Ambition – Epilogue

After her long, arduous training, our young Apprentice is now a fully fledged Master of cosmic origins, exploring an alien planet rich with water and life. But something familiar crosses her mind. Memories from her training, and Rosetta’s historic journey to catch a comet. She returns to the archives. Once again, ESA and Fish Ladder / Platige Image blur the lines between science fiction and science fact in this epilogue to their award-winning 2014 short film, Ambition, which portrayed the scientific questions and technical challenges, and above all, the human determination that make exploration of the Universe such a compelling theme. The epilogue is directed by Maciej Jackiewicz and stars Aisling Franciosi (The Fall, Game of Thrones). Credits: A Fish Ladder/Platige Image & European Space Agency Production Concept/creative strategy: Fish Ladder Director/edit: Maciej Jackiewicz Director of photography: Mateusz Skalski Cast: Aisling Franciosi Story: Maciej Jackiewicz Jan Pomierny Tobiasz Piątkowski Creative producer: Jan Pomierny Producer: Marta Staniszewska Executive producer: Mark McCaughrean (ESA) Set production: Beata Pych First assistant director/set manager: Jakub Kędzierski First assistant camera: Piotr Twardowski Focus puller: Seweryn Kukliński Steadicam operator: Jarosław Wierzbicki Steadicam assistant: Sławomir Wierzbicki Camera equipment: MX35 Gaffer: Rafał Okyne Lighting crew: Heliograf Lighting equipment: Heliograf Set decoration: Rafał Rusin Costume designer: Paula Dudziak Hair & make-up: Agnieszka Wilk Set duty: Daniel & Licho (Yellowóz) Catering on set/generator/wardrobe: Robert Piszczatowski Drivers: Bogdan Manowski Andrzej Kornowski VFX supervisor: Maciej Jackiewicz Layout artist: Dominik Wawrzyniak VFX artists: Seweryn Czarnecki Andrzej Przydatek Tomasz Przydatek Waldemar Woźniak Sylwester Lipiński Benjamin Mcallister Music: Porcelain written & performed by snowbird, from the album moon (Bella Union P&C 2013) Sound producer: Sylwia Szczepankiewicz (Juice) Sound design & mix: Kuba Pietrzak (Juice) Digital intermediate: Piotr Dutkiewicz Special thanks: Kampinos National Park, Poland The Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw, Poland Mattias Malmer Simon Raymonde Grzegorz Nizio Łukasz Alwast Pedro Russo Copyright: European Space Agency (2016)