaboration with artists from around the globe between 2016 and 2020. The film is based on the eponymous sci-fi novel by Peter Watts. This is a non-commercial self-funded project.

Please check the supporting site blindsight.space/ covering the film’s creation process in-depth (featuring an interview with Peter Watts himself!)

2020

While a cryo capsule resurrects the body of a survived crew member on his long way back to Earth, his wakening mind unwinds memories of the first contact mission.

Please check the supporting site blindsight.space/ covering the film’s creation process in-depth (featuring an interview with Peter Watts himself!)

Two ships adrift in deep space, lit only by a thin sliver along their flanks.

A dim ship interior, a circular hatch faintly green in the dark.