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  • 2015
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  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Random Media
  • 1 h 23 m

Summary This film documents an event that has never taken place – man’s first encounter with intelligent life from space, but ever since the invention of radio, humans have been sending signals into space, announcing their existence to other civilizations. With unprecedented access to the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, the military, and expe...

Directed By: Michael Madsen

Written By: Michael Madsen

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Random Media
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Random Media
  • 1 h 23 m

The Visit: An Alien Encounter

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Summary This film documents an event that has never taken place – man’s first encounter with intelligent life from space, but ever since the invention of radio, humans have been sending signals into space, announcing their existence to other civilizations. With unprecedented access to the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, the military, and expe...

Directed By: Michael Madsen

Written By: Michael Madsen

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Mazlan Othman

Self - Astrophysicist, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Paul Beaver

Self - Defence and Aerospace Consultant

Janos Tisovszky

Self - Director of the United Nations Information Service

Michael Boyce

Self - former Chief of the Defence Staff

Niklas Hedman

Self - The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

Sheryl Bishop

Self - Social Psychologist, University of Texas

John D. Rummel

Self - Chairman, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)

Douglas Vakoch

Self - Director of Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

Chris McKay

Self - Astrobiologist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Jacques Arnould

Self - Theologist, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Chris Welch

Self - Professor of Space Engineering, International Space University

Vickie Sheriff

Self - former UK Prime Minister's Deputy Official Spokeswoman

Ernst Fasan

Self - Authority in Space Law

Michael Dangl

Narrator

Birgit Radeschnig

Zwilling

Nicole Radeschnig

Zwilling

Christian Reiner

Narrator

Kurt Waldheim

Self

Perica Antov

Screaming Man

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Oct 1, 2015
Madsen brings our collective sense of identity into sharp relief through the lens of what could be called a first date with mysterious beings.
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Production Company Magic Hour Films, Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, Venom Films, Mouka Filmi Oy, Indie Film, Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Austrian Film Institute, Vienna Film Financing Fund, Filmstandort Austria (FISA), Land Niederösterreich, Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board, Finnish Film Foundation, Norwegian Film Institute, DR3 TV, Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO), Sveriges Television (SVT), Yleisradio (YLE), Massproduction, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, The Government of Ireland
Release Date Oct 2, 2015
Duration 1 h 23 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
DocAviv Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Moscow International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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