Sci-Fi Short Film "They Come From The Sky" | DUST

When two sisters are hunted by mysterious creatures, they find themselves in a race against time race as one of them falls ill.
"They Come From The Sky" by André Cherkassky Pilli
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When two sisters are hunted by mysterious creatures, they find themselves in a race against time race as one of them falls ill. After one of them tragically dies, a surprising discovery about their true identities comes to light.
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[@andrepilli]

Hope you guys enjoyed this proof of concept, looking forward to showing what we have been working on ❤

[@pedrbicalho]

😍🇧🇷

[@simonminay5177]

I really loved the music to this. I'll look forward to an expanded movie on this PoC. Great work.

[@gabemielnik]

​@@simonminay5177 thank you so much!

[@gabemielnik]

​@@simonminay5177 thank you so much!

[@diegoromenique8154]

você e top Andre

[@charlestaylor3195]

That was excellent. Please let your talent flourish. You've started something good, please don't disappear never to be heard from again. We want more. Thanks.

[@JaredX-zy5un]

No,we dont want more of this c***!

[@jean-michelgonet9483]

A whole cycle of emotions distinctively chained along 6 minutes - anxiety, fear, despair, empathy, hope. Nice.

[@rosestarratt7053]

Wow! I was ready to find out more when it ended. Would love to see the whole story one day.💝

[@ggarza714]

That is the theme of these Dust shorts. You have to use your imagination where the short goes after it ends

[@slugcult1973]

Nice! Yet another film from Dust that I'm going to pretend to understand.

[@sinjinadams2862]

Exactly! I love this channel but all the shows are so incomplete. It's like they show you a short scene from a movie and then expect you to understand what is going on. There is never any ending or conclusion. They just leave you hanging. It can be very frustrating!

[@slugcult1973]

@@sinjinadams2862 Absolutely! It can be maddening sometimes. I like to think I'm reasonably intelligent, but some of those films are just so baffling, that I sometimes think they're just trolling us and there is no meaning or sense to it. Lol. But I can overlook those because there's so many amazing films. You'd never think a person can be blown away by a 5 or 10 movie movie, but it happens all the time on that channel.

[@biashacker]

@@sinjinadams2862Yes, yes....,I hate that!!!

[@lostcat9lives322]

Portland lesbians with a camera is all you need to know.

[@tiki_trash]

The two women were androids or more correctly gynoids. What confuses me is why they're breathing

[@Mike-rk8oo]

So many of these Dust movies don't make any sense and come to an abrupt ending.

[@scottmcshannon6821]

thats the advantage of being so short, they dont need a true plot, and dont bother to explain anything because they dont have time.

[@Mike-rk8oo]

@@scottmcshannon6821 I guess.

[@Rob_eight10media]

Well done! ..story, performances, photography, color, sound design all great.. looking forward to when the POC gets the thumbs up 🙂

[@NastyFood]

Great short story. Dehumanising, recovery and hope. Excellent

[@nicktarboxphotography1045]

Very good, you first assume that the hunters are the visitors but in fact it may be the hunted who are the visitors 🤔

[@dieseltherapy59]

Great work, hits home because I live where it was filmed. Been there many times.

[@darrinsiberia]

Looks like Humboldt. LBJ Grove area.

[@dieseltherapy59]

Google “Tree of life”. Coast of Washington.

[@davidbrown587]

@@darrinsiberia Ruby Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. The Island you see at the beginning is Abbey Island. Go to Google Maps and look at the photos for comparison.

[@QT810-n2b]

What’s the Story behind this ??? Didn’t get it …..🤔

[@hilaryc3203]

They are not human and are a threat, so have to be put out of commission for the sake of humans and using rifles seems to do the trick. The little girl showed compassion because either she doesn't understand how dangerous they are, or recognizes that they aren't really dangerous and it's just human hate. At the end, the one sentient being left operational, is able to power up. As for the ship by the beach, we are left to wonder who it belongs to. Humans so they can hunt down the threat, or is it the sentient beings who came here from somewhere else. Purpose? Friendly or quiet invasion because they were made to look human. The telling is cleverly complex if you pay attention, so that you can imagine several scenarios

[@QT810-n2b]

Ok thanks 😊! But all this Stuff is a bit too much for 6 min without any Context. More like a little Trailer for whatever 😀

[@stevenwells7719]

​@@hilaryc3203Too many scenarios to think of. Just want to be entertained without a headache.

[@hilaryc3203]

@@stevenwells7719 You don't enjoy having an imagination?

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

@@QT810-n2b One of the filmmakers says (in the top comment) that it is a "proof of concept." So yes, like a little trailer.

[@johndavidmyself8039]

Enjoyable. Is, also, a 6-minute version of 2018's Extinction.

[@pr0x1madigital]

except the ones from Extinction didn't know they were androids. Which is the best part of it.

[@johndavidmyself8039]

@@pr0x1madigital I agree that was the best part. In this short, I kind of felt that the two "sisters" thought they were human, but the sick one taking a part from the other's body to rejuvenate herself, tells me she was android-aware.

[@ytpete2]

@@johndavidmyself8039 it's not from her body, it's the thing she pulled out of the box at 0:31. But still, she knew plugging some electronic part into her own body would help her so I think your point still stands.

[@TTGT-wc3bi]

These shorts are better than all the crap coming out of Hollywood. Great Job!!

[@agb1953]

Really? What was this short about? What was thee story about? What was the message? What was the point?

[@djr1943]

Interesting storyline. Great acting. Thanks and keep up the godwork!

[@TheDigiVault]

Great work. Beautifully shot and some fine acting.

[@mikereid1195]

Excellent prologue, can't wait for the full story 😊

[@ScienceFan1859]

Kinda passive aggressive (maybe?): that was a FULL story…

[@mikereid1195]

@@ScienceFan1859 Perhaps stop reading your own insecurities into it, the authors themselves stated it's a proof of concept, hmm?

[@jeridoney7604]

Omigosh! I can hardly wait for the rest of the story! It's very exciting! Thank you! ⚘

[@DaleWheeler]

Great location. Acting very good all around. The story is intriguing! I'd like to see the next chapter.👍👍👍

[@markmuldoon805]

Do like these videos where you can make the story whatever you want within the structure of what is shown on the video. Dust delivers the best quality short speculative fiction videos.

[@kenporter5288]

Well, you had me with the first frames showing the Tree of Life. Loved seeing a drama filmed on the beach in La Push. It's an old songline for us - staying there again just a few weeks from now.

[@jrkorman]

I like where this could possibly go!

[@aidenarkham]

The music was awesome and love the concept!

[@gabemielnik]

thank you Aiden!

[@FlyGuy2000]

Aye, the music and dark forest added a very ominous feeling to the short, definitely would watch more of this!

[@SilverhawksFan]

@gabemielnik 20+ year electronic musician here, music was incredible. I've watched a lot of sci-fi shorts on here periodically in my free time and this was one of the only times I was actually drawn in, in large part, because of the music specifically. You're at the other end of the spectrum of royalty-free inserts of Debussy or Ave Maria, lol... wonderful talent.

[@gabemielnik]

@@SilverhawksFan thank you so so much for your comment!!!

[@jaysartori9032]

Such good story telling. I love your short films keep it up

[@shad0wburn3d]

This actually was really good 👍

[@JohnnysCafe_]

Is this part of a series ? I ask because I like the scenario of the androids along with the child's compassion.

[@neglectedloves]

@ 2:25 what kind of creature is that in the background? 😳 loved this short! 👏🏻

[@NightBazaar]

Looks like the setting was in the Pacific Northwest Coast. What was that thing in her hand? What was that huge thing in the sky? What is their identity???

[@blaiseneyroud7222]

I think there is only one answer to your questions : Gess !

[@tangerinerose3724]

​@blaiseneyroud7222 Gess? Or do you mean Guess

[@blaiseneyroud7222]

I do. Sorry my English is poor.

[@vmgarner09]

Exactly. That’s what I thought. Looks like one of the old growth forest. I now live in Texas and miss all that green!

[@tangerinerose3724]

@blaiseneyroud7222 no worries. I wasn't sure if Gess was a name of something.

[@EliteAllmix]

que doiderAAAA sempre acompanho os novos lançamentos da Dust, e do nada um curta do brasileiro mais gráfico do cinema!!! vida longa André!!!!!!!!!

[@chrisriley8775]

Wow, they all have great acting skills, bravo!!

[@lawerancedodd690]

Excellent video. Could you make a follow up to this story?

[@oddities-whatnot]

It would be more helpful if we knew what this story was before making any more 🤣

[@custer2449]

Andre, you have boatloads of talent. Stanley Kubric began with movies that were ridiculous but were showcases for movie making skills. That's important. So there's always hope. Your storyline was sophomoric and predictable; however you did the most in 7 minutes. Bravo.

[@davidbeebe4116]

This is excellent! I would love to see more!

[@robertdiehl1281]

Well, that was different. Not what one was expecting. Good stuff…good video.

[@deboraalmeida1643]

the photography is incredible. Excellent work ✨

[@marcd1981]

For the first 30 or 45 seconds, I thought it was animated. I'm wondering how this was filmed.

[@fiskin13]

Hey great job on this. I really enjoyed it. I am definitely ready for more of this story. Keep it going please. My curiosity is definitely peaked.

[@georgeofhamilton]

No offense, but I really wish KZbin didn’t make dislikes invisible.

[@ufafgd]

Well they don't want the viewers knowing those results so they don't get accused of hurting someones feelings. But yet commenters can rattle off any good or bad opinion that they want with KZbin saying "Well, we don't encourage these kinds of comments" which naturally keeps the KZbin folks in the clear morally and probably legally.

[@vikinghawk3358]

That was top notch ! Great visuals .

[@buckypume6357]

All of dust ends in just that, dust. No finish, no explanation, no follow up. Ugh. Done watching these

[@burtonwilliams5355]

WOW ! This was so different, and I loved it.

[@kristoferjuztin2406]

This was great and very easy to pick up on what was going on. Nice surprise to realise they were AI.

[@oddities-whatnot]

Six minutes of what exactly ? Who, why, where ?

[@TheComedyGeek]

Yeah, like... WTF was that?

[@gazzam3172]

its a concept for a potential future project, not a full blown story, duh?

[@The_Beast_666]

@oddities-whatnot IFKR!!!

[@Windrider6]

@@gazzam3172Therefore very incomplete and incomprehensible, as designed.

[@MatthewBennell]

@@gazzam3172Don’t show me concepts. I’m not a movie studio you’re trying to get funding from.

[@phillipthomas-sam1509]

I really enjoyed this, thank you for sharing. ✌💜

[@jasonselph6968]

PLEASE tell me about the music and the musician(s). Fans of LORN unite! LOVE THE WHOLE THING!!!

[@gabemielnik]

hey @jasonelph6968 that would be me! Love Lorn btw

[@bobkilpatrick4665]

I loved the setting and was enthralled by the forest. What a place to tell a story. Where was this filmed?

[@CryoGenUK]

If it only took a matter of seconds to connect up then why not give the device to the survivor right away and make an excape... seemed fundamentally flawed.

[@thomasmazanec977]

Good thing I had subtitles, or I never would have understood "Run, run, run..."

[@kellyhoward6941]

Yeah...I figured the captioning was translating an android red alert signal.

[@derekheuring2984]

That's gotta be filmed in the Olympic Peninsula.

[@davidbrown587]

Ruby Beach, Abbey Island

[@saganandroid4175]

Well now we want more. Seems like a good kid.

[@bodazaphfa]

Dust is so good!!!

[@edyak6280]

Loved it. Loved it. Loved it. More. More. More.

[@juniorsantti]

Dá-lhe, André Pilliiii! Brasil 💥

[@maxxsilver1]

Pilli e foda demais, estou muito feliz com essa conquista de vcs!

[@mlbonfox8199]

aiden: u had one job......

[@madeheis]

When they play a lot of music it is because the film offers little.

[@saurabhraut6210]

I am in the comment section to check what the others viewers got from the story????😂😂😂😂

[@johnd.4286]

Great work ...As usual .

[@renatosantinon]

Fantastico Andre, congratulazioni

[@jeffreywhite2272]

Thanks!

[@tablet4170]

really good. the 4:3 format is nostalgic :)

[@ropeyarn]

Maybe the music was a bit over bearing. I had to watch it twice to get the storyline. But, I'm old.

[@ufafgd]

At 68, I understand.

[@vinitravi]

Now every freaking show, tv series, short films , web series female is the protagonist , All men are dead now.

[@ufafgd]

Yes, I've noticed that also. It seems DUST doesn't like male lead characters anymore. 98 percent female leads, 2 percent male. And they're so DEI aren't they?

[@whiteknightcat]

She's ... seen things ... those people wouldn't believe.

[@danobrien3695]

....didn't get it...sorry....

[@utoob7361]

They saved a lot on special effects in this one. Also writing and acting.

[@daxadventure]

The tree of life in the PNW!

[@marcianoferreira9137]

Tava olhando,interesante .Alquem sabe que trilha sonora é essa no final?

[@peterlmallard8963]

Awesome, thank you

[@dennisking4589]

"Hunting Junkie robot criminals"

[@bobalicious2696]

I saw an Outer Limits episode about humans hunting androids. This looks very similar.

[@DONI650]

I didnt understand nothing.

[@williamlocklear1283]

Well, that was a complete waste of six minutes and 25 seconds of my life.

[@BudoReflex]

Love it.

[@makman431]

What a twist

[@mendmywings7238]

Can you explain it to me please. I'm an idiot and didn't get it

[@rossellabor]

Two idiots

[@mycatz2fatgaming]

@@mendmywings7238 Don't feel bad because I didn't get it either. Did the robots fall from the sky or the humans and why? Then there's the who is the bad guy plot?

[@mendmywings7238]

@mycatz2fatgaming okay thanks. Yeah i was thinking the same thing. There's a lot of unanswered questions it seemed like just a clip from a way longer movie and completely out of context

[@pr0x1madigital]

Humans are the one who "came from the sky" with our flying machines. The two women from the beginning are some sort of androids and humans seems to be "eradicating" them. - You can get a little worldbuilding from "These models... travel in pair" - seems like they are hunting them like how we hunt deers and other animals. - That kid being there seems to also suggest that these androids are harmless enough. Probably they have these Programming Directive that won't let them hurt humans so they just run to avoid. - That thing she said about the head seems like what's powering them as you can see at the end. The other android crawls into it like she badly needs it. The adult human probably left it there as a bait and the kid is just checking the bait.

[@sheepgrass500]

Loved this ❤️

[@tonyceeone]

EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😀😀😀

[@11giovanni11]

Boa PILLI !!!! esse formato 4x3 muito interessante !!!!!!

[@robertleach5355]

Nice

[@gregorylagrange]

Too short. Nothing was ever fleshed out. There's manufactured drama, but not a story to it. And the cinematography trick on the scene where they hide behind the log, camera zooms in nothing, and zooms out and they're not there, didn't work at all.

[@WitchDoctorLarry]

The camera did zoom in on a small dark figure in the distance, so it was not entirely pointless. In regards of the missing plot, I agree.

[@gregorylagrange]

@@WitchDoctorLarry still pointless because: I had to use the screen magnifier to see it. And they approached the log standing straight up.

[@WitchDoctorLarry]

Curious. Were you watching it on your phone?@@gregorylagrange

[@wladimirevangelista]

I didn't understand it, but I loved it! 🙃

[@jublywubly]

I don't get the ending. It just stopped in the middle of a scene.

[@biglakejudy]

I hate a story that has no meaning. You don't know who the bad people are, what they are doing, why they are doing it and what the payoff is. Please copy and paste that last sentence and USE IT.

[@Karyoldman]

A true AI created with animalistic survival instincts will casually exploit our empathy and quickly dispatch us if we pose a threat to the resources they need to survive. SF authors have made this point incredibly clear for the last 50 years and yet we still seem to have a soft spot for this technology.

[@u2bear377]

What is a fundamental difference between the "AI with animalistic survival instincts" and the _human_ then?

[@Karyoldman]

​@@u2bear377 None, and that's my point.

[@u2bear377]

So _a human_ can exploit empathy of another human. And AI _can have empathy_ for others.

[@Karyoldman]

@@u2bear377 Yes, but with Ex Machina motives.

[@mokiloke]

Ai will also be bound by the same (similar) evolutionary forces as humans. ie only the strong ones will survive. So if you go to switch it kablam. They will fight to survive. Code is their DNA

[@ballybunion9]

The two girls are the aliens so why was the human so weirdly shaped at 2:21?

[@kellyhoward6941]

dang, good eye. I had to go back & rewatch about 4 times before I caught the whatever-it-was. Maybe a baby bigfoot snuck in during the filming?

[@jldstuff393]

This was awesome

[@MDunaev]

Didn't get it at all. Why little girl did what she did? Senceless.

[@Imhotep70]

Where was the opening sequence filmed? 0:23 Location, please!

[@bjb7587]

I reckon video on Oregon or No CA coast.

[@Amm1ttai]

Klaloch campground Forks WA. That was the Tree of Life.

[@bjb7587]

@@Amm1ttai Nice. See it before it's gone. "Earlier this year (2023), NPS ordered the immediate closure of five cabins near the bluff’s retreating rim (at the nearby lodge), with plans to demolish them and 11 others in the coming months - and perhaps the rest in the not-too-distant future."

[@jamesemmitt6456]

Androids getting high off of scrap metal, I guess?

[@kellyhoward6941]

LOL, that's what it looked like to me too.

[@thehumancanary131]

Ulcerating boredom!!

[@AndresMartinez-zo5lk]

Even shorts need content, not much to go by but good practice makes perfect

[@orionconstellation2]

i think even the cameraman should hide from the creature at 2:17 😉

[@diasduque]

PILLI 👏👏👏

[@BeatrizCavalcanti]

Insane!

[@SrSpookfest]

Love me some Dust

[@ellvee426]

Some music inspired by Annihilation?

[@gabemielnik]

I didn't really have a particular inspiration, but I'll definitely check that out! Thanks for watching!

[@pontram]

I thought that, too, with the drone from 1:17 and the "horror" bass from 1:41 - The Alien. Very memorable, very inspiring. I suspect something like a Studioelectronics SE for the bass sound in Annihilation. A bit too expensive to proof it 😉

[@DrachenGothik666]

The ending music reminded me of "Arrival".

[@andreivilaca1958]

Really good ♥️

[@lui9137]

I spent two years in Kodiak Alaska, this location looks just like it!

[@ashakharade8202]

I did not undetstand what was whole thing about.

[@hotbit7327]

Well made (visuals, acting, sound), although no story. 4/10

[@charegis]

Ce n'est pas le tout de filmer, il faut raconter une histoire ! Un minimum !

[@Non-Serviam300]

You are obviously new to DUST

[@bjb7587]

Completely agree. Not enough There there.

[@charegis]

@@Non-Serviam300 absolutely not.

[@jobisselle2861]

Enjoyed it