Moscow International Science Film Festival
The Moscow International Science Film Festival will be held at the Moscow Planetarium on 7-10 November.
We are passionate about showcasing the best in science cinema from around the world. It is the only art form capable of comprehending rapidly developing technologies and lucidly explaining the most complex scientific discoveries. We dedicate the festival to the whole variety of science cinema: cartoons, classic films and, most importantly, fulldome cinema!
Planetariums have become pioneers of immersive science cinema! Fulldome cinema is a young field characterised by experimentation and the search for innovative production methods that can be easily combined with classical film-making methods. We are witnessing an explosive growth of the fulldome film industry! This would not have happened without the joint efforts of several hundred unique specialists. Every new project brings something new to the history of the genre, be it technical innovation or conceptual. When we talk about science cinema, we see the incredible stories of thousands of people who have dedicated themselves to enlightenment. As organisers of the MISFF, we are thrilled to support the amazing community of science popularisers: people who cannot imagine their lives without science cinema.
Short list
- “Accelerators. The art of technology”, The Grand Novosibirsk Planetarium, directed by Elena Bezyzvestnykh. Russia.
- “Antarctic Uruguay”, directed by Leo Scarone. Uruguay.
- “Black holes - Unknown horizons”, Double Dome Films, the Madrid Planetarium and the "La Caixa" Foundation. directed by César González Arranz, Rodrigo González Peinado and Telmo Fernández Castro. Colombia.
- “Colorful universe”, Moscow Planetarium, directed by Tamara Stolbova. Russia.
- “Constellations Incas”, Institute of Geophysics of Peru, directed by José Ricra, Adita Quispe. Peru.
- “Dark biosphere”, Render Area, directed by Javier Bollaín. Spain.
- “Eclipse, a game of light and shadow”, Planetarium Chile. Chile.
- “Eva”, The Grand Novosibirsk Planetarium, script by Polina Shlyapuzhnikova, Maxim Larin. Russia.
- “Expanding Horizons”, Volgograd Planetarium, script by Olga Kolesnikova. Russia.
- “From Chicxulub to Tunguska. The Great Events of Cosmic Destruction”, Planetarios Digitales, Irkutsk Planetarium. Mexico.
- “Guiding stars”, Moscow Planetarium, directed by Tamara Stolbova. Russia.
- “Life's Question”, Double Dome Films, written and directed by Juan Felipe Orozco Cano. Colombia.
- “Listening to the universe”, The Grand Novosibirsk Planetarium, directed by Elena Bezyzvestnykh. Russia.
- “Luminaries of Bengal”, National Council of Science Museums. India.
- “MMX - Martian Moons eXploration”, directed by Hiromitsu Kohsaka. Japan.
- “Nebulae”, The Grand Novosibirsk Planetarium, directed by Sergey Maslikov. Russia.
- “Planets of the Solar System”, Moscow Planetarium, directed by Tamara Stolbova. Russia.
- “Russia's Space History”, Planetarium Association of Russia, Centre named after V. V. Tereshkova, script by Sergei Yazev. Russia.
- “Sky in motion”, Moscow Planetarium, directed by Tamara Stolbova. Russia.
- “Supermassive Black Holes: Uncovering the Invisible”, directed by Theofanis Matsopoulos. Greece.
- “The galaxy and its population”, Planetarium Association of Russia, script by Ekaterina Zasypkina. Russia.
- “The immortal feat of Stalingrad”, Volgograd Planetarium, script by Olga Kolesnikova. Russia.
- “The Mayans. Cosmic Planners”, Planetarios Digitales, National Polytechnic Institute. Mexico.
- “The Real Stars In The Universe”, China Science and Technology Museum. China
- “The world we live in”, Planetarium Association of Russia, script by Sergey Yazev. Russia.
- “Beautiful Baby Tilapia”, FullDome Basement. Belarus-Tanzania.
- “Belucha. Psychological experiment”, directed by Vladimir Marin. Russia.
- “Galactic News”, Planetarium named after B.A. Maksimichev. B.A. Maksimachev. Russia.
- “GranPa And Zoe. Mission: Light”, 3D Emotion, Mediastro Promotion. France.
- “Hazelnuts. In search of the perfect planet”, 3D Emotion, Mediastro Promotion. France.
- “Kitz the Cat's Supermoon Adventure”, directed by O Chul Kwon. South Korea.
- “Magical Belarus”, Belarusian State Academy of Arts, Minsk Planetarium, directed by Anastasia Zenko. Belarus
- “Sida Tsoatsoas – Our Beginning”, VR Capture, directed by Telmo dos Reis. South African Republic.
- “Solarians”, directed by Juli Tagger. Argentina.
- “The Adventure On Kepler”, Chimalhuacán Digital Planetarium. Mexico.
- “The Blob in the Sky”, National Council of Science Museums. India.
- “The eternal traveller on the star way”, Belarusian State Academy of Arts, directed by Nadezhda Gil. Belarus.
- “The Kazimir Malevich's Universe”, Belarusian State Academy of Arts, Minsk Planetarium, directed by Yulia Gorbach. Belarus.
- “The Greatest Miracle of the Universe”, Moscow Planetarium, directed byTamara Stolbova. Russia.
- “Voyage of the stars”, directed by Ivan Maucuit. France.
- “Where life came from”, The Grand Novosibirsk Planetarium. Russia.
- “Astrophotography: Through Space and Time“, Moscow Planetarium, directed by Oleg Gavrilin.
- “Brain Crisis”, China Science and Technology Museum. China.
- “Carbon landfills. Present and future”, directed by Vladimir Marin. Russia.
- “Coccolito. Dancing over the abyss”, Studio Centr LLC, directed by Vladimir Marin. Russia.
- “Close encounters with a Black Hole”. China Science and Technology Museum. China.
- “Evolution of the Earth”, Moscow Planetarium, directed by Oleg Gavrilin, Tamara Stolbova. Russia.
- “Flight characteristics of the Tiny Beetles”, Delta Prodaksn LLC, directed by Dmitrij Zavil'gelskij. Russia.
- “How Ivan Pigarev Studied Dreams”, Risk-Film LLC, directed by Yuliya Kiseleva. Russia.
- “Meteor hunter”, Republik studio, directed by Natalya Anisimova. Russia.
- “Music of the stars”, Zarevo, directed by Nataliya Zverkova. Russia.
- “Let there be LED”, directed by Daria Artyushkova.
- “Open day”, ART-N LLC, directed by Kseniya Kazazaeva, Olga Domovceva, Polina Svezhenceva, Artur Suhonin, Denis Danilov, Konstantin Zemlyanskij, Aleksandra SHishova, Liliya Sabirova. Russia.
- “Permafrost”, Lavr Studio LLC, directed by Yana Rubanovskaya. Russia.
- “Russian way”, Kino-Art Ltd, directed by Alexey Gusev. Russia.
- “Wild Green”, directed by Belén Orsini. Venezuela.
- “Bird-Time”, directed by John Melo. Colombia.
- “Cycloaddition”, directed by Asya Dragoon, Minor Second Inc. Russia.
- “Destin”, directed by Jeremy Oury & Ludovic Finck. France.
- “Dreams of space. Generative AI fantasy”, Planetarium named after B.A. Maksimichev. Russia.
- “Emersive”, ARCAAN COLLECTIVE (directed by Jérémy Oury & Antoine Briot). France.
- “Exo Cortex 3.0”, directed by Jeremy Oury. France.
- “Immersive”, ARCAAN COLLECTIVE (directed by Jérémy Oury & Antoine Briot). France.
- “Music of the spheres”, Planetarium named after B.A. Maksimichev. B.A. Maksimachev, SnarkDream Studio. Russia.
- “Next”, directed byJérémy Oury. France.
- “Phosphene”, directed by Jeremy Oury & Ludovic Finck. France.
- “Piano Under The Stars”, directed by Juan Carlos Vidal, Monica Pilar Granne, Tommy Caggiani, Rodrigo Qowasi, Claudio Recabarren. Chile-Spain.
- “Skylark”, directed by Jeremy Oury. France.
- “Sounds of the Ocean: A Mindful Underwater Journey”, directed by Joshua Sam Miller, Elise Lein. USA.
- “Stardust”, directed by Filip Roca, Zarko Komar. Spain, Montenegro, Serbia.
- “Sublime”, directed by Jorge Bandera, Adriana Garcia, Alexandra Robayo, Renzo Rospigliosi. Colombia.
- “Tell me, am I still me?”, Digital Planetarium Chimalhuacán. Mexico.
- “World tree”, Belarus State Academy of Arts Minsk Planetarium, directed by Nikita Buriak. Belarus.
Planetarium Community Programme
Take part in all the Planetarium Community Programme events.
Attend a one session of the “Scientific fulldome films programme”, a one session of the “Fulldome animated and experimental films programme”, music programme and a one session of the “Widescreen Film Programme”. Attend special screenings of new films from the Moscow Planetarium, including “Planets of the Solar System”, “The Main Miracle of the Universe” and “Evolution of the Earth”.
It will be transferred on the basis of the contract, which can be downloaded here.It will be transferred on the basis of the contract, which can be downloaded here.
Send your questions to studio@planetarium-moscow.ru
If there are any changes in the programme, we will inform you.
Planetarium Community Programme events:
Public talk with the management of the Moscow Planetarium
What are the challenges facing the Moscow Planetarium? The managers of the Moscow Planetarium will talk about how much the planetarium has changed over the last decade. The audience will learn how the work of the planetarium is organised in different directions by looking behind the scenes of one of the most important planetariums in Eurasia. Speakers: General Director V.V. Timofeev, Scientific Director F.B. Rubleva, Commercial Director O.S. Timofeeva, Head of Promotion Department O.E. Solovyova, Head of Legal Department S.V. Kharchenko.
Public talk of the Moscow Planetarium Film Studio
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Victor Mukaev, CG Supervisor at the Moscow Planetarium Film Studio, will talk about the process of visualisation of various scientific data using computer graphics. The audience will get acquainted with the practice of reliable representation of cosmic phenomena and objects. The process of working with scientific data, its interpretation in the creation of computer graphics will be shown on the example of some films of the Moscow Planetarium.
Oleg Gavrilin, scriptwriter and Lead CG artist of the Moscow Planetarium Film Studio, will talk about the stages of fulldome film production and the difficulties of working with the fulldome format. The audience will learn many aspects of creating a scientific fulldome film, from production to the secrets of creating high-quality graphics.
Public talk on branding for planetariums
O.E. Solovyova, Head of the Promotion Department, will talk about the peculiarities of the Moscow Planetarium brand formation and show how to use the historical heritage. Planetarium partners will demonstrate bright branding projects based on the Planetarium's long history.
Masterclass on creating a character in Blender
Sergey Anfinogentov, a CG artist from the Moscow Planetarium Film Studio, will talk about how to create characters for cartoons and games. Using the flexible tools of Blender, he will show how to create a fantastic character and give it a unique personality.
Astrophotography at the Moscow Planetarium With film screening
Moscow Planetarium astrophotographer Nikita Shamorgin will talk about the nuances of astrophotography in Russia's brightest city. Alexander Perkhnyak, Head of the Astronomy Education Department of the Moscow Planetarium, will talk about objects photographed by Nikita Shamorgin. The lecture will be interesting for photographers and amateur astronomers. Visitors will also watch a film about astrophotography directed by Oleg Gavrilin.
See you at the Moscow Planetarium!