Pioneers (2026)

Four adolescent friends descend into a forgotten subterranean city, cameras in hand, chasing a local legend about a colossal entity that once ruled the depths. What begins as a curiosity-driven expedition quickly unravels as the architecture, the silence, and something massive stirring in the dark suggest the myth may be very much alive.

Shot from the perspective of the group's designated cameraman, the short blends documentary-style interviews with real-time descent footage, framing the journey as both an archaeological curiosity and a descent into primal fear.