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"Asteria" is a 5-minute animated short film from 2016 and this runtime already includes credits, so this is a really short one. It was relatively close to being nominated for an Oscar, but eventually did not make the cut. The writer and one of the directors is Alexandre Arpentinier, his very first work and still a success with the attention it received. I still wonder how many directors worked on this very short film. Anyway, this is the story of two astronauts reaching a distant planet. But they are not alone. The creatures they meet remind me somehow of what Minions would look like if they were aliens. But the filmmakers of this popular series are not despicable enough to graphically kill Minions in contrast to the ones we have here. Oh yeah, a bit of golfing is involved too. Wait and see who gets the last laugh. I am not yet really sure if I liked the ending or not. But i must say that while the film began in a pretty solid manner, it became emptier and emptier the longer it went, which means with this runtime it happened pretty quickly here. No message, no really touching or funny moments and the solid animation just isn't enough to make up for all the forgettable aspects. I am not too sad this one did not get in with the Academy. Still given the fact that it is Arpentinier's first work, there is some potential here to build on for future projects, maybe even full feature films.