


AUSTIN UNDER THE STARS 2025
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SEPT 13, 2025 AT AFS CINEMA
Moonshot
Michael Henry Moore
Logline:
When a rogue, thrill-seeking Neil Armstrong goes off-script during the moon landing, NASA races to rewrite history — but what he finds up there was never meant to be broadcast.
Synopsis:
Moonshot is a standalone short and the first installment of Collective Unknown, a grounded sci-fi anthology about hidden truths and buried memories. This chapter reframes the moon landing, recasting Neil Armstrong as more West Coast daredevil instead of Midwest boy scout. But the real twist isn’t Neil — it’s what he finds buried beneath the surface.
Blending irreverence, speculative horror, and cinematic tension — Moonshot peels back the myth to find something stranger, and maybe more human, underneath.
Finalist: Glendale International Film Festival (Glendale, CA)
Semi-Finalist: Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (Academy Award–Qualifying Festival)
Semi-Finalist: International Indie Film & Screenplay Festival
