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Control (13:57)
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This 2019 short film was presented by Dust in 2019; re-released in 2024.

At a two-person research base on Jupiter's moon Callisto, mission specialist Elizabeth Henstridge is left alone when her partner dies. In fact she's very alone, since it takes just over an hour each way to communicate between Callisto and Earth, and the ship carrying their replacements won't reach Callisto for over two months. Things get worse when Elizabeth hears something knocking on the base's door, and the film takes a turn from sci-fi to horror. Eventually whatever's outside begins communicating with her in real time through the radio channel on which she talks to Control back on Earth. Is she losing her mind, or is she really not alone on the moon? It's definitely an interesting and chilling short film.


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