Salient Minus Ten is a 2017 science fiction short film written and directed by Emma Dark.

The plot of Salient Minus Ten focuses on Adam Harper, who unexpectedly finds himself thrust into a brutal game of life and death.

[1] Salient Minus Ten was funded via the crowdfunding website Indiegogo, where it raised 109% of its goal.

[2] Alan Austen, who stopped acting in 2005, was asked by Dark to audition for the lead role in the film after meeting her at the Dale-Con Sci-fi Convention,[3] and later found that he was successful in securing the role.

Several crew members from Dark's previous film, Seize the Night, returned to work on Salient Minus Ten.