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A heartbreaking short about a mother’s loss, set in a lunar mine

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Shona has spent two tours working a dangerous lunar mine so she can pay for her daughter’s expensive medical treatments. But the ultimate loss comes while she’s still on the job, and Shona isn’t sure she can return to Earth.

Joe Sill’s short film Expo relies heavily on the sense of isolation and separation from one’s loved ones, meaning that the mine setting is an important one. His production team at Everdream Pictures posted this making-of video of the facility coming together:

https://vimeo.com/42291764

[via Geek Art Gallery]

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