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EVENT PROGRAM
Program sponsored by
Table of Contents GSCA Contacts
Giant Screen Cinema
2 Schedule Association
5 Map 624 Holly Springs Road, Suite 243
6 Sponsors Holly Springs, NC 27540 U.S.
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giantscreencinema.com
New Films facebook.com/giantscreencinema
18 Films in Production twitter.com/gsca
24 Projects in Development
linkedin.com/groups/1046547
30 Trailers Tammy Seldon
Executive Director
Advertiser Index Office: 1-919-346-1123
Aeos 32, inside back cover Mobile: 1-703-855-3699
Cosmic Picture 3 tammy@giantscreencinema.com
December Media Distribution back cover Kelly Germain
GSCA 31 Director of Membership and
Giant Screen Films 7 Communications
Harkness Screens 11 Office: 1-651-917-1080
ImagesInSound 6 Mobile: 1-651-270-4915
IMAX Corporation inside front cover kelly@giantscreencinema.com
K2 Communications 27 Eileen Pheiffer
MacGillivray Freeman Films 16, 17 Accounting
nWave Pictures Distribution 13 Office: 1-314-725-7020
SK Films 22, 23 Mobile: 1-314-708-0448
Visceral Image Productions 25 eileen@giantscreencinema.com
Policies
Recording and Media Policies Photography
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attendance at these sessions gives GSCA their implicit permission to the event. These photos may be used in any
be recorded. Private video or audio recording during film presentations manner or media, including but not limited to
or professional development sessions is prohibited without prior the GSCA website, publications, advertisements,
authorization from GSCA. Industry press has access to all sessions and and social media outlets. If you would prefer
events. GSCA will not be held responsible for any delegate commentary that your photo not be used for these
made in the presence of press/media. purposes, please contact Kelly Germain at
kelly@giantscreencinema.com.
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GSCA 2018 FILM EXPO
Schedule
Saturday, March 10: Pre-Expo Day
TIME EVENT LOCATION
Westin: Westlake
3:00 pm - 9:00 pm Registration and Information
Foyer
Sunday, March 11: Pre-Expo Day
TIME EVENT LOCATION
Rehearsals (see GSCA registration desk
All Day Pacific Science Center
for detailed schedule)
8:00 am 24-hour rule begins
Westin: Cascade
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration and Information
Foyer North
9:00 am - 11:30 am GSCA Board Meeting (breakfast served) Westin: Pine
Committee Meetings (snacks served): Westin:
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Technical Pike
- Industry Development Pine
Committee Meetings: Westin:
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - Event Planning Pine
- Member Services Pike
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Distributors Interest Group Meeting* Westin: Pike
Opening Reception sponsored by Westin: Fifth Avenue
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
SK Films (all attendees are welcome) Room
Dinner on your own
Monday, March 12: Film Expo Day 1
TIME EVENT LOCATION
Breakfast on your own
8:00 am Walk or take Monorail to theater
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration and Information Pacific Science Center
8:30 am - 8:45 am Welcome Pacific Science Center
8:45 am - 9:30 am Film 1: We, The Marines (2D) Pacific Science Center
9:30 am - 10:15 am Film 2: Pandas (3D) Pacific Science Center
10:15 am - 10:30 am Break Pacific Science Center
10:30 am - 11:15 am Film 3: America’s Musical Journey (3D) Pacific Science Center
11:15 am - 11:50 am Projects in Development Pacific Science Center
11:50 am - 12:00 pm Trailers Pacific Science Center
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch on your own
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8:00 am - 9:15 am GSCA Member Meeting and Breakfast Westin: Pine
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9:15 am Walk or take Monorail to theater (206) 443-2001
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10:00 am - 4:45 pm Registration and Information Pacific Science Center
Westin Hotel
10:00 am - 10:45 am Film 7: Backyard Wilderness (3D) Pacific Science Center
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10:45 am - 11:30 am Film 8: The Story of Earth (3D) Pacific Science Center 1.1 Miles Seattle, WA 98101
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11:30 am - 12:15 pm Film 9: Conquest of the Skies 3D Pacific Science Center (206) 728-1000
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12:15 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch on your own
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm Film 10: In Saturn’s Rings (2D) Pacific Science Center
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GSCA 2018 FILM EXPO
Sponsors
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New Films
Amazon America’s Australia: Life DCI-compliant Laser, Dome-customized
Adventure Musical Journey in the Wild 15/70, Fulldome Digital
Presented in 3D Presented in 3D Rough/Fine Cut LENGTH: 42:59
RELEASE DATE: April 14, 2017 RELEASE DATE: February 16, Presented in 2D PRODUCER: Arise Media and Archipelago Films
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 2018 RELEASE DATE: 2018 DISTRIBUTOR: SK Films
15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, FORMATS: 2D and 3D, CONTACT: Amber Hawtin, ahawtin@skfilms.ca
Laser, DCI-compliant IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, 15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX WEBSITE: backyardwildernessfilm.com
Digital, DCI-compliant DCI-compliant Digital, Laser, DCI-compliant Backyard Wilderness will surprise and
Laser, Dome-customized DCI-compliant Laser, Digital, DCI-compliant Laser, entertain viewers with the unexpected
15/70, Fulldome Digital Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome Digital Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome Digital wonders of nature that are right under our
LENGTH: 45:29 and 25:00 (45:29 at Film Expo) LENGTH: 40:00 LENGTH: 40:00 noses—in our own backyards. Spanning a
PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: SK Films PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman PRODUCER: Wild Pacific Media & Definition Films seasonal year around a suburban home, the
CONTACT: Amber Hawtin, ahawtin@skfilms.ca Films DISTRIBUTOR: Distributed by K2 film displays a stunning array of unique
WEBSITE: amazonadventurefilm.com CONTACT: Patty Collins, Communications and Distributed in Australia wildlife images and behavior—all captured
Amazon Adventure tells the epic, true pcollins@macfreefilms.com and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment by cameras mounted inside dens and nests,
story of explorer Henry Bates’ 11-year WEBSITE: americasmusicaljourney.com CONTACT: Mark Kresser, and moving along the forest floor and pond
journey through the visually stunning and Narrated by Academy Award winner mark_kresser@k2communications.com; bottom, to reveal its inhabitants in rare and
bio-diverse Amazon rainforest as a young Morgan Freeman, America’s Musical Journey Ed Capelle, edwardcapelle@comcast.net breathtaking intimacy. We follow Katie, a
man who risks his life for science. celebrates the unique diversity of cultures Crocodiles are the ultimate predators. They young girl, and her modern family living next
Experience the compelling clues Bates and creative risk-taking that characterize attack with stealth, are extremely aggressive to the woods who are blind to the real-life
unearths in his major science discovery America, as told through the story of its and can grow up to 7 meters in length. Up spectacle around them, absorbed by an array of
of the rare phenomenon of mimicry, music. Follow Grammy Award®-nominated here, they have even been known to attack electronic devices in their busy lives. Katie
whereby certain animals adopt the look singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc as he traces and pull fisherman out of boats. This film will gradually discovers the intricate secrets that
of others which helps them deceive the roots of America’s music and follows the carry the viewers across the whole Top End nature has hidden so close to her front door
predators and gain an advantage to footsteps of Louis Armstrong through the of Australia, from the wild Kimberly coast and we experience the joy she finds in her
survive. Bates, the scientific hero you’ve colorful locales where American music was through mysterious and rarely seen Arnhem interactions with this new world. The film
likely never heard of, made other crucial born. Visiting cities such as New Orleans, Land and then deep into the world’s oldest reminds us that Wi-Fi is not the only
contributions: identifying 8,000 species Chicago, New York, Nashville, Memphis, rainforest in Cape York. Come with us on an connection that matters and that sometimes
new to science, most importantly, putting Miami, and more, audiences will experience epic journey through some of the wildest in ordinary places, you can uncover
forward the first ever case for the paddle-wheeling up the Mississippi Delta, landscapes on Earth as we take you deep extraordinary things that could transform you
creation of a new species which Charles flash mob dancing in Chicago, and skydiving into crocodile’s world. Australia: Life in the forever—you just need to step outside.
Darwin called the “beautiful proof” for his with Elvis impersonators in scenes shot Wild will be shot in magnificent 8K for IMAX
exclusively for the giant screen. Along the and other giant screen theaters. Specialized Conquest of
theory of Natural Selection. Viewers will
way, they’ll discover the unique collision of underwater camera rigs have been designed the Skies 3D
be wowed by over 80 different animals, Presented in 3D
cultures that gave birth to America’s music, to get the audience closer than ever before
mind-boggling examples of camouflage RELEASE DATE: Spring 2017
culminating in a one-of-a-kind blend of to the most powerful jaws on Earth. A story 320 million
and mimicry and inspired by Bates’ years in the making
FORMATS: 2D and 3D,
sound, culture and innovation unlike
endless curiosity and determination to
anywhere else in the world. A MacGillivray Backyard 15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX
explore and understand the natural world
Freeman film produced in association with Wilderness Laser, DCI-compliant
around him. Presented in 3D Digital, DCI-compliant
Brand USA and presented by Expedia. SERENGETI ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS A COLOSSUS PRODUCTIONS FILM IN ASSOCIATION WITH SKY 3D “CONQUEST OF THE SKIES 3D”
NARRATOR MARK BONNAR VFX SUPERVISOR JAMES PROSSER CINEMATOGRAPHER PAUL WILLIAMS COMPOSER GRAHAM HADFIELD
RELEASE DATE: March 21, Laser, Dome-customized
EDITOR PETER MILLER DIRECTOR DAVID LEE SUPERVISING PRODUCER MIKE DAVIS PRODUCER ANTHONY GEFFEN
WWW.SERENGETIENTERTAINMENT.COM
COTSkies_1Sheet_AW.indd 1 22/11/2016 13:42
2018 15/70, Fulldome Digital
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, LENGTH: 39:43 and 20:00 (39:43 at Film Expo)
IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, PRODUCER: Colossus Productions
DCI-compliant Digital, DISTRIBUTOR: Serengeti Entertainment
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CONTACT: Melissa Williams, from the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn,
melissaw@serengetientertainment.co.uk Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Hubble Telescope
WEBSITE: serengetientertainment.com/ and Milky Way time lapses are brought to
screeners/conquest_of_the_skies.html# life in a ground-breaking epic immersive
The ability to fly is one of the greatest journey across space and time. From the
wonders in the natural world. Millions of earliest images after the Big Bang to the
creatures soar above our heads today. But final photographs Cassini took before
how did animals make the incredible plunging to die in Saturn’s clouds, In Saturn’s
transition from land to air? Conquest of the Rings is, like space exploration itself, a
Skies uses the very latest science and journey of the heart, mind and spirit that
stunning special effects to uncover the moves audiences with awe-inspiring images
320-million-year story of flight—and it’s not and powerful music. In Saturn’s Rings
simply about birds. Using advanced 3D contains some of the most amazing space
filming technology, we capture the beauty footage ever, including a 10-day and night
and excitement of the whole world of flying 5-camera Milky Way timelapse, a stunning
creatures, from the fastest predatory falcons view of millions of individual galaxies in a
to the most acrobatic of insects, night flyers single frame, and a jaw-dropping flyover
like owls and bats, and the soaring and over Saturn’s moon Titan connected with
gliding specialists capable of traveling huge locations on Earth with never-before-seen
distances. Audiences will enter the truly imagery. DCI-Compliant Digital and Laser
amazing world of these animal aviators and available May 4th, IMAX Digital & Laser
leave the theater both stunned by the shortly after, and 15/70mm later in summer.
spectacle and thrilled by the story of how Native fulldome digital Q3 2018.
animals rose up and conquered the skies.
Mountain Quest
In Saturn’s Rough/Fine Cut
Rings Presented in 2D
Rough/Fine Cut RELEASE DATE: 2018
Presented in 2D FORMATS: 2D and 3D,
RELEASE DATE: May 4, 2018 IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser,
FORMATS: 2D, 15/70, IMAX DCI-compliant Digital,
Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Laser,
DCI-compliant Digital, Dome-customized 15/70,
DCI-compliant Laser, Fulldome Digital
Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome Digital LENGTH: 37:07
LENGTH: 40:00 and 22:00 (40:00 at Film Expo) PRODUCER: Stranger Than Fiction Films
PRODUCER: SV2 Studios DISTRIBUTOR: K2 Communications
DISTRIBUTOR: Big & Digital CONTACT: Mark Kresser,
CONTACT: Tina Ratterman, mark_kresser@k2communications.com;
tratterman@biganddigital.com Ed Capelle, edwardcapelle@comcast.net
WEBSITE: insaturnsrings.com A lone climber, suspended hundreds of feet
Narrated by LeVar Burton, In Saturn’s Rings in the air, struggles to find the next finger
is a grand tour of the universe starring hold, defining progress in inches. The dramatic
Saturn. 7.5 million mostly unseen images visuals immerse us in a gripping contest of
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human determination versus the reality of the Arctic to the balmy waters of the tropics
gravity’s potent grip. Mountain Quest and the ocean depths, we share these
explores the precarious relationship of extraordinary new discoveries. Using
humanity’s quest to scale some of the revolutionary underwater and on-board
world’s highest places, while also revealing filming technology, we’ll dive into the giant
the scientific and technological advances void of the big blue, to explore the most
that have enabled us to conquer these peaks, spectacular locations, dramatic events and
exposing the heartbeat of the human soul. A the intimate lives of the ocean’s most
tapestry of jaw-dropping action, combined with extraordinary creatures. Through these
rich STEM content—how climbing is a tug-of-war encounters we’ll also discover how we all
between friction and gravity, while skiing depend on the health of this, the largest
involves the same battle of forces in reverse. environment on earth.
Educational insights about the engineering of
climbing gear and skis, and the aeronautical Pandas
effects of a wingsuit, are seamlessly integrated Presented in 3D
with dramatic visuals and action. The film will RELEASE DATE: April 6,
be narrated by Willem Dafoe and release 2018
early 2018. FORMATS: 2D and 3D,
15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX
Oceans: Our Laser, Dome-customized
Blue Planet 15/70
Presented in 3D LENGTH: 41:41
RELEASE DATE: March 16, PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: IMAX Corporation
2018 CONTACT: Gina Glen, gglen@imax.com
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, Pandas, an IMAX® original film for the whole
15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX family, is a story of hope, friendship and
Laser, DCI-compliant survival. At China’s Chengdu Panda Base, the
Digital, DCI-compliant scientist leading a successful captive
Laser, Dome-customized 15/70 breeding program is ready to take a bold
LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00 (40:00 at Film Expo) new step. Inspired by the work of a black
PRODUCER: BBC Earth and Alucia Productions bear rehabilitator in New Hampshire, a team
DISTRIBUTOR: Giant Screen Films and BBC Earth of U.S. and Chinese scientists collaborate on
CONTACT: Mark Katz, mkatz@gsfilms.com an innovative project to release captive-born
WEBSITE: bbcearth.com/oceans pandas into the wild—using methods never
Oceans: Our Blue Planet is an extraordinary previously tried with pandas.Captured with
journey of discovery and wonder, transporting IMAX® Cameras, the film follows the journey
the audience to the deep, mysterious worlds of a young cub named Qian Qian as she
of our oceans. Packed with drama, awe, and leaves the comfort of the panda base behind
spectacle, we reveal untold stories of the and prepares for a life-changing journey into
ocean’s most astonishing creatures. The the misty mountains of Sichuan. Pandas is
oceans are the only place on earth where the directed by David Douglas and Drew
rate of new scientific discovery is increasing, Fellman, the filmmakers behind Born To Be
expanding our frontiers of knowledge and Wild and Island Of Lemurs: Madagascar.
revealing richer diversity than we could ever Fellman wrote and produced, with Douglas
have imagined. From the freezing shores of serving as director of photography.
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Planet Power The Story Volcanoes We, The
Presented in 3D of Earth Rough/Fine Cut Marines
RELEASE DATE: March 2018 Presented in 3D Presented in 2D Presented in 2D
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, RELEASE DATE: In digital RELEASE DATE: Fall 2018 RELEASE DATE: November
DCI-compliant Digital, March 2018 and 15/70 in FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 2017
IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, April 2018 IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, FORMATS: 2D, 15/70, IMAX
Dome-customized 15/70, FORMATS: 2D and 3D, DCI-compliant Digital, Digital, IMAX Laser,
Fulldome digital 15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX DCI-Compliant Laser, DCI-compliant Digital,
LENGTH: 38:21 and 20:00 Laser, DCI-compliant Dome-customized 15/70, DCI-compliant Laser,
(38:21 at Film Expo) Digital, DCI-Compliant Laser, Dome- Fulldome Digital Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome Digital
PRODUCER: N3D Land Films customized 15/70, Fulldome Digital LENGTH: 42:00 LENGTH: 38:00
DISTRIBUTOR: nWave Pictures Distribution LENGTH: 40:03 PRODUCER: Digital Crossing Films PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman
CONTACT: Alexandre Milazzo, PRODUCER: December Media DISTRIBUTOR: SK Films Films
amilazzo@nwave.com; Janine Baker, DISTRIBUTOR: December Media Distribution CONTACT: Amber Hawtin, ahawtin@skfilms.ca CONTACT: Patty Collins,
jbaker@nwave.com; Goedele Gillis, CONTACT: Mark Bretherton, mark@ WEBSITE: volcanoesthemovie.com pcollins@macfreefilms.com
ggillis@nwave.com; Jennifer Lee Hackett, decembermedia.com.au; Shaun McAlpine, Volcanoes — The Fires of Creation is a tale WEBSITE: wethemarinesfilm.com
jleehackett@nwave.com shaun@decembermedia.com.au; Matt of science, culture, and thrilling adventure. We, The Marines is an action-packed, giant
WEBSITE: planetpower-thefilm.com/#slide Downey, matt@decembermedia.com.au Earth is a planet born of fire. For billions of screen film that immerses audiences in the
Planet Power tells the story of electricity, WEBSITE: thestoryofearth.film years volcanoes have helped create the unparalleled experience of becoming and
from the first spark created by man’s hand This is the story of a remarkable planet, world we know. From the continents, to the serving as a member of the U.S. Marine
to the largest power plants, the age of unlike any other yet found across deep air we breathe, and even life itself, all have Corps. Narrated by Academy Award-
miracles to that of industry, from Benjamin space. Born from dying stars, it was their origins in fire. These processes have winning actor and former marine, Gene
Franklin’s kite to Solar Impulse, the first sculpted by violent collisions in space. Yet, created extraordinary ecosystems and Hackman, the film uses the giant screen to
solar-powered plane capable of perpetual in an epic journey, this hostile ball of molten wildlife habitats, from the home of mountain honor the dedication, the service and the
flight. Thus, it is also a story of pioneers, rock transformed itself into a nurturing gorillas in Central Africa, to the shores of first-hand experiences that create the
scientists and inventors, one that began environment. From it emerged forms of life, Hawaii, to the Serengeti and beyond—and undeniable bonds among America’s “first
200 years ago, driven by innovation. Today, none of which have been found anywhere continue to do so to this day. With over responders.” The result is an inspirational
electricity is indispensable to mankind. else in the universe. That planet is not 500 active volcanoes, our Earth is bursting and moving tribute to the lives and legacy
Energy of choice for innovation and millions of light years away either. You are at the seams with these forces of mass of the men and women who honor and
development, electricity is also the energy standing on it right now. It is Earth. construction. The story of volcanoes is the defend our country. Produced in association
of our future, as long as it is produced in a Stunning and complex visualizations based story of Earth’s creation, and the story of us. with the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
cleaner and more sustainable way. By on the latest scientific modeling will take With explorer Carsten Peter, dodge and the National Museum of the Marine
mixing traditional animation and CGI to audiences back in time to the origins of our boulders at the edge of an active volcano in Corps.
spectacular aerial shots, Planet Power planet as we explore the extraordinary Indonesia, descend to a lava lake in
shows how renewable energy can help us chain of events that made life not only Vanuatu, visit a ghost town following an
fight climate change while improving our possible but sustainable. Journey forward to eruption, and look on in awe and wonder at
quality of life and protecting the today, to meet a team of geologists volcanic mineral deposit fields in Ethiopia.
environment. Now, thanks to clean traveling the globe looking for clues that Audiences will be on the edge of their seats
technologies, the greatest forces of nature help us piece together what is, as far as we as they discover molten worlds and
can help make our planet cooler and our know, a unique story in our universe. From exploding craters in this adrenaline-filled,
future better. the producers of Hidden Universe and The immersive experience that only IMAX®/giant
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Films in Production
Cuba Great Barrier Reef one of the rarest animals on Earth-the fabled building whose scale and ambition rivals the
Presented in 2D Presented in 2D all-white Spirit Bear. These remarkable creatures pyramids of Egypt, Angkor is the scene of one
RELEASE DATE: January 2019 RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2018 live in the lush temperate rainforests of British of the greatest vanishing acts of all time. Many
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, Columbia on Canada’s West Coast, where they experts have attempted to provide answers, and
Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-compliant IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI- hold almost mythic status among the region’s theories abound. 1300 carved inscriptions survive
Laser, Dome-customized 15/70 compliant Laser, Dome-customized 15/70, indigenous people. Shot exclusively for the on temple doorjambs, but the Khmer people of
LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00 Fulldome Digital giant screen, Great Bear Rainforest (working Angkor left not a single word explaining their
PRODUCER: Golden Gate 3D in association with LENGTH: 42:00 PRODUCER: December Media title) will offer a remarkable journey into one of kingdom’s collapse. This will be a visually
BBC Earth and Giant Screen Films DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman Films the planet’s most spectacular wildernesses—a stunning film ... an epic adventure where science,
DISTRIBUTOR: Giant Screen Films and BBC Earth CONTACT: Patty Collins, pcollins@macfreefilms.com land of wolves, grizzly bears, humpback whales, mystery and ancient civilization intersect.
CONTACT: Yasmine Garcia, ygarcia@gsfilms.com WEBSITE: greatbarrierreeffilm.com sea lions, sea otters and others—as it explores
the secret world of the Spirit Bear.
Out of Bounds
Cuba tells the powerful story of a land Every year millions of visitors travel by way Presented in 3D
preserved in time yet poised today on the cusp of fins, flippers and feet to see one of the Hidden Pacific RELEASE DATE: Fall 2019
of dramatic change. Through the eyes of Cuban seven wonders of the natural world: the Presented in 2D FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX
artists, historians, and marine biologists, Great Barrier Reef—a living treasure trove of RELEASE DATE: Summer 2018 Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-compliant
audiences will have a rare opportunity to biodiversity. There is still so much to learn, FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome Digital
explore this amazing country at a pivotal and knowledge is the key to understanding Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-compliant LENGTH: 40:00
moment in its history. Produced in association more about this living Eden. A thriving Laser, Dome-customized 15/70 PRODUCER: K2 Communications with
with BBC Earth and the Giant Dome Theater metropolis populated by a cast of characters LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00 Wild Pacific Media
Consortium. straight out of an adventure novel—heroes, PRODUCER: Tandem Stills + Motion and Giant DISTRIBUTOR: K2 Communications
bad guys, sidekicks, lovers and clowns—
First Steps they’re all players in this vast underwater drama.
Screen Films DISTRIBUTOR: Giant Screen Films CONTACT: Mark Kresser,
Presented in 2D CONTACT: Yasmine Garcia, ygarcia@gsfilms.com mark_kresser@k2communications.com;
Today, a new generation of reef guardians are Ed Capelle, edwardcapelle@comcast.net
RELEASE DATE: 2019 Hidden Pacific will bring the Pacific Ocean’s
committed to protecting this marine reserve,
FORMATS: 2D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, protected and remote national wildlife refuge Follow Australian Olympic snowboarder Torah
making a difference and sharing their
DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-compliant Laser, islands and marine national monuments to Bright as she heads from her home in the
knowledge of this extraordinary ecosystem,
Dome-customized 15/70 giant screen cinemas. The film captures the foothills of the Australian Alps, deep into
the beating heart of the reef. In Great Barrier
LENGTH: 40:00 beauty of these emerald islets, the conservation Alaska’s glaciated Chugach mountain range.
Reef, learn how this amazing sanctuary has
PRODUCER: Statement Pictures/CNN Films efforts to restore their ecosystems, and the Torah dedicated her life to conquering the
endured for thousands of years and will
DISTRIBUTOR: To be determined diversity of life on both land and reef. Produced mountain, and now she’s working with her
continue to do so far into the future.
CONTACT: Christian Fry, cvfproductions@me.com in partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. team to understand and protect these epic
WEBSITE: firststepsmovie.com Great Bear Rainforest Lost Empire of Angkor
ecosystems from an ever-changing world.
Timed for release on the 50th anniversary of Presented in 2D Standing over the ledge of a 2000-foot vertical
Presented in 2D
the first lunar landing, First Steps is a direct- RELEASE DATE: February 2019 drop, we unravel the science behind the earth’s
RELEASE DATE: October 2018
cinema historical experience of the dramatic FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX most incredible mountain environments and
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser,
Apollo 11 mission. With the assistance of NASA Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-compliant ride these untamed peaks.
DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-compliant Laser,
Laser, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome Digital
and the National Archives, and a global team of Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome Digital Secrets of the Sands
researchers and archivists, the film uses LENGTH: 40:00
LENGTH: 42:00 PRODUCER: Helio Projects Asia Presented in 2D
never-before-seen footage from 1969 and tells PRODUCER: Spirit Bear Entertainment Inc.
DISTRIBUTOR: K2 Communications RELEASE DATE: Autumn 2018
the story entirely through archival materials; DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman Films
CONTACT: Mark Kresser, FORMATS: 2D, IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser,
giving audiences a thrilling firsthand experience CONTACT: Patty Collins, pcollins@macfreefilms.com
mark_kresser@k2communications.com; DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-compliant Laser
of humanity’s first trip to another world. From Filmmakers Ian McAllister and Jeff Turner and Ed Capelle, edwardcapelle@comcast.net LENGTH: 40:00
the Emmy© Award-winning filmmakers of Executive Producers Kyle Washington and PRODUCER: Atlantic Productions
A civilization that rose to become the envy of
Dinosaur 13 and CNN Films, First Steps will be Byron Horner of Spirit Bear Entertainment are DISTRIBUTOR: Serengeti Entertainment
the world, only to disappear—a mystery waiting
available Summer 2019. partnering with MacGillivray Freeman Films to CONTACT: Melissa Williams,
to be unlocked by modern archaeologists, scientists
distribute a beautiful giant screen film about melissaw@serengetientertainment.co.uk
and explorers. Following an epic spree of religious
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Secrets of the Sands tells the tale of how an to be solved. Little did he know that he and his CONTACT: Alexandre Milazzo, world away, migrate, with mysterious precision,
ancient people gained a remarkable mastery team’s discoveries would not only reveal the amilazzo@nwave.com; Janine Baker, back to the very beach where they were born—
over one of the most inhospitable landscapes laws of nature governing the complex jbaker@nwave,com; Goedele Gillis, to lay eggs that are the foundation of the next
on the planet. This is a captivating human story Serengeti, but rules that affect all ecosystems. ggillis@nwave.com; Jennifer Lee Hackett, generation. With the turtles guiding us, our crews
that stretches back over 125,000 years. A jleehackett@nwave.com voyaged the same thousands of kilometers to
story of ingenuity, survival, and triumph over
Secrets of the Universe capture the wonders of their habitats. Encountering
Presented in 3D The Northern hemisphere is preparing for winter
adversity—centuries-old achievements that and its customary blanket of snow. Late at night, many kinds of strange and compelling creatures,
RELEASE DATE: April 2019
underpin the extraordinary success of the Sigurd Haraldson crisscrosses the mountains of from enormous breaching whales to the coral
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX
United Arab Emirates today. From the coastal his Alpine home at the controls of his snowplough. wonderland of the Great Barrier Reef—all have
Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-compliant
people of the Stone Age who retrieved On his radar screens, he tracks a snowstorm been filmed in stunning 3D so that playful sea
Laser, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome
precious pearls deep beneath the waters of that is gaining ground in Northern Canada and lions, tiny sea horses and vibrant clown fish
Digital
the Gulf, to the ancient oasis engineers who about to make its way East. He hopes it’s going will float right out into the theater. Sea turtles
LENGTH: 40:00
tapped into hidden reservoirs of rainwater to head his way. All over the world, people are remind us just how interconnected we all are
PRODUCER: The Stephen Low Company
deep underground, and the pioneering waiting for the arrival of snow and everything in this amazing world and audiences will be
DISTRIBUTOR: K2 Communications
navigators who first tamed wild camels to trek it will bring. In Canada, the first flakes are moved to cherish them even more.
CONTACT: Mark Kresser,
across the largest sand desert in the world. Epic
cinematography, stunning CGI and vibrant
mark_kresser@k2communications.com already falling on the great pine forests. In Yellowstone: Life in Extremes
Ed Capelle, edwardcapelle@comcast.net Poland, animals are picking at the last blades Presented in 2D
animations shed new light on one of the most of grass before the snow sets in. In France’s
WEBSITE: secretsoftheuniversefilm.com RELEASE DATE: To be determined
extraordinary chapters in human history. low-lying ski resorts, hoteliers are impatient.
Breakthrough advancements in technology are FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser,
Secrets of the Serengeti enabling never-before-possible scientific
Beneath the stars in his snow plough in the DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-compliant Laser
Presented in 2D Alps, Sigurd wonders about snow, its structure LENGTH: 45:00 PRODUCER: Grizzly Creek Films
experimentation. These fascinating machines,
RELEASE DATE: 2019 and what happens to it when it reaches the DISTRIBUTOR: To be determined
such as the $13 billion Large Hadron Collider in
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, ground. But he also wonders how much CONTACT: Thomas Winston,
Geneva, Switzerland, provide an unprecedented
DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-compliant Laser, longer the magical snow spectacle will last. tom@grizzlycreekfilms.com
pathway to answers surrounding the nature of
Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome Digital our universe. Thousands of scientists, with a Turtle Odyssey For centuries, a single place in North America
LENGTH: 42:00 diversity of backgrounds and expertise, journey Presented in 2D has captured the world’s imagination:
PRODUCER: SK Films and Digital Crossing Films from all over the world to labs like CERN (the RELEASE DATE: Summer 2018 Yellowstone. But the world’s first National Park
DISTRIBUTOR: SK Films host of the LHC) and Fermilab (new host of FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, has never before been experienced like this.
CONTACT: Amber Hawtin, ahawtin@skfilms.ca ICARUS and the highly anticipated DUNE DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-compliant Laser, Follow nature’s epic drama as a struggle for
Secrets of the Serengeti is the epic, true story project)—now with a real hope of unlocking the Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome Digital survival unfolds over a year in the life of the
of a major scientific discovery, set against the secrets that have long eluded us. Dark matter, LENGTH: 42:00 iconic resident grizzly bears, wolves and bison.
greatest mammal migration on the planet, in antimatter, extra dimensions, and more. Join PRODUCER: Definition Films DISTRIBUTOR: SK Films The stage is set in a place like no other: a place
one of its most iconic and astounding places— them as they push the boundaries of the CONTACT: Amber Hawtin, ahawtin@skfilms.ca where the world’s largest active supervolcano
the massive and mainly untouched Serengeti possible, on the cusp of turning science fiction WEBSITE: turtleodysseyfilm.com fuels the biggest collection of geothermal
of Eastern Africa. What exactly triggers this into science fact. Sea turtles are some of Earth’s most ancient features anywhere on earth, a place where
ancient cycle remains unclear, but it begins with subzero temperatures and record snowfall
the action of just a few wildebeest, soon followed
Snow and majestic creatures. For over 100 million
dictate harsh trials in a stunning, frozen
Presented in 3D years, they have traversed the seas, surviving
by over 1.5 million more, as well as thousands multiple mass extinctions and playing critical wonderland, a place where North America’s
RELEASE DATE: Summer 2019
of others, including zebras and elands, with roles in maintaining healthy marine food webs. richest ecosystem offers a rare glimpse into the
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser,
hungry predators always lurking nearby. All Not only do these friendly animals captivate us continent’s wild past. Filmed for two straight
DCI-compliant Digital
this grandeur would become part of the as they peacefully glide through the ocean, but years, Yellowstone: Life in Extremes is the
LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00
unstoppable quest of a young man named Tony their personal journeys of survival are equally most ambitious giant screen production ever
PRODUCER: Saint Thomas Production/nWave
Sinclair to understand how it all works. It was fascinating. These remarkable reptiles will attempted in the iconic national park. And,
Studio
one of the greatest puzzles of nature, waiting traverse thousands of kilometers of open ocean once again, the whole world will be watching.
DISTRIBUTOR: nWave Pictures Distribution
for as long as 50 years and then, from half a
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Dinosaurs of Antarctica the cosmos. Meet two dynamic female
RELEASE DATE: Summer 2019 astrophysicists who were inspired by Einstein’s
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, ideas in their youth and are now pushing the
IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI- boundaries of scientific innovation to make their
compliant Laser, Dome-customized 15/70 own groundbreaking discoveries.
LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00
PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: Giant Screen Films Expedition Chesapeake,
CONTACT: Yasmine Garcia, ygarcia@gsfilms.com A Journey of Discovery
RELEASE DATE: February 2019
Journey to the south polar landscapes of Earth
FORMATS: 2D, DCI-compliant Digital
100 million years ago, a world of primitive
LENGTH: 44:00
forests and thick swamps—populated by bizarre
PRODUCER: Via Studios Global
dinosaurs and colossal amphibians. Enter a
DISTRIBUTOR: To be determined
surreal world of Permian and Triassic bug-eyed
CONTACT: Michael Hanes,
giants and egg-laying mammals—where survival
meant enduring the sunless, six-month polar mhanes@expeditionchesapeake.com
WEBSITE: expeditionchesapeake.org
winter surrounded by meat-eaters with night
vision. Join Antarctic scientists on a quest to Imagine a 64,000 square mile expanse
understand Earth at a time of great climatic and encompassing portions of six states and filled
geologic upheaval—and to unravel the mystery with the stunning natural beauty of the largest
behind the largest extinction in the history of estuary in North America. This is Expedition
our planet. Made possible with support by the Chesapeake, A Journey of Discovery, presented
National Science Foundation. for the first time on the giant screen. The film
tells the story of the Chesapeake Bay through
Einstein’s Incredible the lives of our ancestors and our neighbors.
Universe Our expedition leader, celebrity naturalist Jeff
RELEASE DATE: Fall 2020 Corwin, introduces us to people from all walks
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, of life who are doing their part to protect and
IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI- preserve this national treasure. Our journey
compliant Laser, Dome-customized 15/70 through the Chesapeake watershed explores
LENGTH: 40:00 the intricate web of relationships among
PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: Cosmic Picture people, plants, animals, land and the most
CONTACT: Taran Davies, taran@cosmicpicture.com critical natural resource, water. We discover
WEBSITE: cosmicpicture.com how seemingly small efforts to improve the
Albert Einstein is regarded as one of the most natural environment where we live also
famous scientists of all time, his name shorthand improve the health of the entire Bay. These
for genius, yet few of us fully understand his lessons can be equally applied to watersheds
discoveries and their impact on our lives. Now across the nation and around the world.
through a combination of stunning live-action
cinematography and immersive CGI, audiences Fire Fighters
RELEASE DATE: Fall 2019
will experience the puzzles that inspired him as
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70,IMAX Digital,
a child and the visceral “thought experiments”
at the heart of his creative process. Travel IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-
through space and time, race a beam of light, compliant Laser, Dome-customized 15/70,
plunge into colliding black holes and experience Fulldome Digital
LENGTH: 40:00
gravitational waves—ripples in the very fabric of
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PRODUCER: Sean Casey Productions genetics and epidemiology, Gorilla Girl is an of the Louvre. Crucially, he showed them what Laser, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome
DISTRIBUTOR: To be determined inspiring story of our interdependence with nobody would ever see again in its entirety: his Digital, 15/70 if appropriate
CONTACT: Sean Casey, seancasey747@gmail.com nature, and how saving one of the Earth’s boxes of drawings and sketch books, containing LENGTH: 45:00 and 20:00
After years of drought, 120 million trees stand most majestic species can lift the fortunes of his entire researches on human and comparative PRODUCER: Principal Large Format and Vulcan
dead in California. That fuel, coupled with an an entire human population. anatomy, his engineering projects, the plans Productions
ever-increasing urban sprawl, has set the stage for his civil engineering and military machines, DISTRIBUTOR: To be announced
for “Super Fire Sieges.” A new term, for a new Gravity 3D his flying machines, his theatre sets, his “useful CONTACT: Phil Streater, phil@plf.cc
RELEASE DATE: 2020 inventions.” Celebrating the 500th anniversary
age. But, if there is any profession that invokes Earth is not covered by “Seven Seas,” as we
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, of his death, the film will immerse us into a
heroism, it is that of the firefighter. In this new once learned in school, but one single
large-format film we enter the lives of these IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital unique creative universe. A great moment of interconnected ocean. In Ocean 3D we will
LENGTH: 45:00 revelations around his painting, his studies.
first responders, their training, their brotherhood, experience this world of water as if for the
PRODUCER: December Media/Boston Films More than 13,000 pages in all of sketches,
and their work, fighting a new breed of fire. first time, through stunning giant-screen 3D
DISTRIBUTOR: December Media Distribution drawings and research.
Three firefighters with different disciplines will imagery and a unique perspective—a
CONTACT: Mark Bretherton,
converge on the largest fire in California’s breathtaking rollercoaster ride through the
recorded history, the 2017 Thomas Fire. mark@decembermedia.com.au; Shaun Ocean 3D ever-streaming currents and upwellings from
McAlpine, shaun@decembermedia.com.au; RELEASE DATE: 2020/2021
the abyss to the surface. A water molecule
Gorilla Girl Matt Downey, matt@decembermedia.com.au FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX Digital, IMAX riding this vast ocean conveyor belt takes a
RELEASE DATE: To be determined Gravity does much more than just connect us Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-compliant
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, to our planet. Through the world of extreme
IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI- sports we’re going to place our trust in this, a
compliant Laser, Dome-customized 15/70, fundamental law of science. As we leap off
Fulldome Digital waterfalls, free fall from space and jump over
LENGTH: 40:00 the Arc de Triomphe, we reveal how gravity
PRODUCER: Arise Media/Archipelago Films drives the creation, structure and movement of
DISTRIBUTOR: To be determined the entire universe. Strap yourself into your seat,
CONTACT: Susan Todd, you’re about to experience some major Gs.
susan@archipelagofilms.com
Gorilla Girl interweaves the intimate story of a Leondardo Da Vinci,
mountain gorilla family in breathtaking The Last Interview
Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, with one of RELEASE DATE: January 2019
their devoted caretakers—a young Rwandan FORMATS: 2D and 3D, DCI-compliant Digital,
forest ranger named Josie. Innovative DCI-compliant Laser, Fulldome Digital, VR
conservation science has led mountain gorillas LENGTH: 43:00
to become the only great ape species with an PRODUCER: Camera Lucida Productions
increasing population, and gorilla tourism has DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman Films
brought schools and clinics to the surrounding CONTACT: Bob Harman,
Rwandan communities. Josie brings visitors bharman@macfreefilms.com
up the volcano to meet the gorillas face to During his visit to France in October 1517, the
face. She also helps the group Gorilla Doctors Cardinal of Aragon asked to meet Leonardo da
vaccinate the apes against human disease. It’s Vinci. The interview, as reported by the
a delicate undertaking, but with gorillas cardinal’s secretary, took place in Amboise. On
sharing 98.4 percent of their DNA with the day of the visit, Leonardo displayed to his
humans, conservationists now promote the visitors three paintings he had brought with
interconnected health of both species. him to France in his luggage—the Mona Lisa,
Featuring cutting-edge science in ecology, the Saint John the Baptist, and the Saint Anne
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thousand years to travel the entire world Scale the poisonous volcanoes of Venus and Superpower Dogs country early explorers called Shangri-La.
ocean and back. Along the way, we’ll the ancient red dunes of Mars. Bore through RELEASE DATE: Spring 2019 Along the way, we discover a critically
encounter spectacular wildlife and meet the the icy crust of Europa to imagine life in FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, endangered Bengal tiger and her cubs in the
heroes who fight for ocean health with hidden seas. Fly through Saturn’s dreamy rings IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI- foothills of Everest. We journey through virgin
creative scientific solutions. Ocean 3D will be and the alien clouds of Jupiter. The Planets is compliant Laser, Dome-customized 15/70 forests, along sparkling rivers, and soar past
a cinematic thrill ride but will also show how a journey from science fiction to “science LENGTH: 40:00 gravity-defying temples where nature is being
our one ocean is crucial for our planet’s vision,” an aspirational vision of the next PRODUCER: Cosmic Picture celebrated in vibrant ceremonial festivals that
health—a vast circulatory system and climate century in human space-faring achievement, DISTRIBUTOR: IMAX Corporation and Cosmic date back to the 12th century. We discover
engine that supports all life on Earth, including profiling the technological and pioneering Picture Bhutan’s delicate balance between
our own—leaving audiences both enlightened stepping stones thought necessary for CONTACT: Antonietta Monteleone, urbanization and tradition, in a land where
and inspired. humankind to become a truly interplanetary antonietta@cosmicpicture.com Gross National Happiness reigns over Gross
species. Produced in association with NASA’s WEBSITES: superpowerdogs.com National Product. Tiger Trek: Bhutan 3D will
Ocean Giants: A Prehistory Advanced Innovative Concepts program. The true story of a rookie puppy who inspire a sense of awe for the harmony that
of Whales discovers her superpowers with the help of can be created between people and their
RELEASE DATE: 2020 Secrets of Antarctica the world’s most extraordinary search and environments everywhere.
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, RELEASE DATE: To be confirmed
IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI- FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital,
rescue dogs. From the Canadian Rockies to Venom 3D: The Bite
compliant Laser, Dome-customized 15/70 IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-
the Italian Riviera to Northern Kenya, join That Cures
these heroic canines and their human partners RELEASE DATE: 2020
LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00 compliant Laser, Dome-customized 15/70
as they brave earthquakes and avalanches, FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital,
PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: Giant Screen Films LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00
bring criminals to justice and lift our spirits. IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital
CONTACT: Yasmine Garcia, ygarcia@gsfilms.com PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: BBC Earth
Audiences will experience how dogs see, hear LENGTH: 45:00
Blue whales are the largest animal ever to live CONTACT: Rob Grzymala, rgrzymala@gsfilms.com
and smell the world and discover how we are PRODUCER: December Media/Biopixel
on planet Earth, including the dinosaurs. The Exactly 200 years ago, man first set eyes on harnessing their remarkable superpowers to DISTRIBUTOR: December Media Distribution
transition over millions of years from fish to Antarctica, the most remote, hostile and heal, inspire and save lives. We will never look CONTACT: Mark Bretherton,
land mammal is one of life’s most astounding other-worldly continent on Earth. Now, in the at our best friends the same way again! mark@decembermedia.com.au; Shaun
transformations. The return of mammalian life harshest conditions on our planet, scientists McAlpine, shaun@decembermedia.com.au;
from land to sea—a 40-million year epic—is and filmmakers are discovering just how Tiger Trek: Bhutan 3D Matt Downey, matt@decembermedia.com.au
equally profound. Join intrepid paleontologist important this icy wilderness is to the future RELEASE DATE: To be determined
The animal kingdom uses venom to hunt and
adventurers on a giant screen journey to of all life on Earth. From the remote sub- FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital,
defend itself. These deadly cocktails of toxins
otherworldly ancient seas. Discover one of the Antarctic islands to the continent’s frozen IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-
unleash multifaceted attacks on their victims,
most illustrative evolution stories—through white heart, audiences will meet the compliant Laser, Dome-customized 15/70,
targeting the nervous system, paralyzing
the extraordinary Age of Mammals—tracing exceptional wildlife that calls this home—from Fulldome Digital
muscles, clotting blood and breaking down
the early land-dwelling, wolf-like cetaceans to the tips of ice-covered mountains where snow LENGTH: 40:00
cells to name a few effects. But that is only
the ocean giants of today. petrels nest, to the cold Southern Ocean PRODUCER: Arise Media/Archipelago Films
part of the story, medical science is
where hundreds of Humpback and Fin whales DISTRIBUTOR: To be determined
The Planets feed together in one of the rarest wildlife CONTACT: Katherine van Hengel,
discovering that the very same deadly toxins
RELEASE DATE: Late 2019/Early 2020 can be used to attack a myriad of debilitating
spectacles on Earth. We join researchers katherine@archipelagofilms.com
FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital, and fatal diseases in humans. From the thrill
braving blizzards to reveal how the hardiest Tiger Trek: Bhutan 3D takes viewers on an
IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI- of the chase to the world of advanced
animals on earth survive, and divers venturing immersive 3D giant screen journey into the
compliant Laser, Dome-customized 15/70 medical science, follow our team of
under the ice, on the hunt for new species in remote Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. It tells
LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00 venomologists as they risk their lives to save
an unexplored world. Join us on this giant a lyrical conservation story that follows the
PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: Giant Screen Films the lives of others.
screen adventure and witness the rarely seen coming of age of a young monk, Tshering, as
CONTACT: Yasmine Garcia, ygarcia@gsfilms.com natural wonders of a continent only now he grows to understand the people, plants
revealing its secrets. and animals he encounters on a trek across a
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Amazing Mighty Micro kill, instead the audience will be emotionally
Monsters 3D engaged with the key characters, learning how
Presented in 3D these supreme species must be at the very peak
RELEASE DATE: January 2016 of performance to have any chance of success.
AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX Their backstory will be a key part of the
Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, narrative; to understand a cheetah’s dilemma
DCI-compliant Laser, Dome-customized 15/70, you must meet her hungry cubs. Top predators
Fulldome Digital occupy an apex position within the habitats they
LENGTH: 40:04 and 20:00 dominate and, alongside dramatic animal
PRODUCER: Colossus Productions behaviour, Incredible Predators reveals the
DISTRIBUTOR: Serengeti Entertainment unique relationship between predators and prey
CONTACT: Melissa Williams, as a fundamental building block of ecology.
melissaw@serengetientertainment.co.uk Museum Alive 3D
FILM WEBSITE: serengetientertainment.com/ Presented in 3D
screeners/amazing_mighty_micro_monsters_ RELEASE DATE: January 2016
3d.html# AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX
Super powers exist. Right here on Earth. And they Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital,
are beneath our feet. They include beetles that DCI-compliant Laser, Dome-customized 15/70,
shoot chemical fire and lift enormous weights; Fulldome Digital
scorpions that glow in the dark with astonishing LENGTH: 40:04 and 20:00
crushing powers; spiders that can make PRODUCER: Colossus Productions
themselves virtually invisible and hypnotise their DISTRIBUTOR: Serengeti Entertainment
prey; even a bug that can transform itself into CONTACT: Melissa Williams,
another creature entirely. Prepare to be amazed
in this 3D giant screen adventure exploring the
melissaw@serengetientertainment.co.uk
FILM WEBSITE: serengetientertainment.com/
S AV E T H E D A T E S !
hidden world of the super-powered bugs. screeners/museum_alive_3d.html# SEPTEMBER 21–24, 2018
Incredible Predators The fantasy that drives sleepovers and fires the
Presented in 3D imagination of every museum visitor is at the
RELEASE DATE: January 27, 2017 very heart of Museum Alive 3D: what if the
AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX exhibits could come to life? In this magical and
Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, engaging film, audiences get to follow one lucky
DCI-compliant Laser, Dome-customized 15/70 visitor who stays in the museum after dark, when SEPTEMBER 21-23
LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00 the most fascinating extinct prehistoric creatures Tennessee Aquarium
PRODUCER: Silverback Films and BBC Earth in rise again. Dinosaurs, a sabre-tooth tiger, giant Chattanooga, Tennessee
association with Giant Screen Films birds and monster reptiles escape their display
DISTRIBUTOR: Giant Screen Films and BBC Earth cases, shake off the dust and explore the
CONTACT: Yasmine Garcia, ygarcia@gsfilms.com museum, by means of stunning special effects. SEPTEMBER 24
Incredible Predators deconstructs the world of And far from being just fantasy, everything in Dome Day
major predators as never before, taking an Museum Alive 3D is firmly rooted in the latest
science, through a unique collaboration between
McWane Science Center
intimate look at the remarkable strategies they
leading paleontologists and award-winning CGI Birmingham, Alabama
use to succeed. Advanced filming techniques
expose the planet’s top predators in artists. Audiences will be treated to a thrilling,
extraordinary footage, putting the audience spectacular film that both educates and
right beside them as they hunt—on land, under entertains—because as the lights go down, the
the sea or in the air. Far from a film about the past comes roaring back to life!
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