Watch: Intense 1-Minute Short Film ‘Reentry’ Following an Astronaut

by Alex Billington
October 30, 2025
Source: YouTube

“Just holy steady, Sonny… Entry is looking beautiful.” This is how you do it! Make something for nothing and impress everyone! Reentry is a fantastic 1-minute long short (well, 80 seconds to be precise) made by filmmaker Scott Jeschke. We’ve featured his shorts before (Mimic) this is also worth a watch. It debuted on Twittter and is now available on YouTube in HD (view below). The short is an experiment in showing just how much storytelling you can pull off in 1 minute and how it’s ALL made by Scott, without any AI, or crew, or extra money, or anything. “I retaught myself basic VFX compositing in After Effects, and put many hours into making this a fully-human-made piece that I could be proud of,” he explains. An astronaut experiences an intense reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. But there’s also a very clever sci-fi nod at the end. Click on play.

Thanks to Twitter for the tip on this film going around. Very brief synopsis via YouTube: “Plunging through reentry, a lone astronaut clings to fragments of another life.” Reentry is a one-minute short film created and directed by filmmaker Scott Jeschke – you can view more of his work on his official website or visit his YT page or follow him on Twitter @ScottJeschke or on IG @scottjeschkefilm. He’s currently based in Raleigh, NC and has made other shorts including the submarine short Mimic in 2021. Reentry was created entirely by Scott: “[It was] made in my garage with no budget, no crew, and NO AI. I retaught myself basic VFX compositing in After Effects, and put many hours into making this a fully-human-made piece that I could be proud of.” For more info on the film, visit YouTube. To watch more shorts (and sci-fi), click here. Thoughts?

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