Watch Neill Blomkamp’s Firebase, the 2nd Oats Studios short Filmmaker Neill Blomkamp’s (District 9, Elysium, Chappie) Oats Studios has released its second short film, titled Firebase. Watch the action-packed short in the player below! RELATED: Neill Blomkamp’s Oats Studios Releases First Sci-Fi Short, Rakka Firebase is the second independently made sci-fi short released by Oats Studios following the success of the Sigourney Weaver-starrer Rakka. Set during the Vietnam war, Firebase follows American soldier “Hines” through an ever-deepening web of science fiction madness.