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Blindsight Sci-fi Short Film

Blindsight Sci-fi Short Film

Danil Krivoruchko
1 HN recommenders · discussed 2021–2026
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About this video

A five-minute CG sci-fi short film by Danil Krivoruchko, based on Peter Watts's novel Blindsight. It follows a revived crew member recalling a first contact mission, and took four years to make with artists worldwide.

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Shared as a fan-made teaser for Blindsight in threads about the novel or alien intelligence.

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From the Hacker News discussion

indigochill · 2021-06 · rec

In addition to all the other recommendations, I recommend Blindsight. You can buy it where all good books are sold, or the author also gives it away on his website ( [LINK] ) but considers it good form to send a donation his way if you enjoy it. Some fans of the book put together a short teaser trailer for it: [VIDEO]

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genman · 2024-01 · reference

[VIDEO] This is notably also adored by Watts [LINK] In case you want to fall down into the rabbit hole then [LINK] Now I just wish that some serious producer like Nolan would get a hint.

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GolfPopper · 2026-06 · reference

There's a fan-made short film/trailer for Blindsight : [VIDEO] Also, "just an AI probe" and "It would be amazing" in the context of Blindsight ... <insert mad laughter>.

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