Laniakea 2, Chapter 1. Short film

I was making this film for 5 years by myself, and I finally finished chapter 1 of 4! This is a sequel to the first part. This chapter is just a prologue to the main story.

Description: After discovering a planet with the remains of a lost civilization, Al returns to Earth with the monolith to uncover the mysteries behind it. Accompanied by his dog Martin, Al embarks on a new voyage.

I used Cinema 4D, Arnold and Nuke. It took about 1 year to render😅. I wasn't rendering every day, I used one PC with AMD ryzen 9 9750x. 1 hour per frame in average. All render EXR's are about 700GB.