May 20, 2021 -- MacGillivray Freeman Films, the world’s foremost independent producer and distributor of original giant-screen 70mm films, announced today a partnership with MetaMedia, one of the fastest growing entertainment technology companies in the U.S., to bring educational films to conventional commercial theaters and drive-ins across the U.S. and Canada for educational and group screenings.

\February 16, 2021—Congratulations to Australia's Great Wild North, Backyard Wilderness, and Great Bear Rainforest, all finalists in the World Wildlife Day Film Showcase: Forests. Over 275 films were entered for this festival, which is organized by Jackson Wild. The winners will be announced during the first-ever global virtual World Wildlife Day celebration on March 3. View the full list of finalists here

December 14, 2020—Stephen Amezdroz's Koala will be the first giant screen film shot with the Blackmagic 12K camera. The film is scheduled to be released in 2022 and will be distributed by MacGillivray Freeman Films. The camera has a digital film resolution of 12,288 x 6480 through a 12K Super 35 Sensor that has 14 stops of dynamic range, and combines 80 megapixels per frame with new colour science. https://bit.ly/34btR0y

July 29, 2020—Shaun MacGillivray, president of MacGillivray Freeman Films, shares his insights on what film production will look like in a COVID world. Read the full article in Post magazine.

June 12, 2020—The director's cut of MacGilivray Freeman's documentary Everest will be released in 2021. The original film is the highest-grossing giant screen documentary of all time, earning more than $152 million in worldwide ticket sales. The director’s cut will feature exclusive new footage and will be digitally remastered in 16k for an 8k digital release. MacGillivray Freeman is using the same film scanner that was custom-made for the filmmakers of Apollo 11 to digitize NASA’s 70mm archival footage from its mission to the moon.

February 18, 2020—Into America’s Wild, the new 3D documentary for IMAX® and giant screen theaters, will take viewers on an incredible journey through the nation’s most iconic wilderness areas. Produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films in association with Brand USA along with presenting sponsors, Expedia and United Airlines, this film showcases the diversity of the United States’ natural and urban wonders. The film premiered at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum last week and is in wide release as of February 14. Read more

May 10, 2019—MacGillivray Freeman Films and CNN Films are proud to announce the release of Todd Douglas Miller’s Apollo 11: First Steps Edition, an exclusive giant screen documentary opening in select science centers and museum-based IMAX^® and giant screen theaters starting May 17, 2019. Produced by Statement Pictures in partnership with CNN Films and distributed by MacGillivray Freeman Films, Apollo 11: First Steps Edition is a special giant screen version of the critically-acclaimed theatrical documentary Apollo 11 released earlier this year. Apollo 11: First Steps Edition will open exclusively in science centers and museum-based giant screen theaters as part of the much-anticipated global celebration of the 50^th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission—the first to put men on the Moon.

December 11, 2018—Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds has signed on to narrate Great Bear Rainforest, set in one of the planet’s most exquisite and secluded wildernesses. The main title theme for the film will be composed by the legendary Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer, with the score being composed by Anže Rozman for Bleeding Fingers Music, produced by Russell Emanuel. The film is distributed by MacGillivray Freeman Films and will be released in select IMAX and giant screen theatres beginning February 15, 2019.

November 20, 2018—SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment is partnering with MacGillivray Freeman Films to deliver three exclusive new flying films in 2019 for the Vertical 4D Experience™, SimEx-Iwerks’ latest theater attraction that simulates the sensation of flying. Flying Across America will be available this spring, followed by the summer release of Flying Around The World and a fall release of Flying Wild. Each film will be exclusively distributed by SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment. SimEx-Iwerks and MacGillivray Freeman will also collaborate in producing custom Vertical 4D Experiences.