Onboard Diary

The Cosmonaut, the short film

A couple of days ago, we received a surprising e-mail. It was David Altrogge writing. He is the director of an American production company settled in Indiana (Pennsylvania) called Vinegar Hill.

David told as that he knew about us by chance, surfing in MUBI Garage. He was surprised when he found us, because he was about to finish a short film entitled exactly the same as our movie. But coincidences do not end up in the title.

They are also using crowdfunding, through Kickstarter in their case. They have been really successful, by the way. Four days before finishing the funding, they had gone beyond what they intended to get.

There are also some similarities in the story and approach. You only have to see their great trailer (you have it at the end of the post), or just read the short text they describe their short film with:

The Cosmonaut is a science fiction... a love story... a fairy tale... It's the story of a young man who left earth once upon a time and has now returned to find that everything has changed...

In short, after reading their e-mail, we were actually as astonished as them. Nicolás says that he had never believed in serendipity until then. We wanted to share this small miracle with you, and we want to wish them the best luck in public. We hope to meet them anytime in the future. Perhaps in a festival? It would be great news for both projects.