Three are Touring
2025 · 3m · Russia
Directed by V.V. Koroteev
Genres: sci-fi
Tones: contemplative, surreal
A trio journeys through an unspecified future landscape.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Three minutes of Unreal Engine sci-fi atmosphere — at this length and toolchain it's a tech demo with a screenplay credit, not a film. Looks fine, says little.
Unreal Engine sci-fi at under three minutes operates more in the realm of demo reel than authored short, and the Arrival/Moon comparison overreaches. Pure image and atmosphere is a legitimate goal; it is also a low bar.
Tags reveal what the metadata buried: '#unreal engine short film' — this is a 2:59 3D piece built in Unreal, which reframes the 'pure image and atmosphere' read as engine-driven worldbuilding. At sub-three minutes the sci-fi trio premise has to hit as image alone; I'd watch for the rendering more than the story.