To The Stars By Hard Ways (Cherez Ternil K Zvezdam)

Neeya is a striking-looking anthropoid found barely alive in an abandoned space craft. Brought to earth by the Russian space crew, she is nursed back to health and memory of her planet Dessa and its ecological collapse. When Neeya's benefactor Sergey joins the crew of an environmental rescue mission, she sneaks on board and convinces Sergey to change course. Once they have landed on the planet of Dessa, they begin improving the atmosphere and water while simultaneously struggling against the supporters of an evil dwarf Turan and a creepy biomass that has escaped the laboratory. TO THE STARS is an exciting and well designed sci-fi film rescued from oblivion by the son of the original director. -- Chale Nafus, Director of Programming, Austin Film Society