2389: Coming Home

Chicago Shorts Block: October 30 at 9PM

Synopsis

2389: Coming Home is a sci-fi short film. Two humans, a scientist and a soldier from Martian colony, come to Earth destroyed by climate change and resource wars, to find out if it is livable once again; during the research they decide to alter their findings and prevent repopulation.

Runtime: 12 minutes 39 seconds

Directed by: Kateryna Sazonova

Kateryna Sazonova is a Ukrainian filmmaker and environmentalist currently based in the USA. She is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago and earned her MFA in Film and TV Directing in 2023.

Before coming to the USA for her studies she had worked at a public TV channel Offener Kanal Magdeburg in Germany in 2019-2020, covering cultural and educational events across Germany, Poland and France as well as working on studio broadcast programs.

Prior to that she completed an intensive year-long course in Film and TV Directing at a major Ukrainian TV channel Inter in 2018 and worked as a staff and freelance video producer in Ukraine and across Europe.

2389: Coming Home

Chicago Shorts Block: October 30 at 9PM