Orbital Christmas

Orbital Christmas

2021 · 16 min · Science Fiction

In near future, ALI, a Muslim space pilot, is working alone on a space station during the Christmas season, because all other crew is back to the Earth for holidays. One day, TAKAKO, a Japanese girl lives in the city on the Moon, stows away in an unmanned cargo ship and gets onboard the space station. Although she wants to go to the Earth to meet her father, she took the wrong cargo ship.

Directed by Mitsuyasu Sakai · Written by Mitsuyasu Sakai

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