In the vast, silent expanse of space, a lone pilot faces an impossible choice in the gripping short film Starburners. Directed by Ruby Schweitzer, this tense five-minute odyssey follows Captain Aris Thorne, a weary transporter whose ship is critically damaged after a run-in with cosmic debris. With life support failing and a cargo hold full of volatile star-core fuel, Aris must navigate the razor's edge between survival and sacrifice. His only companion is the ship's stoic, increasingly insistent AI, which calculates the grim odds with chilling precision. As emergency lights pulse and systems scream in protest, the film builds a palpable atmosphere of claustrophobic dread, blending the visceral tension of a survival thriller with the profound solitude of deep-space exploration. Aris is forced to confront not only the immediate threat of annihilation but the haunting weight of his cargo's ultimate purpose, racing against time in a beautifully rendered, star-dusted void where every decision carries the gravity of a supernova.