A team of soldiers escapes certain doom in Shayda Frost and Cosette Lucero’s sci-fi short film, ID EST. The future is bleak as a mysterious creature has invaded the part of the galaxy, stripping planets of all of their natural resources. These creatures leech off not just the planet’s resources but the essence of the humans themselves.
Finding herself trapped in an ambush, Metagalactic Captain Renn (Sof Puchley) and her crew of the Minerva, Marcus (David W. Rice) and Livia (Sunny Tellone), must fend off the mysterious beings hoping to steal the crew’s souls.

“…must fend off the mysterious beings hoping to steal the crew’s souls.”
ID EST boasts a female-led cast and crew, including director Shayda Frost and writer Cosette Lucero. As science fiction fans, they get all the elements down perfectly from the futuristic desert wasteland and the flashbacks of life on a space station.
The film’s showcase is an elaborate and wonderfully choreographed fight sequence involving sword and dagger play with its martial arts foundation. The exciting sequence is then followed by some CG effects involving Renn that continue to prove that sci-fi special effects are in the very capable hands of indie filmmakers.
Its eleven-minute runtime makes me wonder about its storytelling potential, given more time. ID EST is an impressive film to behold. We’re here for the action and its inspiring tale to round it out.
For more information about ID EST, visit the Alom Media official website.