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The following new films have been submitted for screening at the European Film Expo. Additional titles will be added to this list as they are submitted.
1570 = will be shown in 1570
Digital = will be shown in digital
FT = Final Title
WT = Working Title
DD = Will also screen during Dome Day at La Géode
Air Racers 3D (1570, FT)
Release Date: April 5, 2012
Formats Available: 2D and 3D, 1570
Length: 40 minutes
Producer: 3D Entertainment USA and Pretend Entertainment in association with Stereoscope
Distributor: 3D Entertainment Distribution
Contact: Francois Mantello
Fly into Nevada's "Valley of Speed" for a breathtaking exploration of the fastest race in the world combined with spectacular air show entertainment: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races. Join today's elite pilots as they fight for position, wingtip-to-wingtip, and skim 50 feet (15 m) above the ground around an oval course at twice the speed of a Nascar race. Discover this ultra-competitive world through the eyes of rookie pilot Steve Hinton Jr. as he attempts to fly his P-51 Mustang fighter plane to victory in the most highly anticipated and unpredictable race class. Learn about the history and science behind the sport, whose concept dates back to the dawn of aviation, and see top-notch aerobatic performers, including the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. With spectacular aerial photography filmed entirely in 3D and unprecedented access granted to the course, Air Racers 3D puts you in the cockpit to experience the intensity and high-speed thrills of a sports event like no other.
Chasing Cotards (1570, DD, FT)
Release Date: May 2010
Formats Available: 2D, 1570
Length: 13:10
Producer/Distributor: Button Up Productions
Contact: Edward Dark
Chasing Cotards is a high-profile short film, beautifully shot, with stunning production design, cinematography evoking classic Hollywood elegance. The project was shot on a Vista Vision Camera so that it could be projected onto the BFI IMAX Cinema for a presentation on Saturday 8th May 2010, literally making it…The Biggest Short Film Of All Time! Once a successful artist, Hart is now a shadow of his former self, his world torn apart by loss. He is consumed by a haunting portrait of his deceased wife and spends every moment studying her face, unable to forget. Knowing that she was taken away from him too soon, all he wishes is that she would return to breathe life into his world once more.
Cosmic Journey (Digital, FT)
Release Date: 2011
Formats Available: 2D and 3D, Digital, Dome, Fulldome
Length: 20-minute, 22-minute, and 40-minute versions
Producer/Distributor: Kallisti Media
Contact: Nicholas Reed
“If you want to know where I am, I will be watching Cosmic Journey again,”—Franklin Institute employee. A stunningly beautiful, totally immersive 3D journey from shuttle launch to the far edge of the known universe and back utilizing only real images of the planets and stars. Embrace one of the finest 3D experiences using images from Hubble and Cassini and using our very own custom technology to see the clouds of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, gaseous nebula and far away galaxies brought to life like never seen before. 22 min Fulldome, 20 + 40min, 2D & 3D.
Flying Monsters 3D (Digital, FT)
Release Date: October 2011
Formats Available: 2D and 3D, 1570, Digital, Dome
Length: 39:17
Producer: Atlantic Productions
Distributor: National Geographic Cinema Ventures
Contact: Mark Katz
Flying Monsters 3D is a pioneering documentary about the prehistoric world of pterosaurs—flying vertebrates with a wingspan of up to 45 feet who lived 160 million years ago. With the help of cutting-edge 3D technology, audiences will be immersed in the lush and alien environment in which these creatures—the size of small jet airplanes—lived. The film is produced by Anthony Geffen and narrated by veteran filmmaker, David Attenborough. Available in 3D, 2D, 15/70 and Digital.
The Last Reef (1570, FT)
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Formats Available: 2D and 3D, 1570
Length: 40 minutes
Producer: Giant Screen Films, Yes/No Productions
Contact: Andy Wood
Fly across iridescent tropical reefs, brush through a cloud of a million jellyfish, visit an alien world where the closer you look, the more you see. We think of reefs as exotic, distant places with little connection to our everyday world. Yet there are many kinds of reef, each of them a living city beneath the sea, where plants and animals congregate in mutual benefit. They have a parallel existence to ours, distant yet undoubtedly connected. Shot on location in Palau, Vancouver Island, French Polynesia, Mexico, and The Bahamas, The Last Reef takes us on a global journey to explore our connection with the ocean’s complex, parallel worlds. New underwater 3D camera technology takes us into the heart of the reef, revealing a habitat more diverse and more colorful than you ever imagined.
Meerkats 3D (Digital, FT)
Release Date: Summer/Fall 2012
Formats Available: 2D and 3D, Digital
Length: 40 minutes
Producer/Distributor: National Geographic Cinema Ventures
Contact: Mark Katz
Filmed over the course of a year, Meerkats 3D follows an extraordinary—not to mention adorable—family that stands just 12 inches tall. Discover how these tiny but strong creatures survive in the harsh desert, led by the family’s tenacious matriarch, Klinky. Her daunting task is to both protect the offspring she has, as well as produce more pups, to ensure the family’s survival for generations to come. Together, this family of 20 will battle a rival gang to protect their territory, their pups, and their lives as they also contend with the desolate environment which is their home.
Rescue 3D (Digital, DD 1570, FT)
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Formats Available: 2D and 3D, 1570, Digital, Dome
Length: 45 minutes
Producer: The Stephen Low Company
Distributor: K2 Communications
Contact: Mark Kresser
Rescue plunges audiences into the hard, but inspiring work of saving lives in the face of a natural disaster. Behind the scenes, the film follows a Canadian naval commander, two pilots, and a volunteer rescue technician as they train for action. When an earthquake strikes Haiti, creating one of the biggest humanitarian disasters of the century, the audience is swept along, joining with the massive effort that brings military and civilian responders and hardware from around the world. Rescue is a journey of real-world disaster and emergency response captured (in 3D) with unprecedented scale and impact for the giant screen.
Rocky Mountain Express (1570, DD, FT)
Release Date: September 30, 2011
Format Available: 2D, 1570
Length: 46 minutes and 45 seconds
Producer: The Stephen Low Company
Distributor: Stephen Low Distribution
Contact: Pietro Serapiglia
Rocky Mountain Express propels audiences on a steam train journey through the breathtaking vistas of the Canadian Rockies and highlights the adventure of building a nearly impossible transcontinental railway. Recruited to realize this venture—one of the greatest engineering feats of all time—were engineers and laborers from around the world. Rocky Mountain Express weaves together spectacular IMAX aerial cinematography, archival photographs and maps, and the potent energy and rhythms of a live steam locomotive to immerse audiences in this remarkable story from the age of steam.
Space Junk 3D (Digital, DD 1570, FT)
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Formats Available: 2D and 3D, 1570, Digital, Dome
Length: 38 minutes
Producer: Melrae Pictures
Distributor: K2 Communications
Contact: Kimberly Rowe
Space Junk 3D, narrated by Academy Award® nominee Tom Wilkinson, is the first movie to explore the exponentially expanding ring of debris that threatens the safety of our planet's orbits. Harnessing the magical imagery of 3D giant screen, full dome and digital theater, Director Melissa Butts takes us soaring—from the stunning depths of Meteor Crater to an unprecedented view of our increasingly crowded orbits, 22,000 miles above earth.
To the Arctic—rough cut (1570, DD, FT)
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Formats Available: 2D and 3D, 1570, Digital, Dome
Length: 40 minutes
Producer: MacGillivray Freeman Films
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures, IMAX Corporation, and MacGillivray Freeman Films
Contact: Thomas Wyss
To The Arctic 3D takes you on a never before seen journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. Captivating, adventurous, and intimate footage brings you up close and personal with this family’s struggle to survive and thrive in a frigid environment of melting ice, immense glaciers, spectacular waterfalls, and majestic snow-bound peaks. Coming exclusively to IMAX® theaters Spring 2012.
Tornado Alley 3D (1570, DD, FT)
Release Date: October 2011
Formats Available: 2D and 3D, 1570, Digital, Dome
Length: 40 minutes
Producer: Giant Screen Films, Graphic Films
Distributor: Giant Screen Films
Contact: Andy Wood
Traversing the “severe weather capital of the world,” Tornado Alley documents an unprecedented mission seeking to encounter one of Earth’s most awe-inspiring events—the birth of a tornado. Join Storm Chasers star Sean Casey and the researchers of VORTEX 2, the most ambitious effort ever made to understand the origins and evolution of tornadoes, on this heart-pounding science adventure. Armed with a 70mm camera, a fleet of customized vehicles designed to withstand gale force winds, torrential rains and unrelenting hail, and an arsenal of the most advanced weather measurement instruments ever created, the stars of Tornado Alley take audiences on a thrilling quest to experience a tornado’s destructive power at point blank range. Experience the adrenaline and the science of nature’s most dramatic phenomena!