Troop Zero

Courtesy of Sundance Institute

Closing the festival is Troop Zero, a drama from the female writing-directing duo Bert and Bertie that centres around a misfit girl dreaming of becoming an astronaut. Her prayers are answered when Nasa opens a competition whose winner will be recorded on its Golden Record (a time capsule aiming to explain life on Earth to extraterrestrials). Since the Oscar-winning scene stealers Viola Davis and Allison Janney are onboard, Troop Zero is surely headed to infinity and beyond.