For budding young filmmakers, getting noticed in Hollywood can be a daunting task. If you want to add a holiday element to it, you could say they often get a snowball’s chance in hell.
The dream of recognition is often disappointingly bleak, unless you have a hit script, or for a writer/director Jean de MeuronA heartwarming, professional short film about a courageous U.S. Air Force test pilot who is recruited by NASA to fly a suborbital mission X-15 rocket powered aircraft.
“Edge of Space” is set in 1961, when the Cold War space race between the United States and the Soviet Union was intensifying. Starring Chad Michael Collins (“Sniper” series), after three years of hard work, the 18-year-old film was finally completed. Minutes of Beautiful Film is currently making shockwaves (and acclaim) on the film festival circuit and in private industry screenings.
De Meuron, a Zurich Film Festival executive and former partner of Roland Emmerich, imbues this flying gem with a free spirit of humanity, thrilling flight scenes and unbridled patriotism, all of which In the same vein as director Philip Kaufman’s 1983 classic “The Right Stuff.”
“It was a dream come true when one of my filmmaking role models, Roland Emmerich, hosted an FYC screening of ‘The Edge of Space’ for AMPAS members at CAA in Los Angeles,” he told Space.com. “The event went extremely smoothly as the film played flawlessly in a packed theater environment. ‘Edge of Space’ has a huge impact on the big screen thanks to its epic scale, sweeping scope and immersive aerial shots.” had an impact.
“After the screening, Roland did a Q&A with me and he expressed how great he thought the movie was. That was great and gratifying because I love Roland’s films, especially Stargate, Indie “Day,” “The Patriot” and “The Day After Tomorrow” are pure blockbuster spectacles, thrillingly entertaining in a way that only a handful of Hollywood films can do.
Additionally, the Instinct director is extremely proud that NASA is sharing his film with the great minds at Imagine Entertainment.
“Company president Justin Wilkes kindly said that he and Ron really enjoyed Edge of Space, which is incredible because I admire the superb work of Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Imagine And it’s a film of exceptional cinematic quality. I’ve seen my film with Edward Berger, Gianni Nunari, Carsten Lorenz and Ueli Steiger, which is so exciting.
Adding to its growing list of festival laurels, Edge of Space was recently shortlisted for the Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival (MiSciFi), which has received attention from NASA in the past. “Edge of Space” was also submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for an Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film. Preliminary voting will begin this week and the 15 shortlisted names will be announced on Tuesday, December 17. Good luck to Jean de Meuron and all involved!
Editor’s note: This article was updated on December 18 with news that “Edge of Space” is on the Oscar shortlist.