Creating New Realities: From Deep Space to the Big Screen

The iconic, futuristic worlds that appear before us in cinematic projects like Dune are not merely works of speculative fiction. Such productions draw upon ecology, aerospace engineering and physics to ground their design. At the same time, the bold imaginations of filmmakers and game designers help to inspire the next generation of real-life exploration. Join Tom Cwik, Strategic Partnerships - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Patrice Vermette - Production Designer, Dune & Arrival, and David Sheldon-Hicks - Founder, Territory Studio, to explore the interconnected relationship between real-world space engineering and the aesthetics of sci-fi storytelling.