Credit: CONTRIBUTED
Credit: CONTRIBUTED
Thousands of students annually participate in the Zero Robotics ISS Competition, which is run by the MIT Space Systems Laboratory in collaboration with NASA and CASIS. The mission of the students is to build a GPS system around Mars to aid future exploration of the red planet by programming satellites in the space station known a SPHERES, which were inspired by Luke Skywalker’s training droid in “Star Wars: A New Hope.”
Additional films with Ohio connections in the festival include “Poser,” which features the Underground music scene of Columbus, “Linoleum,” set in Ohio with a director and crew from Columbus, and “The Erie Situation,” filmed around Toledo.
Last December, the Dayton Daily News reported 1913 Media Group purchased a 210,000 square-foot former manufacturing facility at 721 Springfield St. in Dayton to house its future film production operations. The facility is expected to be completed by mid-2023.
“Zero Gravity” will screen Friday at 5:10 p.m. and Saturday at 9:40 a.m. at the Connor Palace, 1615 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. It will be available for streaming April 10-17 on the CIFF streaming platform.
This year’s festival, which began March 30 and continues through April 9, will showcase 146 feature films and 182 short films representing 73 countries during its 11-day run.
For more information, visit clevelandfilm.org
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