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Out There

Two alien sisters journey for the first time to their favorite planet Earth with hopes to go viral on the internet, but their father has other plans for them and their beloved humans.

  • Sophia de Baun
    Director
    Chiqui (Sundance), Sisters (short), Scenes from a Break Up (Amazon Prime), Hold that weight (music video - Vimeo Staff Pick)
  • Sophia de Baun
    Writer
    Chiqui (Sundance), Sisters (short), Scenes from a Break Up (Amazon Prime), Hold that weight (music video - Vimeo Staff Pick)
  • Miriam Gabriel
    Writer
    A.D. by Kyle Marshall (premiered at BAM) Tribute To Angels by Maya Lee-Parritz (premiered at The Shed) Underland by Stephen Petronio (presented by the Joyce Theater)
  • Zora Schiltz Rouse
    Writer
    Colin in Black and White (Netflix), The C Word (Showtime), Secret Origins of Hip Hop (Mass Appeal)
  • Sophia de Baun
    Producer
    Chiqui (Sundance), Sisters (short), Scenes from a Break Up (Amazon Prime), Hold that weight (music video - Vimeo Staff Pick)
  • Miriam L Gabriel
    Producer
    A.D. by Kyle Marshall (premiered at BAM) Tribute To Angels by Maya Lee-Parritz (premiered at The Shed) Underland by Stephen Petronio (presented by the Joyce Theater)
  • Zora Schiltz Rouse
    Producer
    Colin in Black and White (Netflix), The C Word (Showtime), Secret Origins of Hip Hop (Mass Appeal)
  • Sara Gardephe (post producer)
    Producer
    Shy Boys IRL (2011), Last Podcast On The Left (trailer)
  • Miriam Gabriel
    Key Cast
    "Mimi"
    A.D. by Kyle Marshall (premiered at BAM) Tribute To Angels by Maya Lee-Parritz (premiered at The Shed) Underland by Stephen Petronio (presented by the Joyce Theater)
  • Zora Schiltz Rouse
    Key Cast
    "Zora"
    Colin in Black and White (Netflix), The C Word (Showtime), Secret Origins of Hip Hop (Mass Appeal)
  • Jack Mikesell
    Key Cast
    "Tristin aka Sadman"
    Rizzoli and Isles, How to Get Away with Murder
  • Carlos Cardona
    Directory of Photography
    Chiqui (Sundance), Scenes from a Break Up (Amazon Prime), Hold that weight (music video - Vimeo Staff Pick)
  • Project Type:
    Television, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 11, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    35,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Sophia de Baun

Sophia de Baun is a filmmaker with a background in writing and critical theory. She wrote and directed her first short film, "Sisters", in 2015, which premiered at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival the following year. In 2017, she wrote and produced her first feature, "Scenes From a Breakup", which screened at festivals such as the Covellite International Film Festival in June 2019 as well as at Anthology Film Archives as part of NewFilmmakers NY in November 2018.

She produced, edited, and co-wrote a pilot, "Chiqui", directed by Carlos Cardona and shot by Rand Rosenberg, that premiered as part of the Indie Episodic Program at Sundance 2022.

She also wrote and produced a short, "Don't Come Close" which premiered in 2021 at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. She works as a camera operator and editor on documentary and commercial projects, including National Geographic's "Blood on the Wall" and an upcoming Saboteur Media documentary, "From Scratch: How Mixtapes Changed Music Forever" due to come out in 2021.

She graduated in 2014 from the Rutgers University, School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program with B.A.s in English and Women's and Gender Studies. She was one of four Paul Robeson Scholars who received the Henry Rutgers Scholar Award for an outstanding thesis.

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Director Statement

Out There is a dark, wacky comedy about a sister-duo who’s relationship with each other and the world around them is part Thelma and Louise, part Abbi and Ilana (Broad City), and inspired by many other iconic pairs; Lila and Elena (Neapolitan Novels), Molly and Issa (Insecure), Anna and Maya (Penn15), Tim and Eric. Mimi and Zora, unsocialized and having only learned about human behavior through YouTube and trash TV, are constantly embarrassing themselves while exposing the absurdity of what passes for socially acceptable behavior. The lens of the alien allows for play with miscommunication, overt sexuality, over-the-top energy and uninhibited responses to a world that is perhaps equally as grotesque as the characters themselves! The series was born out of a desire to create a platform for women to be heinous, loud, sexual, and in charge of their own stories.