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The best new sci-fi flick is only 8 minutes long

Stop what you’re doing and watch Project Skyborn.

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You wake up on a strange planet covered with snow. Cloaked in a spacesuit, you hold only two things: a technologically advanced rifle and a picture of your girlfriend. The only sounds you hear are your own panicked breathing, an electronic voice counting down the amount of minutes before breathable oxygen expires–and the occasional gunshot.

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What would you do?

Vimeo user Marko Slavnic explores exactly this scenario in his short film Project Skyborn. Selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick, the dramatic video follows a stranded man (Will Buchanan) as he tries to stay alive in an apparent game of death. Eventually, he will come face to face with his attempted killer.

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Project Skyborn is proof that a good movie doesn’t need a bloated running time or sky-high budget to evoke a feeling of raw tension.

H/T Digg | Screengrab via Marko Slavnic/Vimeo

 
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