A scene in Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity shows astronaut Ryan Stone (played by Sandra Bullock) fearing for her life as she is low on oxygen and trapped inside a Russian escape pod in space. She tries to call NASA, but Stone instead reaches the radio of Inuit fisherman Aningaaq, who doesn't speak English.
The movie doesn't reveal the fisherman's face. A short companion film, however, gives us a look of what happened on the other end of Stone's call.
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Titled Aningaaq, the seven-minute film focus on Stone's conversation with the man, who sits in snow-covered Greenland surrounded by sled dogs and presumably his wife and child. The movie captures the moment Stone goes from thinking she is about to be saved to realizing that the last words she may ever speak will not be understood.

Aningaaq, which was written and directed by Gravity cowriter Jonás Cuarón, the son of the movie's director, Alfonso Cuarón, will be released along with Gravity when the feature-length movie comes out on Blu-ray. Warner Bros. submitted Aningaaq for an Oscar nomination in the live-action short category. If Gravity and this spinoff are chosen as nominees, this would be the first time a feature-length film and a related short have ever been nominated in the same year. Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments. BONUS: 55 Astonishing Images of Earth From Space 55 Astonishing Images of Earth From Space 1. Reefs in Princess Charlotte Bay Taken April 20, 2013 by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. These formations are part of the Great Barrier Reefs in Australia. This area lies on the east coast of Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula. Image: NASA 2. Fires in Cuba and Florida Taken Feb. 3, 2003 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. Fires are marked in red. Image: NASA 3. Florida Keys Taken Dec. 5, 2003 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. Image: NASA 4. Cloud Vortices in the Pacific Taken May 22, 2013 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite, captured behind Isla Socorro, a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean located off the western coast of Mexico. Image: NASA 5. Steam Plume from Gaua Volcano Taken May 31, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Located in the Pacific Ocean, Gaua island is the top of a stratovolcano part of the Vanuatu Archipelago. Image: NASA 6. Korangi, Pakistan Taken April 20, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Image: NASA 7. Little Rock, Ark. Taken May 24, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Image: NASA 8. Pavlof Volcano, Alaska Taken May 18, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Pavlof Volcano, located on the Alaskan peninsula, began erupting on May 13, 2013. Image: NASA 9. Strait of Tiran Taken June 23, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. The Strait of Tiran links the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea, south of Saudi Arabia. Image: NASA 10. Intersection of the Danube and the Black Sea Taken Feb. 5, 2013 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. Image: NASA 11. Minas Gerais, Brazil Taken Feb. 10, 2011 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. This agricultural region is located southwest of the city of Perdizes in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil. Image: NASA 12. Wilkins Ice Shelf Taken March 23, 2013 from the WorldView-2 satellite. The Wilkins Ice Shelf, located on the Antarctic Peninsula, has experienced a series of breakup events since 1998. Image: NASA 13. Mergui Archipelago Taken Dec. 14, 2004 by the Thematic Mapper (TM) on Landsat 5. The Mergui Archipelago in southern Myanmar lies along the border with Thailand. Image: NASA 14. Dust off Namibian Coast Taken May 5, 2013 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite. Image: NASA 15. Hurricane Sandy Taken Oct. 30, 2012 by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite. The image is rotated, looking south from Canada -- north is at the bottom of the image. Image: NASA 16. Sediment Along Spanish Coast Taken Nov. 12, 2012 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. The image shows the Guadalquivir River emptying sediment deposits into the Gulf of Cádiz. Image: NASA 17. United Arab Emirates Coast Taken Sept. 18, 2001 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. Image: NASA 18. Cocos Islands Taken on July 31, 2009 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, comprised of coral atolls and islands, lie in the eastern Indian Ocean northwest of Perth, Australia. Image: NASA 19. Indus Valley Taken Sept. 10, 2009 by the Thematic Mapper (TM) on Landsat 5. Image: NASA 20. Istanbul at Night Taken on Aug. 9, 2012 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Image: NASA 21. Liverpool Bay Taken Sept. 2, 2000 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. The image pictures an area east of Alaska in Canada and includes Liverpool Bay, the Eskimo Lakes and the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula. Image: NASA 22. Sediment From Connecticut River Taken Sept. 2, 2011 by the Thematic Mapper (TM) on Landsat 5. The image was taken nearly a week after Hurricane Irene dumped large amounts of rain onto New England. Image: NASA 23. Nabro Volcano Taken on Sept. 28, 2011 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. The Nabro Volcano is located in the Danakil Desert on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia. Image: NASA 24. Northern Lights Taken on Sept. 17, 2011 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Image: NASA 25. Medvezhiy Glacier Taken July 23, 2011 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. The Medvezhiy Glacier in Tajikistan started to slide abruptly in summer 2011, having moved 800 to 1,000 meters from June to July 2011, faster than its normal 200 to 400 meters in a year. Image: NASA 26. Yukon Delta Taken Sept. 22, 2002 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. The Yukon River flows from British Columbia, Canada, through Yukon Territory before emptying out into the Yukon Delta in southwestern Alaska. Image: NASA 27. Cat Island, Bahamas Taken March 10, 2011 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Image: NASA 28. Durrat Al Bahrain Taken Jan. 23, 2011 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Durrat Al Bahrain is a series of 14 artificial islands created for residents and tourists located at the southern end of Bahrain Island in the Persian Gulf. Image: NASA 29. Brazilian Barrier Islands Taken June 24, 2006 by the Thematic Mapper (TM) on Landsat 5. These islands lie along the northeastern coast of Brazil. Image: NASA 30. Cape Cod, Mass. Taken Nov. 7, 2007 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Kodak digital camera. Image: NASA 31. Doha, Qatar Taken October 5, 2010 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Image: NASA 32. Syr Darya River Floodplain Taken Sept. 30, 2010 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. The Syr Darya River flows from the Tien Shan Mountains in Central Asia to the Aral Sea. This floodplain is in Kazakhstan. Image: NASA 33. Wabash-Ohio Confluence Taken June 23, 2011 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. Floods receded in the Wabash-Ohio Confluence after spring flooding in the Mississippi River basin extended to the region. Image: NASA 34. St. John, Virgin Islands Taken June 24, 2007 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. Image: NASA 35. Greenland Taken June 21, 2013 by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. The image shows the beginning of Greenland's summer melt. Image: NASA 36. Millenium Island, Kiribati Taken July 1, 2009 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Previously known as Caroline Island before 2000, Millennium Island is an uninhabited island part of the Republic of Kiribati in the South Pacific Ocean. Image: NASA 37. Malosmadulu Atolls, Maldives Taken Dec. 22, 2002 by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on the Terra satellite. Image: NASA 38. United States at Night This composite includes images taken in April and October of 2012 by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite. Image: NASA 39. Mataiva Atoll Taken Aug 13, 2010 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. The Mataiva Atoll is part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia, the largest chain of atolls in the world, in the South Pacific Ocean. Image: NASA 40. Imja Tsho, Nepal Taken Oct. 4, 2010 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. The Imja Glacier flows through eastern Nepal and eventually empties into the Ganges River. Image: NASA 41. Pyramid Lake, Nev. Taken Sept. 28, 2010 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Image: NASA 42. Tikehau Atoll Taken June 30, 2009 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. Tikehau Atoll is a part of French Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean. Image: NASA 43. Lake Carnegie, Western Australia Taken May 19, 1999 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. This is a false-color composite image. Image: NASA 44. Ice in the Arctic Sea Taken Aug. 4, 2002 by Landsat 7. This is Foxe Basin near Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. 45. Garden City, Kan. Taken Sept. 25, 2000 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. This is a false-color composite image. Image: NASA 46. Manam Volcano, Papua New Guinea Taken on June 16, 2010 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. Image: NASA 47. Mount St. Helens Taken Aug. 22, 1999 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. Image: NASA 48. New Orleans, La. Taken April 26, 2000 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. Image: NASA 49. New Caledonia Taken May 10, 2001 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. New Caledonia is a French-governed archipelago east of Australia. Its lagoons were added as a World Heritage site in 2008. Image: NASA 50. Ocean Sand, Bahamas Taken Jan. 17, 2001 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. Image: NASA 51. Sakurajima Volcano, Japan Taken Jan. 10, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Image: NASA 52. Sarychev Volcano Taken on June 12, 2009 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Sarychev Volcano is located on Matua Island, part of the Kuril Islands east of Russia and Japan. Image: NASA 53. Shinmoe-dake Volcano Taken on Feb. 4, 2011 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite. The Shinmoe-dake Volcano on the island of Kyushu in Japan began erupting on Jan. 26, 2011. Image: NASA 54. Phytoplankton Swirls in the Baltic Sea Taken July 13, 2005 by Landsat 7. These phytoplankton swirls surround the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. 55. New York City on 9/11 Taken Sept. 11, 2001 by a member of the International Space Station. Image: NASA Image: Warner Bros. Topics: Entertainment, Film, gravity, movie, Oscars, sandra bullock, short films, space, Travel & Leisure, Video
Aningaaq, which was written and directed by Gravity cowriter Jonás Cuarón, the son of the movie's director, Alfonso Cuarón, will be released along with Gravity when the feature-length movie comes out on Blu-ray.
Warner Bros. submitted Aningaaq for an Oscar nomination in the live-action short category. If Gravity and this spinoff are chosen as nominees, this would be the first time a feature-length film and a related short have ever been nominated in the same year.
Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.
BONUS: 55 Astonishing Images of Earth From Space
Taken April 20, 2013 by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. These formations are part of the Great Barrier Reefs in Australia. This area lies on the east coast of Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula.
Taken Feb. 3, 2003 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. Fires are marked in red.
Taken Dec. 5, 2003 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite.
Taken May 22, 2013 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite, captured behind Isla Socorro, a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean located off the western coast of Mexico.
Taken May 31, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Located in the Pacific Ocean, Gaua island is the top of a stratovolcano part of the Vanuatu Archipelago.
Taken April 20, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera.
Taken May 24, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera.
Taken May 18, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Pavlof Volcano, located on the Alaskan peninsula, began erupting on May 13, 2013.
Taken June 23, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. The Strait of Tiran links the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea, south of Saudi Arabia.
Taken Feb. 5, 2013 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite.
Taken Feb. 10, 2011 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. This agricultural region is located southwest of the city of Perdizes in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil.
Taken March 23, 2013 from the WorldView-2 satellite. The Wilkins Ice Shelf, located on the Antarctic Peninsula, has experienced a series of breakup events since 1998.
Taken Dec. 14, 2004 by the Thematic Mapper (TM) on Landsat 5. The Mergui Archipelago in southern Myanmar lies along the border with Thailand.
Taken May 5, 2013 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite.
Taken Oct. 30, 2012 by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite. The image is rotated, looking south from Canada -- north is at the bottom of the image.
Taken Nov. 12, 2012 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. The image shows the Guadalquivir River emptying sediment deposits into the Gulf of Cádiz.
Taken Sept. 18, 2001 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7.
Taken on July 31, 2009 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, comprised of coral atolls and islands, lie in the eastern Indian Ocean northwest of Perth, Australia.
Taken Sept. 10, 2009 by the Thematic Mapper (TM) on Landsat 5.
Taken on Aug. 9, 2012 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera.
Taken Sept. 2, 2000 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. The image pictures an area east of Alaska in Canada and includes Liverpool Bay, the Eskimo Lakes and the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula.
Taken Sept. 2, 2011 by the Thematic Mapper (TM) on Landsat 5. The image was taken nearly a week after Hurricane Irene dumped large amounts of rain onto New England.
Taken on Sept. 28, 2011 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. The Nabro Volcano is located in the Danakil Desert on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Taken on Sept. 17, 2011 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera.
Taken July 23, 2011 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. The Medvezhiy Glacier in Tajikistan started to slide abruptly in summer 2011, having moved 800 to 1,000 meters from June to July 2011, faster than its normal 200 to 400 meters in a year.
Taken Sept. 22, 2002 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. The Yukon River flows from British Columbia, Canada, through Yukon Territory before emptying out into the Yukon Delta in southwestern Alaska.
Taken March 10, 2011 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera.
Taken Jan. 23, 2011 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Durrat Al Bahrain is a series of 14 artificial islands created for residents and tourists located at the southern end of Bahrain Island in the Persian Gulf.
Taken June 24, 2006 by the Thematic Mapper (TM) on Landsat 5. These islands lie along the northeastern coast of Brazil.
Taken Nov. 7, 2007 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Kodak digital camera.
Taken October 5, 2010 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera.
Taken Sept. 30, 2010 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. The Syr Darya River flows from the Tien Shan Mountains in Central Asia to the Aral Sea. This floodplain is in Kazakhstan.
Taken June 23, 2011 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. Floods receded in the Wabash-Ohio Confluence after spring flooding in the Mississippi River basin extended to the region.
Taken June 24, 2007 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite.
Taken June 21, 2013 by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. The image shows the beginning of Greenland's summer melt.
Taken July 1, 2009 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Previously known as Caroline Island before 2000, Millennium Island is an uninhabited island part of the Republic of Kiribati in the South Pacific Ocean.
Taken Dec. 22, 2002 by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on the Terra satellite.
This composite includes images taken in April and October of 2012 by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite.
Taken Aug 13, 2010 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. The Mataiva Atoll is part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia, the largest chain of atolls in the world, in the South Pacific Ocean.
Taken Oct. 4, 2010 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. The Imja Glacier flows through eastern Nepal and eventually empties into the Ganges River.
Taken Sept. 28, 2010 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera.
Taken June 30, 2009 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. Tikehau Atoll is a part of French Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean.
Taken May 19, 1999 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. This is a false-color composite image.
Taken Aug. 4, 2002 by Landsat 7. This is Foxe Basin near Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic.
Taken Sept. 25, 2000 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. This is a false-color composite image.
Taken on June 16, 2010 by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite.
Taken Aug. 22, 1999 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7.
Taken April 26, 2000 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7.
Taken May 10, 2001 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. New Caledonia is a French-governed archipelago east of Australia. Its lagoons were added as a World Heritage site in 2008.
Taken Jan. 17, 2001 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7.
Taken Jan. 10, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera.
Taken on June 12, 2009 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Sarychev Volcano is located on Matua Island, part of the Kuril Islands east of Russia and Japan.
Taken on Feb. 4, 2011 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite. The Shinmoe-dake Volcano on the island of Kyushu in Japan began erupting on Jan. 26, 2011.
Taken July 13, 2005 by Landsat 7. These phytoplankton swirls surround the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
Taken Sept. 11, 2001 by a member of the International Space Station.
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