One Small Step (film)

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One Small Step
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Film poster
Directed by Andrew Chesworth
Enea Pollinis
Written byAndrew Chesworth
Shaofu Zhang
Produced byShaofu Zhang
CinematographyAndrew Chesworth
Edited byShaofu Zhang
Music bySteve Horner
Production
company
Taiko Studios
Release date
  • June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)(PSIFF)
Running time
8 minutes
CountriesChina
United States

One Small Step is a 2018 Chinese-American animated short film by Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas and produced by Taiko Studios. [1] [2]

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Summary

Luna is a vibrant young Chinese American girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut. From the day she witnesses a rocket launching into space on TV, Luna is driven to reach for the stars. [3] [4] [5] Her single father, a shoe repairman, gifts her a pair of astronaut-themed boots for her sixth birthday.

Years later, Luna is a young adult studying astrophysics while living with her father. The two have drifted apart over the years as Luna's studies have taken up more of her time, causing her to ignore his attempts to bond. Their relationship is further strained by Luna's academic struggles and eventual rejection from an astronaut candidacy program. One day, Luna come home from school and finds that her father has died. His death sends her into a depression and she soon abandons her dreams.

One day while organizing, Luna finds a box containing all the shoes she's ever owned, which her father had saved over the years. Reinvigorated, she reapplies herself to her studies and graduates from school. She is accepted into the astronaut program after applying once more. Sometime later, Luna lands on the Moon on her first space mission. She watches the sun rise on earth and smiles as she remembers her father.

Accolades

Nominated: 91st Academy Awards - Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film [6] [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Short of the Week". Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Watch: TAIKO's Award-Winning Debut 'One Small Step' Launches Online|Animation Magazine". Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  3. ↑ "From Burbank To Wuhan: Making 'One Small Step' Was A Big Global Collaboration For Taiko Studios|Cartoon Brew". Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ↑ "TAIKO Shoots for the Stars with short 'One Small Step' - AWN". Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes . Archived from the original on August 14, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  6. ↑ "'First Man,' 'Solo' Get Tech Nominations for 2019 Oscars - Space.con". Space.com . Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  7. ↑ ""Bao" wins Best Animated Short Film - Oscars on YouTube". YouTube . Archived from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
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