Orbiter 9

Orbiter 9 (Órbita 9, 2017) is a Spanish-Colombian sci-fi drama directed by Hatem Khraiche — watch online if you're drawn to intimate science fiction where the real danger isn't space but the people pulling the strings. Helena has spent two decades alone aboard a ship bound for a distant colony, her parents long gone after a malfunction left no room for three. Then Alex, an engineer, boards to repair a failing system — the first human face she has ever seen in person. Clara Lago and Alex González lead the cast.

The connection that forms between them is quickly complicated by a discovery: not everything Helena believes about her mission is true. A powerful corporation has been running something far larger than a simple deep-space voyage, and both of them are caught inside it. The film works best as mood rather than plot — claustrophobic, quietly unsettling, built on two performances rather than spectacle. Stream Orbiter 9 (2017) online on iFILM.