To the Moon and Back

To the Moon and Back – by Elisa Gómez Alvarez

To the Moon and Back follows Ilyasse from Morocco, and Pauline from the Philippines, two Gen Z scientists shaped by a personal history of uprooting, chasing the dream of becoming an astronaut.

As their journeys unfold, Ilyasse and Pauline find themselves torn between their ideals of inclusion and sustainability and the fiercely competitive world of contemporary space exploration. The film exposes how the new space race reproduces old hierarchies of gender, geography and access, all against the backdrop of an uncertain future on Earth.

Set between reality and dream, between grounded struggles and whimsical moon mission simulations, To the Moon and Back becomes a true exploration of what it means to belong — and whether space exploration is a way forward or a way to escape.