Approaching the Unknown

Orbit. Endless night. A ping. Astronaut Stanaforth alone, headed to Mars with a new atmospheric technology. Machines fail. Sanity frays. A locked-room film set in deep space, evoking late Kubrick.

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Mark Elijah Rosenberg directed Approaching the Unknown in 2016. See Mark Elijah Rosenberg's full filmography, where to start with Mark Elijah Rosenberg, or where to go after you've seen everything by Mark Elijah Rosenberg.

Approaching the Unknown was released in 2016 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 90 minutes.