Nils Keller’s Almost Home is a beautifully produced sci-fi short with impressive thought and attention put into the world-building, never overwhelming the film but always there in the background. As a medically vulnerable person in this current pandemic, I appreciate that the film’s central dilemma is taken so seriously and with such nuance and honesty – in the midst of a new pandemic, should a medically vulnerable person risk their life or go back into isolation? This is a film that illustrates the deep heartbreak and sadness of continued isolation, of watching friends and family go on without you. It shows the real worry about how to keep safe if you don’t isolate. These are the real emotions and concerns that those of us with disabilities and medical vulnerabilities must continue navigate on a daily basis now that so many in our lives have decided that the pandemic is over. And it is so refreshing to see a film take these emotions and concerns seriously. The fight in the film’s third act – complete with zero gravity pushing and pulling between mother and son – seems overwrought and out-of-place in a film that is otherwise so grounded in the characters’ emotional experiences. However, this is still a wonderful and emotionally rich film that, at the very least, held deep resonances for me and left me feeling seen and known and heard in this time when disability and medical vulnerability are becoming more and more ignored and made invisible in society.