We Are Born of Stars
We Are Born of Stars is the first Anaglyph single projector 3D film created for IMAX/IMAX Dome projection. Using computer graphics, the film traces the development of life from the formation of atomic nuclei in stars to the molecular structure of water and DNA, zooming the audience through the five-billion-year evolution of our solar system. Length: 11:00
Weaving Ants
Enter the fascinating world of weaver ants as you explore one of the most complex social systems of all forms of life. Weaving Ants was filmed on location in the Ivory Coast, using macrophotography and special effects lenses to capture what the human eye cannot see. Extraordinary closeups include the ants weaving leaves into nests, raising green flies and fleas for food, and capturing a grasshopper, as well as the birth of a queen ant and a devastating territorial war. Length: 12:00 [...]
Welcome to the Max
Welcome to the Max, a signature film made for the Liberty Science Center, introduces viewers to the IMAX experience through a visitor from space named Marto. Using special effects and adventure, including a skydive over New York harbor and a front-seat view during a ride in a train tunnel, Marto explores and learns about the New York/New Jersey area through the eyes of the IMAX camera. Length: 12:00
Whales
This film plunges audiences to the ocean depths and takes them to some of the wildest locations on earth to witness the sights, sounds, and survival of the world's largest mammal. Whales immerses audiences in an underwater world where muted light and color is dominated by sound. Follow blue, humpback, orca, and right whales, and dolphins in their ancient migratory journeys. Discover how their amazing ability to hear and send calls over thousands of miles influences and guides their feeding, breeding, navigation, and socialization. Length: [...]
Where The Trains Used To Go
The first Norwegian film in the IMAX format, Where the Trains Used to Go is a journey along the remains of a 100-year-old narrow-gauge railway, through places where there are no rails anymore.
Wild Australia: The Edge
Wild Australia: The Edge was filmed in the Blue Mountains wilderness, an ancient landscape with beautiful and treacherous waterfalls, canyons, and underground rivers, carved by streams that lead back into the world as it was ninety million years ago. The wilderness protects itself from encroachment with a formidable barrier of vertical cliffs. Now viewers can rappel into this world of exotic creatures and unique plant life, traveling to a secret remote ravine where 40 ancient trees, 120 feet tall, survive unchanged since the age of [...]
Wild Safari: A South African Adventure
Wild Safari 3D: A South African Adventure places the viewer in the passenger seat during a real-life safari through South African games reserves in search of the “big five.” The elephant, the Cape buffalo, the rhino, the leopard, and the lion have long been considered the continent's most dangerous animals. Zoologist and ranger Liesl Eichenberger leads the tour, providing information about the animals and the conservation efforts being made to save their habitats. Length: 45:00
Wildfire: Feel the Heat
Experience up-close one of the most powerful forces in nature and the efforts to contain it. Join the superbly trained, dedicated men and women who band together each year in a battle against wildfires. From the smokejumpers that parachute into blazes to water-bombing helicopters, follow the unique arsenal of weapons used against the raging monster of fire. And find out, as you roam over breathtaking wilderness from Idaho and California to Australia, how some fires are actually deliberately set and controlled by firefighters in order [...]
Wings of Courage
Wings of Courage is a true story of courage and loyalty. Set in Buenos Aires in 1930, it tells the tale of three legendary pioneer aviators--Henri Guillaumet, Jean Mermoz , and Antoine de St. Exupery--who made the first historic and extremely dangerous airmail flights across the Andes mountain range. It is also a story of passionate love between Guillaumet and his beautiful and devoted wife, Noelle. Length: 40:00