Title: The Astronaut Festival (section): Narrative Spotlight Director: Jess Varley Logline: After returning from her first space mission, astronaut Sam Walker is placed under NASA’s care at a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing. However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, she fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth. Panelists: Jess Varley, Kate Mara, Gabriel Luna, Brad Fuller Watch on Deadline Related Stories 'Odyssey' Review: A Woman In Trouble Turns To The Dark Side In Gerard Johnson's Tough London Thriller - SXSW Francis Ford Coppola Boards SXSW Pic 'Brother Verses Brother' As Executive Producer Key quotes: A lot of what I learned from [Dr.
Elizabeth Warren, the head of NASA’s rehab program] is infused into the script – the fact that it’s not uncommon for astronauts to hide their symptoms for fear that if they’re deemed too weak for space travel then they won’t be allowed back into space, and for someone like Kate’s character Sam, that would be the absolute worst thing that could happen to her so it motivates her to conceal what she’s going through. – Jess Varley It was quite a rollercoaster ride playing her, because she goes through a lot physically and mentally. Quite extremes, and a lot of it is alone, in a really cool house.
.. There’s so many amazing interviews you can watch with astronauts who have literally just come back from a mission, and its seconds later, and yo.