Previous Exhibitions

CineSpace is a collaboration between NASA and Houston Cinema Arts Society that offers filmmakers around the world a chance to share their works inspired by, and using, actual NASA imagery. Filmmakers are asked to make a short film, of 10 minutes or less in duration, that contains at least 10% footage from the NASA archives. The films are screened during the Houston Cinema Arts Festival, at film festivals across the country, as well as on NASA TV and even on the International Space Station.
MOCA celebrates CineSpace’s fifth year of the competition by showing a curated selection of films from the past four years. 

NASA's journeys into air and space continue to inspire future generations. They encourage us to explore, learn, and build a better future. The vantage point of space increases our understanding of ourselves, our home planet, and our future.

2015

Higher Ground, Mary Magsamen and Stephen Hillerbrand, United States, 2015, 11:51
In the spirit of George Méliès landmark illusionistic film, “A Trip to the Moon,” the artists Hillerband+Magsamen with their children embark on an adventure to construct and fly a rocket ship to the moon by taking apart their Houston, Texas suburban home.

A Little Journey, Lisset Mendoza, United States, 2015, 5:13
A little boy uses his imagination to escape the difficulties and realities in Mexico by using space as an escape.

Outer Space, Sander van den Berg, Netherlands, 2012, 1:52 
The footage in this video is derived from image sequences from NASA’s Cassini and Voyager missions. There is no storyline, just beauty.

2016

Voyager, Loïc Magar and Roman Veiga, France, 2016, 9:49 
Sent in 1977, the Voyager Golden Record was intended to introduce Humanity and Earth to possible beings in outer space. Centuries later…

Living On An Island, Kuesti Fraun, Germany, 2016, 3:00
A short film about the beauty and uniqueness of our planet and the will, fate and desire of the individual man to explore this world.

Robot Koch – Eclipse, Mickael Le Goff, Germany, 2016, 3:35
The music video for Robot Koch’s “Eclipse” uses images from the NASA, Hubble, ESA, ESO or Google Earth. The video lets you travel through a succession of surreal space scenes all composited from original pictures of our solar system and proximate galaxies.

The Traveler, Duncan Elms, United States, 2016, 2:53
Inspired by the track ‘The Traveler’ by L’Orange and Kool Keith feat J-Live, the video uses themes of travel, space and time to create a hypnotic and trippy journey across the globe.

2017

Planet, Bill Sebastian, United States, 2017, 10:00 
A husband buys his wife a planet for their anniversary. Five years later, they are surprised to find the national space agency at their door.

Lunar, Christian Stangle, Austria, 2017, 7:20
In a process that took 18 months, this animated collage brings together thousands of original NASA photographs. Using different techniques, the artists bring the stills to life in a celebration of peaceful exploration.

The Invisible Border, Shannon Leigh Reeves, Chelse Belmont, United States, 2017, 9:35
In the not so distant future, renown scientist and inexperienced astronaut Dr. Annie Tennant has beaten the odds and successfully returned home from an unprecedented solo space mission. During her first exclusive interview, the crucial importance of her journey and its emotional impact on her views of humanity are revealed.

2018

Rocketman, Charles Baldwin, United States, 2018, 3:47
This is the story of a phone call during John Glenn’s 1962 spaceflight.

Hall of the Space Kings, Elizabeth McKeon, United States, 2018, 5:22
Just another day in the life of an astronaut.

Space Craft, Jan Turek, Prokop Jelinek, Czech Republic, 2018, 4:54
Sampling From His Personal Archive, Jan Turek Takes Images, Miniatures And Other Materials Collected Over Three Decades And Brings Them To Life In This Moving Collage – Taking Us On A Journey Through The History Of Space Exploration.