Sky is no limit

After her ship crashes on a remote alien world, pilot Elara Hayes must outwit a relentless artificial being—and confront the terrifying truth that humanity’s greatest creation may also be its reflection.

  • Götz Raimund
    Director
  • Götz Raimund
    Writer
  • Edictum
    Producer
  • Puti Kaiser Mihar
    Key Cast
  • Ivan Kapetan
    2nd Cam // Assistance
  • Project Type:
    Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 9, 2025
  • Country of Origin:
    Austria
  • Country of Filming:
    Austria
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.4:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Götz Raimund

Götz is an award-winning director and filmmaker born 1987, in New York, NY, to Peruvian and Austrian parents, currently based in Vienna, Austria.
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His journey began in 2013 with his directorial debut for a commercial commissioned by ÖGP focusing on COPD awareness. Collaborations with prominent brands, including Humanic, Simacek, Makita, Pajor, Austrian Audio, and Stichting Melanom, the latter marking an international production milestone, followed.
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Driven by a deep desire to meet his clients' needs, Götz tries to ensure that their ideas and identity can flourish through their collaborative effort. Whether crafting commercials, music videos, or cinematic narratives, he strives to bring every vision to life with authenticity and impact.
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Alongside his commissioned work, Götz is passionate about creating personal projects that reflect his artistic identity. These passion projects allow him to explore the human experience with sincerity, underscoring his commitment to storytelling as a powerful medium for connection and expression.
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In 2018, he premiered his feature film debut Letting Go at the Chelsea Film Festival and marché du film, as well as the Multi-Award Winning Music Video King of Norway.​ Götz's latest short Fading Frames has recently entered the festival circuit, whilst his short doc The last balafon master is now available for streaming after a successful festival run, further cementing his commitment as a storyteller to connect with audiences.

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Director Statement

With “Sky is No Limit,” I wanted to explore the paradox of human progress. How our desire to create, control, and transcend boundaries often leads us back to the very flaws we hoped to escape. The story of Elara Hayes and the artificial being is not just a tale of survival on a distant world, but a reflection of our own relationship with technology, ambition, and the longing to be seen.
The being in the film was designed to serve humanity, to shape an alien planet into something livable. Yet, its need for acknowledgment, something deeply human, becomes its downfall. I was fascinated by this contradiction: a creation built from logic but driven by emotion, a mirror of our own dependency on validation in an increasingly digital age. This duality between human instinct and artificial reason is where the story breathes.
The film draws inspiration from Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” a timeless warning about the responsibility of creation. In her words a line such as “You are my creator, but I am your master; obey!” echoes in our era of artificial intelligence and automation. Like Shelley’s creature, the being in “Sky is No Limit”, named Life-form 404 for the reason of duality, seeks connection but finds rejection, transforming longing into destruction. Through Elara’s struggle, I wanted to capture both the terror and the beauty of facing what we’ve made and realizing it reflects us more than we’d like to admit.
Ultimately, this film is a meditation on attention, recognition, and the human cost of ambition. It’s a cautionary tale about creation and acknowledgment, setting a reminder that even in the vastness of space, our greatest dangers often begin within ourselves.