GSCA 2015 Conference Program

E V E N T PROGRAM

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Sponsors and contributors Schedule Map of event locations Map of hotel meeting rooms Professional development sessions

New films

Films in production Projects in development Trailers Trade show exhibitors Session presenters Dome Day

ADVERTISING INDEX American Museum of Natural History 38 Christie Digital 7 Evans & Sutherland back cover GSCA 43, 49 Figueras Seating USA 15 ImagesInSound 26 IMAX Corporation inside front cover, 3 Laser Fantasy 39 MacGillivray Freeman Films 30, 31 nWave Pictures Distribution 60, inside back cover SK Films 10, 11 Sony Pictures Classics 23 Visceral Image Productions 27

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THANK YOU WITH THANKS TO OUR CONFERENCE SPONSORS Partner Sponsors

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Recording and Media Policies

GSCA sessions may be recorded. Audience members are advised that attendance at these sessions gives GSCA their implicit permission to be recorded. Private video or audio recording during film presentations or professional development sessions is prohibited without prior authorization from GSCA. Industry press has access to all sessions and events. GSCA will not be held responsible for any delegate commentary made in the presence of press/media.

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Monday, September 7: Pre-Conference Day TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

3:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Registration and Information

Parc 55: Cyril Magnin Foyer

Tuesday, September 8: Pre-Conference Day TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Registration and Information

Parc 55: Cyril Magnin Foyer

8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Film Rehearsals

AMC Metreon IMAX

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

3D Film Interest Group* (by invitation only)

Parc 55: Filmore

11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Board Meeting (working lunch meeting)

Parc 55: Mission Street

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Giant Screen 101: Retooling the Basics for a Changing World

Parc 55: Market Street

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

New Members and First-Timers Reception (by invitation only)

Parc 55: Mission Street

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Distributor Interest Group* (by invitation only)

Parc 55: Filmore

Wednesday, September 9: Conference Day 1 TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

Breakfast on your own Committee Meetings (continental breakfast served for committee members) • Conference • Marketing & Member Services

Parc 55 Hotel

7:30 am - 8:45 am 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration and Information

AMC Metreon

9:00 am - 10:00 am

IMAX Corporation Private Event

AMC Metreon IMAX

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Welcome to GSCA

AMC Metreon IMAX

10:30 am - 11:15 am

Film 1: Wild Africa 3D (digital 3D)

AMC Metreon IMAX

11:15 am - 12:00 pm

Film 2: National Parks Adventure (rough cut, digital 3D)

AMC Metreon IMAX

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch on your own

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Euromax Meeting and Lunch

TBD

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Alternative Content Meeting and Lunch

TBD

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Awards Rehearsal

Parc 55: Cyril Magnin Ballroom

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Trailers

AMC Metreon IMAX

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Films in Production

AMC Metreon IMAX

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Projects in Development

AMC Metreon IMAX

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

IMAX Hall of Fame Presentation: Space Station (15/70 3D)

AMC Metreon IMAX

6:00 pm

Walk to hotel

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

GSCA Awards and Opening Reception, sponsored by IMAX

9:00 pm

Dinner on your own

• Powell • Fillmore

Parc 55: Cyril Magnin Ballroom

* These special interest groups are privately held meetings and are by invitation only. Special interest group meetings are run and managed by GSCA members; however, they are not official GSCA groups.

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Thursday, September 10: Conference Day 2 (continued) TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

Breakfast on your own 8:00 am

Walk to AMC Metreon

8:30 am - 1:30 pm

Registration and Information

AMC Metreon

8:30 am - 9:00 am

GSCA Members Meeting

AMC Metreon IMAX

9:00 am - 9:45 am

Film 3: Museum Alive 3D (digital 3D)

AMC Metreon IMAX

9:45 am - 10:30 am

Film 4: Robots 3D (15/70 3D)

AMC Metreon IMAX

10:30 am - 10:45 am

Break

AMC Metreon

10:45 am - 11:30 am

Film 5: Space Next 3D (digital 3D)

AMC Metreon IMAX

11:30 am - 12:15 pm

Film 6: Journey to Space (digital 3D)

AMC Metreon IMAX

12:15 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch on your own

12:15 pm - 2:00 pm

Research Task Force Meeting and Lunch

TBD

2:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Registration and Information

Parc 55: Cyril Magnin Foyer

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Technology Trends and the Future of Giant Screen

Parc 55: Cyril Magnin Ballroom

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

My Theater Had a Great Year (And Other Tales of the Unimaginable)

Parc 55: Cyril Magnin Ballroom

5:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Break

Parc 55 Hotel

5:15 pm - 6:30 pm

Professional Development Concurrent Sessions 1. A ll That Stuff Besides the Film: Giant Screen Ancillary Materials 2. Great Results with Great Marketing 3. Motion Versus Resolution in Giant Screen Productions

Parc 55 Hotel 1. Market Street

6:30 pm

Dinner on your own

2. Cyril Magnin Ballroom 3. Powell

Friday, September 11: Conference Day 3 TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

Parc 55 Hotel

7:30 am - 8:45 am

Committee Meetings (continental breakfast served for committee members) • Technical • Lifelong Learning • Professional Development

8:45 am

Walk to theater

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration and Information

AMC Metreon

9:00 am - 9:45 am

Film 7: Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean (digital 3D)

AMC Metreon IMAX

9:45 am - 10:30 am

Film 8: Humpback Whales (15/70 3D)

AMC Metreon IMAX

10:30 am - 10:45 am

Coffee Break, sponsored by nWave Pictures Distribution

10:45 am - 11:30 am

Film 9: Wild Cats 3D (rough cut, digital 3D)

AMC Metreon IMAX

11:30 am - 12:15 pm

Film 10: Amazing Mighty Micro Monsters 3D (fine cut, digital 3D)

AMC Metreon IMAX

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch on your own

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Technical Session

3:30 pm

Walk to hotel

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Registration and Information

Parc 55: Cyril Magnin Foyer

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Trade show with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres

Parc 55: Cyril Magnin Ballroom

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

GSCA Board Meeting

Parc 55: Market Street

8:00 pm

Dinner on your own

• Market Street • Lombard • Powell

AMC Metreon IMAX

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POWELL STREET BART STATION PARC 55 HOTEL AMC METREON IMAX THEATER

San Francisco

PARC 55 HOTEL

55 Cyril Magnin Street.

San Francisco, CA 94102 415-392-8000 AMC METREON IMAX THEATRE

135 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 514-369-6207

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POWELL STREET BART STATION

(Bay Area Rapid Transit) 899 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 The Powell Street BART station is the closest station to the Parc 55 hotel.

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oriented marketing ideas from a number of distributors and provide insight on how to maximize the theater-distributor relationship.

THE BUSINESS OF THE GIANT SCREEN Paul Wild, Theater Director at IMAX Victoria, will review how exhibition in the giant screen documentary business differs greatly from the Hollywood model. This presentation outlines those differences and presents current examples of the different programming models that will be of interest not only to exhibitors but also to producers and distributors.

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PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION

Giant Screen 101: Retooling the Basics for a Changing World Tuesday, September 8, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Parc 55 Market Street Meeting Room MODERATOR: Diane Carlson, Pacific Science Center PANELISTS: Jonathan Barker, SK Films; Mary Jane Dodge, MacGillivray Freeman Films; Paul Wild, IMAX Victoria

This perennial favorite is always one of the most attended and highly rated sessions of the conference. Experienced giant screen experts share their insights and answer questions on many different aspects of the industry. With valuable information for industry newcomers and veterans alike, this is an excellent opportunity to get industry insight, meet other delegates, and get a head start on networking and maximizing the value of the conference. The following presentations will be included in the session: NEGOTIATING FILM CONTRACTS Jonathan Barker, executive producer of the award-winning giant screen films Bugs! and Flight of the Butterflies, and the upcoming release Amazon Adventure, will reveal the mysteries of negotiating film contracts.

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MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION Mary Jane Dodge, director of marketing at MacGillivray Freeman Films, will discuss the importance of marketing and how to do it effectively. She’ll present results-

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PLENARY SESSIONS

Technology Trends and the Future of Giant Screen Thursday, September 10, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Parc 55 Hotel Cyril Magnin Ballroom MODERATORS: Paul Fraser (Blaze Digital Cinema Works), Martin Howe (TEQ4) PANELISTS: Bill Beck, Barco; Larry Paul, Christie Digital; Derek Threinen, D3D Cinema; Art Mercurio, D3D Cinema; Michael Daut, Evans & Sutherland; Sean MacLeod Phillips, MacLeod Productions; Glenn Smith, Sky-Skan

The dawn of the digital cinema era broke 10 years ago this year. The giant screen marketplace began to embrace digital soon after. Today, flat GS screens are ahead of GS domes in adopting digital, for some good technical reasons. The complete transition for the GS market has a ways to go, while new technologies are being introduced or coming soon. Digital projection has evolved from 2K to 4K, and up to 8K for domes. Lasers are beginning to replace xenon as the projection light source.

Fulldome has made inroads in the GS dome sector, and we’re on the cusp of seeing two new 4:3 digital solutions for GS domes.

Meanwhile, digital cameras continue to improve, making it possible to create

images worthy of the giant screen.

What are the key technology developments we should be following? How will they serve to improve the GS experience and maintain its distinctiveness from theatrical screens?

What are the technology trends in the wider cinema space, and how will these affect the GS industry? What will the industry look like 5 years and even 10 years from now?

EXHIBITION SPONSORSHIPS: Learn about sponsorships that can supplement a theater’s marketing for a new film, and drive ticket sales too.

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EFFECTIVE TICKETING STRATEGIES: See practical illustrations of wrangling multiple admission categories to boost overall theater revenue. Hear how one theater built a successful subscription model that grosses a million dollars per year.

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For this lively and multi-topic panel discussion, we’ve assembled a diverse panel of experts, representing projector vendors and integrators, and an accomplished GS director.

We’ll address technology developments for both flat screens and domes. Some panelists will have materials to present during the discussion. A Q&A session with the audience is included.

This mega-session promises plenty of good ideas that theater operators can put in motion immediately. Who knows? It just might lead to unimaginable success.

My Theater Had a Great Year (And Other Tales of the Unimaginable)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Thursday, September 10, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Parc 55 Hotel Cyril Magnin Ballroom PANELISTS: Peter Bak-Larsen, Tycho Brahe Planetarium; Steve Baker, TELUS World of Science-Edmonton; Dave Duszynski, Cincinnati Museum Center; Paul Fraser, Blaze Digital Cinema Works; Chris Hurtubise, COSI; Julie LaRoche, Montreal Science Centre; Jackie Mollet, Saint Louis Science Center; Gil Perez, Museum of Science and Industry-Chicago; Ruben Piza, Papalote; Amy Quesinberry, Orlando Science Center; Berend Reijnhoudt, Omniversum; Paul Wild, IMAX Victoria

In a world of increasing demands on time and money spent on out-of-home entertainment, it is increasingly challenging to get people to our theaters. Come join us for a multi-faceted session dedicated to showcasing innovative and risk-taking initiatives that have helped giant-screen theaters achieve success.

Individual presentations and short panel discussions will include: GREAT IDEAS THAT WORKED: Hear from a few theaters who had a good year and learn how did they did it.

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NEW WAYS TO USE YOUR THEATER: Check out how a few theaters are attracting a new demographic with alternative content and some unusual uses of their theater space.

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Thursday, September 10, 5:15 – 6:30 pm

All That Stuff Besides the Film: Giant Screen Ancillary Materials Parc 55 Hotel Market Street Meeting Room MODERATORS: Mary Nucci, Rutgers University; Alan Nursall, Telus World of Science-Edmonton

This session, sponsored jointly by the GSCA’s Research Task Force and Lifelong Learning Committee, will present the results of two coordinated surveys of filmmakers/producers and exhibitors that looked at all that stuff besides the film—the ancillary materials created to promote and extend a film’s reach to the viewing community. Following a short presentation by the moderators of the results of the surveys that asked about production, use, and value of these materials, the audience will be invited to participate in breakout groups to extend the analysis of the survey results. Results of the workshop will be disseminated to the giant screen community in a blog post as well as will be used for a survey of K-12 educators asking them about their needs and interest in giant screen ancillary materials.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Great Results With Great Marketing Parc 55 Hotel Cyril Magnin Ballroom MODERATOR: Richard Morrison, IMAX Melbourne/Museum Victoria PANELISTS: Diane Carlson, Pacific Science Center; Marlene Janetos, Museum of Discovery and Science-Fort Lauderdale; Tanya Vomacka, Museum of Science and Industry-Tampa

GSCA’s 2014 Audience Research Report indicated that nearly 80% of audience members say being able to see a giant screen film increases their likelihood of visiting a venue. So why are so few institutions marketing this valuable asset?

Born out of the idea exchanges that take place among colleagues at the conference, this “how to” session brings those ideas and best practices front and center. A panel of industry experts will share how to optimize marketing to boost theater ticket sales through web design, social media, analytics, ticketing, signage, outdoor, paid advertising, and more. Sometimes small tweaks can bring big results. This energetic session will provide ample time for questions and for audience members to contribute their great ideas as well. Be prepared to bring home a list of ideas you can put into practice to ensure your theater is being utilized as an asset that attracts audiences independently from the rest of the venue and is being leveraged to increase overall venue attendance.

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Motion Versus Resolution in Giant Screen Productions Parc 55 Hotel Powell Meeting Room PRESENTER: Pierre (Pete) Routhier, Happy Planet Productions

For giant screen filmmakers, image quality is paramount, and 15/70 film has been the benchmark against which all other options are judged. In the digital era, camera sensor resolution (spatial resolution) is one of the main factors driving camera selection and many postproduction processes (frame extension, for example).

A sensor’s resolution, however, is only a container for detail. It’s not the final determinant for image quality. Motion can degrade detail and generate images that have far less perceived quality than what the camera can capture while stationary.

One can compensate for lost spatial resolution by increasing the frame rate (temporal resolution), but that has its own issues. With dramatic motion from the camera, its subject, or the cumulative effect of both, it’s not unusual to end up with a level of detail inferior even to High Definition (HD) video.

During this presentation, advanced imaging expert Pierre (Pete) Routhier shares examples, mathematical models, and tips on how to manage motion during a giant screen production to optimize image detail and match the camera system to the situation for a cost-effective production.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NEW FILMS

MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company CONTACT: Bob Harman, bharman@macfreefilms.com DISTRIBUTOR:

Amazing Mighty Micro Monsters 3D (fine cut) Presented in digital 3D

Working title

RELEASE DATE:

2015

Sept. 30,

AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, IMAX digital, DCI-compliant digital

LENGTH: 38:05 PRODUCER: Colossus Productions DISTRIBUTOR: Serengeti Entertainment

(Atlantic Productions) Ieva Balciute, ievab@atlanticproductions.co.uk CONTACT:

Super powers exist. Right here on Earth.

Beneath our feet. Beetles that shoot chemical fire and lift enormous weights; scorpions that glow in the dark with astonishing crushing powers; and, spiders that can make themselves virtually invisible and hypnotize their prey; even a bug that can transform itself into another creature entirely. In this 3D giant screen adventure, we shrink down and step into the hidden world of the super-powered bugs. Prepare to be amazed.

Humpback Whales

Presented in 15/70 3D

Final title

RELEASE DATE:

2015

February 13,

AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70

LENGTH: 39:10 PRODUCER: MacGillivray Freeman Films

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Narrated by two-time Golden Globe® nominee Ewan McGregor, Humpback Whales is an extraordinary journey into the mysterious world of one of nature’s most awe-inspiring marine mammals. Set in the spectacular waters of Alaska, Hawaii, and Tonga, this ocean adventure offers audiences an up-close look at how these whales communicate, sing, feed, play, and take care of their young. Captured for the first time with IMAX® 3D cameras, and found in every ocean on earth, humpbacks were nearly driven to extinction 50 years ago, but today are making a slow but remarkable recovery. Join a team of researchers as they unlock the secrets of the humpback and find out why humpbacks are the most acrobatic of all whales, why they sing their haunting songs, and why these intelligent, 55-foot, 50-ton animals migrate up to 10,000 miles round-trip every year. A MacGillivray Freeman film presented

by Pacific Life.

Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean

Presented in digital 3D

Final title

RELEASE DATE:

2015

February 20,

AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70 LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: Ocean Futures Society, 3D Entertainment Films DISTRIBUTOR: 3D Entertainment Distribution CONTACT: Francois Mantello, fmantello@3defilms.com

Narrated by renowned oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean brings to large format screens a breakthrough look at a secret world within the ocean that is perhaps the biggest story of all—that the smallest life in the sea is the mightiest force on which we all depend.

Alongside marine biologist Holly Lohuis, Jean-Michel Cousteau invites audiences to dive into this whole new world that will leave them in awe of the beauty and diversity of the oceans—the source of all life on our planet—and inspire an even stronger desire to protect what they have either seen for the first time or perhaps re-discovered along the journey.

Journey to Space

Presented in digital 3D

Final title

RELEASE DATE: Feb. 13, 2015 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and

3D, 15/70, IMAX digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital

LENGTH: 41:48 PRODUCER: K2 Films and Giant Screen Films DISTRIBUTOR: K2 Communications and Giant

Screen Films Mark Kresser, mark_kresser@k2communications.com CONTACT:

In the past half century, humans have punched through the stratosphere, walked on the moon, and lived continuously in orbit. In the coming decades, our unquenchable curiosity will take our species beyond the cradle of Earth to touch the face of another world. Strap in for the next giant leap. Next stop...Mars!

Museum Alive 3D

Presented in digital 3D

Final title

RELEASE DATE:

2015

September 1,

AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, IMAX digital, DCI-compliant digital LENGTH: 39:48 and 20:00 (39:48 version will screen at the GSCA conference) PRODUCER: Colossus Productions DISTRIBUTOR: Serengeti Entertainment (Atlantic Productions) CONTACT: Ieva Balciute, ievab@atlanticproductions.co.uk

The fantasy that drives sleepovers and fires the imagination of every museum visitor sits at the very heart of Museum Alive 3D: what if the exhibits came to life? In this dramatic, informative, and captivating film, audiences follow one lucky visitor who stays in the museum after dark and sees some of the most fascinating, extinct, prehistoric creatures rise again. Dinosaurs, a sabretooth cat, giant birds, and monster reptiles escape their display cases, shake off the dust, and explore the museum, by means of stunning special effects. And far from being just fantasy, everything in Museum Alive 3D is firmly rooted in the latest science, through a unique collaboration between leading paleontologists and award-winning computer animators. Audiences will be treated to a thrilling, spectacular film that both educates and entertains—because as the lights go down, the past comes roaring back to life!

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NEW FILMS National Parks Adventure (rough cut)

ASIMO

Presented in digital 3D

Final title

RELEASE DATE:

2016

February 12,

2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70 LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: MacGillivray Freeman Films DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company CONTACT: Bob Harman, bharman@macfreefilms.com

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Presented in 15/70 3D

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RELEASE DATE:

National Geographic P r e s e n t s

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National Parks Adventure is an immersive giant-screen experience that takes audiences on the ultimate off-trail adventure into the pristine wilderness of America’s great outdoors. Spectacularly wild and iconic places like Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Everglades, the Redwoods, Canyonlands, and more are illuminated as never before with IMAX® 3D camera imagery. Audiences will drop into the adventure with world-class mountaineer Conrad Anker as he mountain bike rides, ice climbs, and river rafts his way through the nation’s mountains and canyons, then travel back in time to America’s most famous camping trip where President Theodore Roosevelt and renowned conservationist John Muir imagined a vast National Parks system that would preserve these national treasures forever. Released to coincide with the 100th Anniversary of the U.S. National Parks, National Parks Adventure reveals a tapestry of natural wonders that will inspire the adventurer in us all.

Robots

THEY'RE COMING...

Promotional Partners

Sound Design by BRIAN EIMER Music by MARK KORVEN Edited by HARRY MILLER I I, A.C.E , JIM RUXIN, A.C.E Director of Photography SEAN MACLEOD PHILLIPS, A.S.C Written by RICHARD PANEK MIKE SLEE JINI DURR Executive Producers BROOKE RUNNETTE LISA TRUITT Produced by JINI DURR Directed by MIKE SLEE robotsfilm.com

Fulldome digital

2015

June 5,

AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D & 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70,

LENGTH: 39:26 PRODUCER: National Geographic Studios and

Day’s End Pictures DISTRIBUTOR: National Geographic Studios CONTACT: Antonietta Monteleone, amontele@ngs.org

Humans do amazing things, all the time, without even thinking. It takes 34 muscles to move your fingers and thumb and more than 80 billion neurons to think. Humans use 300 muscles just to stand still! Imagine trying to build a machine that can move like a human, think like a human, or even simply stand still like a human. Robots will explore building state of the art humanoids, and witness the trials and tribulations.

You’ll meet the leading humanoids of today, many of which are already performing previously unimaginable tasks such as walking, talking and thinking. Robots 3D will introduce you to future challenges and the real world needs for robots, in a way only the giant screen can show you!

Space Next 3D

Presented in digital 3D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: Fall 2015 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and

3D, 15/70, IMAX digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 & 20:00 (40:00 at conference) PRODUCER: Afterglow Studios DISTRIBUTOR: BIG & Digital, LLC CONTACT: Tina Ratterman, tratterman@biganddigital.com

Space Next takes us on a journey of mankind’s pursuit to reach the stars. From the beginning of our earliest dreams that sparked the imagination, to the machines that took us there. The space race that inspired generations and the inventions that have changed the world forever. Now, a new era in space travel has dawned, revealing the possibilities of what is to come next.

Take a mesmerizing journey of mankind’s pursuit to reach the depths of space as we explore the exciting future of private space developments, national space programs, and the latest innovations that will inspire us all.

Wild Africa 3D

Presented in digital 3D

Final title

RELEASE DATE:

2015

December 15,

AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70,

Fulldome digital LENGTH: 42:02 and 20:00 (42:02 version will screen at the GSCA conference) PRODUCER: BBC Earth in association with Evergreen Studios DISTRIBUTOR: BBC Earth, Giant Screen Films, Reliance Entertainment and IM Global CONTACT: Tom Rooney, trooney@gsfilms.com

Come with us on a spectacular 3D ride across, over, and through the magical realms of the most dramatic continent on Earth: Africa. Our guide through this enchanted kingdom is—water. Water crafts wild Africa, conjuring up life wherever it journeys… travelling above the plains on seasonal winds, cascading along raging rivers, or sheltering coral cities. Audiences will be plunged into fantastic places and meet amazing creatures. On the journey through

the magical realms of Africa, we’ll discover the fascinating secrets of this enchanted kingdom. How spectacular thermal geysers help turn thousands of flamingos pink, and create the perfect conditions for them to breed; how elephants navigate scorched plains to find hidden water; and why it snows on the equator. It’s an adventure where you will truly believe the real world is more extraordinary and awe-inspiring than any fiction.

Wild Cats 3D (rough cut)

Presented in digital 3D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: October 2015 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and

3D, DCI-compliant digital LENGTH: 20:00 and 38:00 PRODUCER: nWave Pictures DISTRIBUTOR: nWave Pictures Distribution CONTACT: Janine Baker/Jennifer Lee Hackett/ Geodele Gillis, sales@nwave.com

Wild Cats 3D takes us closer than we ever dreamed possible to the magnificent lions, cheetahs, and leopards of southern Africa.

On a trek through the desert dunes of Namibia, and the spectacular landscapes of the Okavango Delta and Victoria Falls, Kevin Richardson shares his love of big cats and their extraordinary world.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

FILMS IN PRODUCTION A Beautiful Planet

Presented in digital 2D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: April 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D & 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: IMAX Corporation

and Disney Gina Glen, gglen@imax.com

CONTACT:

Myers’ upcoming 3D film will use IMAX’s extremely high-resolution photography and videography to offer breathtaking, illuminating views of our home planet from space, exploring the astonishing changes that have occurred on Earth in just the past several decades. Made in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the film will explore mankind’s future on-and off-the planet, increasing our understanding of the solar system, while also traveling light-years to other star systems to ponder the possibilities of “Goldilocks,” an Earth-like planet.

Carrier

Presented in digital 2D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 15/70, IMAX digital,

DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: K2 Films and Giant Screen Films DISTRIBUTOR: K2 Communications and Giant Screen Films CONTACT: Mark Kresser, mark_kresser@k2communications.com

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Carrier immerses audiences in breathtaking air and sea operations aboard a modern Nimitz- class nuclear powered carrier and tracks the experiences of the young pilot of an F-18 Super Hornet and other crew members engaged in the carrier’s mission. Set against the stunning panorama of a large multi-national naval exercise, the film reveals the remarkable inner workings of this giant ship and the special skills required by its crew. We learn there is no more demanding nor dangerous piloting skill than landing on a carrier at sea and track the arduous training required by our young pilot in mastering the deck landing with the sophisticated new Super Hornet. The ship is an engineering marvel, and together with viscerally thrilling aerial, ground, and at sea visuals, audiences will gain a keen appreciation for this massive city at sea.

Creating the Cosmos Presented in digital 2D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: Summer 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D, IMAX digital, DCI-

compliant digital, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: PBS Digital Studios and Joey Shanks Productions DISTRIBUTOR: To be determined CONTACT: Joey Shanks, joeschenkenberg@gmail.com

Organic matter is found in every corner of our Universe. The patterns of nature that govern Earth, also govern the Cosmos. Learn about the science of the Cosmos through experiments done with simple household items that will dazzle the eye and illuminate the mind for kids young and old alike. The film will rely heavily on “in-camera” cosmic effects, enchanting the audience with the visual science of soap bubbles, magnetic putty, dry ice, and reactions in milk. Inspiring a new generation of scientists and adventurers to explore the Cosmos that exists right under their noses.

Cuba

Presented in digital 2D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: Summer 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX

Digital, DCI-compliant Digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome Digital LENGTH: 42:00 PRODUCER: Golden Gate 3D DISTRIBUTOR: To be confirmed CONTACT: Peter Chang, peter@gg3d.com

Cuba tells the powerful story of a land preserved in time, a country poised on the cusp of dramatic change. The vibrant culture, meticulously maintained colonial architecture, and pristine ecosystems all provide a profound window to the past. Cuba will transport audiences across breathtaking island landscapes, taking them from the groundbreaking scientific exploration beneath the Caribbean Sea to the streets filled with music and dance in the heart of Havana.

Through the eyes of Cuban artists, historians, and scientists, audiences will have a rare chance to see this amazing country at a pivotal time in its history. Filmed for the first time in 3D and exclusively for the giant screen, the film will reveal why Cuba continues to stir the imagination of the world.

Earthflight 3D

Presented in digital 3D

Final title

RELEASE DATE: September 2015 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX digital,

DCI-compliant digital LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00 PRODUCER: John Downer Productions & BBC Earth DISTRIBUTOR: BBC Earth and Giant Screen Films CONTACT: Tom Rooney, trooney@gsfilms.com

Earthflight is a totally immersive experience, taking the audience on an incredible flight across the world on the wings of birds.

Revolutionary aerial techniques and state-ofthe-art 3D cameras deliver the reality of flying

right alongside the birds as we join a variety of different species on their seasonal journeys. As we fly with the birds on their migrations, they take us to some of the greatest sights and animal events on earth.

Great white sharks spectacularly leap so close you could touch them, snow geese dash through Monument Valley and New York City with wing tips coming right out of the screen, and vultures soar miles above the earth then dive down to huge wildebeest herds below.

It’s a thrilling experience as the audience is plunged into the centre of the flock.

Earthflight travels deeper into the action than ever before. Â

Extreme Weather

Presented in digital 3D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: 4th quarter 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX

digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: National Geographic Studios and Sean Casey DISTRIBUTOR: National Geographic Studios CONTACT: Antonietta Monteleone, amontele@ngs.org

Extreme Weather comes to us from famed storm chaser Sean Casey. This dramatic and exciting film will take us inside hurricanes, lightning and tornadoes, drought and floods.

We will see lightning move in a slow-motion dance, and travel on a groundbreaking mission to record the first vertical scans of a tornado. We will be going inside an extraordinary wind-generating lab that can create winds up to 190 mph and maintain those winds for 12 hours to replicate the exact conditions of a hurricane. Extreme Weather will examine these forces of nature so we can better understand them and prepare ourselves for when they strike.

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FILMS IN PRODUCTION In Saturn’s Rings

Nautilus 3D–An Ocean Odyssey

Final title

Working title

Presented in digital 2D RELEASE DATE: 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D, 15/70, IMAX Digital,

DCI-compliant Digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome Digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: SV2 Studios DISTRIBUTOR: BIG & Digital CONTACT: Tina Ratterman, tratterman@biganddigital.com

Fly through space and explore the wonders of the universe as science meets art on the giant screen. Created from over 7.5 million real photographs from space missions and historical sources, all animated to full motion, audiences will journey from the Big Bang to the awe-inspiring rings of Saturn.

In Saturn’s Rings showcases stunning, rarely seen and newly processed images from humanity’s space missions, including Cassini-Huygens, Apollo, Voyagers 1 & 2, Hubble, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Messenger, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and many more. Leading astrophotographers have contributed 500,000 photographs of the night sky, including the highest-resolution multi-day time-lapse of the Milky Way ever photographed. The result is a groundbreaking visual epic that is the closest experience to flying through space and time possible without a personal spacecraft. Set to powerful music and dense sound design, In Saturn’s Rings appeals to the great human yearning to explore, to question, to discover.

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Presented in digital 3D

RELEASE DATE: Spring 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX

Digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: Afterglow Studios CONTACT: Luke Ployhar, luke@afterglowstudios.com

Our oceans have always been a place of legends. Join us to explore the mysteries of the deep. In a ship that spans time and distance to reveal wonders we thought only existed in our dreams. Look through the portal of visionary Jules Verne’s Nautilus, to learn about the hidden places of our oceans that have inspired generations of seafarers to brave the depths and discover new worlds. Nautilus 3D takes you on a seaward adventure like no other. With awe-inspiring visualizations and 3D animation, audiences will leave inspired, educated, entertained, and ready to set sail.

Predators

Presented in digital 2D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: December 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX digital,

DCI-compliant digital LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00 PRODUCER: Silverback Films and BBC Earth DISTRIBUTOR: BBC Earth and Giant Screen Films CONTACT: Tom Rooney, trooney@gsfilms.com

Predators deconstructs the world of major predators as never before, taking an intimate look at the remarkable strategies they use to succeed. Advanced filming techniques expose the planet’s top predators in extraordinary footage, putting the audience right beside them as they hunt—on land, under the sea or in the air.

Far from a film about the kill, instead the audience will be emotionally engaged with the key characters, learning how these

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FILMS IN PRODUCTION supreme species must be at the very peak of performance to have any chance of success. Their backstory will be a key part of the narrative; to understand a cheetah’s dilemma you must meet her hungry cubs and realize hyenas are her deadly enemy.

Top predators occupy an apex position within the habitats they dominate and, alongside dramatic animal behavior, Predators reveals the unique relationship between predators and prey as a fundamental building block of ecology.

Sea of Love 3D

Presented in digital 2D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: 2018 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX digital,

DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 45:00 PRODUCER: Achtel Pty. Ltd. DISTRIBUTOR: To be announced CONTACT: Melody Martin, melody.martin@24x7.com.au

We often overlook the presence of love in the life of sea animals—within their families, communities, schools, and friendship circles. Sea of Love explores the many ways marine animals show their love for one another. Watch underwater beings develop friendships, romantic liaisons, parental bonds, and fulfill their community duties. Whether it involves sacrifice, sharing and caring, or flirting, singing, dancing and romancing, the theme is one of attraction, attachment and care for others. It begins where love is irrelevant—with the spectacle of mass coral spawning, the ultimate in indiscriminate coupling—but then reveals the intimate and social bonding behavior of the ocean’s real lovers. Filmed with newly developed 3D underwater housing technology by a cameraman with over 15

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years’ experience filming underwater, Sea of Love offers a sharpness and quality never before experienced on giant screen.

Filmed using 3Deep and DeepX 3D technology.

The Search for Life in Space 3D Presented in digital 3D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: March 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, IMAX Digital, DCI-

compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70 LENGTH: 45:00 PRODUCER: December Media Pty. Ltd. DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman Films CONTACT: Bob Harman, bharman@macfreefilms.com

For science the heavy lifting is over—a new era of space exploration has begun. It’s the search to find something that changes everything… signs of life, somewhere else in the universe. NASA is breaking ground on a new brand of science, astrobiology.

We already know that life in space exists, because that’s what we are, as are all things that live on our planet. The Search for Life in Space is a journey that takes us from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, to Europa, the ice moon of Jupiter, back in time to when Mars was a virtual Eden, and out into the far reaches of space in search of planets like ours. It will make you re-examine such fundamental questions as: “Where did we come from?,” “How did we get here?” and “Are we alone?”

Soar

Presented in digital 2D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: TBD AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D, DCI-compliant digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: Soaring the West DISTRIBUTOR: To be announced CONTACT: Matt Murray, mattguitarmurray@yahoo.com

Soar takes our audience for a flight of extraordinary beauty and wonder in the cockpit of a high-performance sailplane powered only by the energy of the sun. Along the way, Soar educates our audience not just about flying sailplanes, but also about the science of soaring, about the unique geography that makes soaring possible, and about the workings of our atmosphere. A portion of the show will examine efforts to fly special gliders to the edge of space to study phenomena like high-altitude cloud formation, mountain wave, and the structure of the boundaries between the troposphere and the stratosphere. It is easy learning as the audience is drawn in by the natural curiosity evoked from this extraordinary mode of flight. Using specially developed camera mounts, Soar takes us to new heights for a view of the world few have seen. Specifically written and shot for the giant screen, Soar examines how individuals exceed their personal boundaries, revel in transformative life experiences and soar to new heights previously unattainable.

Solar Impulse

Presented in digital 3D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: September 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, 15/70, IMAX Digital,

DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70 LENGTH: 42:00 PRODUCER: N3D LAND Films DISTRIBUTOR: To be announced CONTACT: Pascal Vuong, pvuong@n3dland.com

In 2015, Solar Impulse 2 is the first solar airplane to try to complete a round-the-world tour. But Solar Impulse is above all a symbol of how pioneering spirit, innovation, and sustainable energies can change the world.

Articulating narration around the Solar Impulse flight and using multiple cinematographic techniques, Solar Impulse

3D will show what made this journey possible: the adventurous Piccard family and both the technological and human achievements of the Solar impulse team. But it will give a greater focus on sustainable energies, for audiences of all ages and from all horizons to discover and understand what are the energetic issues our planet is facing today and the solutions lying ahead.

Exploring science, technology and human values, the film will educate and appeal to all for many years, and will show that there is hope in making the world a better place.

Threads of India

Presented in digital 2D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D, IMAX digital, DCI-

compliant digital LENGTH: 45:00 and 20:00 PRODUCER: CMI Productions DISTRIBUTOR: Cross Media International CONTACT: Christopher Frey, chris@crossmediainternational.com

From the runways of Paris to the boutiques of New York, the rich history of India’s textile artisans has been woven into the fabric of global fashion brands for years, yet their time-honored techniques and traditions are still a mystery to most of the world. New York-based Smita Conjeevaram has returned to India to uncover the hidden gems of her native land, exploring the artistry and ancient traditions of the textile industry, from the foothills of the Himalayas to the backstreets of Mumbai. Brought to life for the first time, Threads of India is an adventure like no other—a colorful feast for the eyes, a resounding musical treat for the ears, and an unparalleled cultural experience for the soul.

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FILMS IN PRODUCTION Wild Flight 3D

Presented in digital 3D

Working title

RELEASE DATE: 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX digital,

DCI-compliant digital LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00 PRODUCER: Colossus Productions DISTRIBUTOR: To be announced CONTACT: Leva Balciute, ievab@atlanticproductions.co.uk

The ability to fly is one of the greatest miracles in the natural world. Millions of creatures soar above our heads today, using a fabulous variety of ways to defy gravity and master their aerial environment.

But how did animals make the incredible transition from land to air over millions of years? What are the different biomechanics

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and techniques they have exploited to dominate a variety of niches? Wild Flight 3D uses the very latest science and stunning special effects to uncover the 300 million year story of flight as never before— and it’s not simply about birds. Using the most advanced 3D filming technology we capture the beauty and excitement of the whole world of flying creatures, from the fastest predatory falcons to the most acrobatic of insects, night-flyers like owls and bats, and the soaring and gliding specialists capable of travelling huge distances. Audiences will truly enter the amazing world of these remarkable animal aviators and leave the theatre both stunned by the spectacle and thrilled by the story of Wild Flight.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PROJECTS IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT

Asteroid Impact Final title

RELEASE DATE: Spring 2017 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70,

IMAX digital LENGTH: 40:00

PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: IMAX Corporation CONTACT: Gina Glen, gglen@imax.com

Amazon Adventure Working title

RELEASE DATE: Spring 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX

digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 44:00 PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: SK Films CONTACT: Donnie MacIntyre, dmacintyre@skfilms.ca

Against all odds, Henry Bates became one of the greatest naturalists and intrepid explorers who ever lived. Travelling with his red-faced monkey, guitar, machete, blowpipe and collector’s gear, encountering river dolphins, giant otters, jaguars, and so much more, and with the help of local tribes he befriended, he spent 11 adventurous years in the Amazonian rainforest, the most biodiverse location on Earth, and unravelled some of its most spectacular mysteries.

He risked his life for science and discovered the amazing phenomenon of mimicry, whereby an animal takes on the look of another animal to gain an advantage in the competitive world of survival; you too will be fooled!

His discoveries provided the “beautiful proof” of natural selection. With his remarkable powers of observation, Bates will bring the audience mind-boggling examples of mimicry and some of the 8,000 species new to science that he discovered.

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Asteroid Impact will rocket audiences to the far reaches of the solar system, to see where asteroids come from. They will experience their awesome potential for destruction, and witness a powerful truth: Unlike any other natural disaster that could befall humankind, none could be as catastrophic as an asteroid impact—nor as preventable. Through the magic of IMAX, they will see real technology that can move asteroids the sized mountains—even ones speeding toward our planet at 35,000 miles per hour.

Beneath the Waves Working Title

RELEASE DATE: TBD AVAILABLE FORMATS:

2D, IMAX digital, DCIcompliant digital, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 45:00 PRODUCER: Fish Eye Project and Masters Digital DISTRIBUTOR: To be announced CONTACT: Tim Archer, tim@mastersdigital.com

Imagine being able to ask scuba divers questions from the comfort of a giant screen theatre seat as they explore the infamous Great Barrier Reef or the USS Arizona shipwreck in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, or as they swim with a Giant Pacific octopus off the coast of Canada. Fish Eye Project’s Beneath the Waves (w/t) alternative content production allows for such experiences.

Through the use of Fish Eye’s innovative technologies, theatregoers of all ages can now see, hear and communicate directly with divers and marine experts in real-time to learn about the underwater world and its inhabitants like never before, all without ever getting wet.

The Bumblebee Queen Working title

RELEASE DATE: 2017 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital,

DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00 PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: Principal Large Format CONTACT: Phil Streather, phil@plf.cc

The Bumblebee Queen is a story-driven giant screen experience about the most important insects on earth—the pollinators.

As an ambassador for all pollinators, our story focuses on a bumblebee queen and her struggle to bring up the next generation of kings and queens on a British country estate. Think Pixar meets natural history meets Downton Abbey. The humans on this estate work with nature and not against her and so during the story we learn what threatens pollinators and how we can help them. In helping them we do, of course, help ourselves.

Cleopatra’s Lost World Working title

RELEASE DATE: January 2017 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX

digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: CineNova Productions DISTRIBUTOR: Giant Screen Films CONTACT: David Lint, dlint@cinenova.net

Cleopatra became Egyptian Pharaoh at just 18 and spent her short life in Alexandria and in two nearby cities on the Nile Delta.

Most of her world has since disappeared: what happened? Catastrophic earthquakes and tsunami. Ours is a Cleopatra detective story. Sometimes the clues are close-by; others take us beyond the Delta, down the valley of the Nile, and beyond to Greece and Italy. Our “lead detective” is celebrated

maritime archaeologist Franck Goddio. His is one of the great scientific explorations of the 21st Century. He has found Cleopatra’s drowned ancient cities at Alexandria, and at nearby Heracleion and Canopus. His scientific team’s proprietary technology includes a dynamic GPS-3D mapping system to push the boundaries of virtual archaeology. He reveals a huge 120 square kilometer site. From the site, the unknown lost cities appear. We reenact Cleopatra—at Court, at temple, and at play. Shot partly underwater, partly topside, the film will take audiences to astonishing places they have never seen before.

Cool Planet Final Title

RELEASE DATE: TBD AVAILABLE FORMATS:

2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: K2 Films DISTRIBUTOR: K2 Communications CONTACT: Mark Kresser, mark_kresser@k2communications.com

Cool Planet is an immersive global journey that explores how science and technology together with a cultural renaissance is opening the door to a sustainable future in many of the world’s cities. The film will offer a practical vision for more livable cities that all people of all continents can connect with and be part of. We will showcase the human stories and real-world solutions that provide hope for a planet that can not only survive, but thrive for countless generations to come.

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DISCOVER THE WILD PLACE NA R R A TED B Y ROBERT REDFORD National Parks Adventure is a dazzling celebration of America’s greatest natural wonders. Captured with IMAX® 3D cameras and shown on the world’s largest screens, audiences will experience these spectacularly wild and beautiful places—Yellowstone, the Everglades, the Redwoods, Arches and more—in the ultimate “off-trail” adventure through the mountains and canyons of America’s great outdoors.

Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the U.S. National Parks Service

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PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT Dream Big: Engineering Wonders of the World Working title

RELEASE DATE: Spring 2017 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX

digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: MacGillivray Freeman Films DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company CONTACT: Bob Harman, bharman@macfreefilms.com

Dream Big: Engineering Wonders of the World will bring today’s greatest engineering marvels to the giant screen.

From the Great Wall of China to recordreaching skyscrapers to bridges soaring above the clouds, audiences will experience the massive scale and the forces of nature that challenge their designers. Along the way the audience will witness how today’s engineers are helping to solve the greatest challenges on our planet. The first giant-screen film to focus specifically on STEM, Dream Big celebrates the engineers who are pushing the limits of ingenuity and innovation in unexpected, amazing, and forwardthinking ways. Together with extensive outreach programs, the film will explore how we use science and technology to build, invent, design, and shape our world. A MacGillivray Freeman film in partnership with the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Earth Story Working title

RELEASE DATE: 2017 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, IMAX digital, DCI-

compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70 LENGTH: 45:00 PRODUCER: December Media Pty. Ltd. DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman Films CONTACT: Bob Harman, bharman@macfreefilms.com

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If the history of the earth were a 24-hour clock, then humans have only existed for just over a minute. This is the story of the rest of it. And what a story it is. Earth’s history is nothing if not dramatic. It has had to cope with at least 5 major extinction events. It has seen monumental change—the creation of an atmosphere, the formation of water, the emergence of a magnetic field. All three of which led to the most monumental change of them all... life. Earth Story takes us on a visual journey to see our world during its birth, its infancy, and its adolescence. Earth Story allows viewers to see our home’s glorious history using the power of 3D IMAX. Discover that our world was once stranger than science fiction and more visually spectacular than our wildest dreams.

Ghosts of the Lusitania Working title

RELEASE DATE: 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX

digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: Rough Cut Pictures DISTRIBUTOR: To be confirmed CONTACT: Sias Wilson, sias@roughcutpictures.com

A journey back in history on a 3D underwater exploration of the RMS Lusitania—hidden from the world for almost a century. For the first time ever in giant screen 3D and through use of archive materials, computer imagery, 3D scanning technology, and 3D underwater filming, the story of one of the great ocean liners and the golden age of shipping is memorialized.

Ghosts of the Lusitania follows a journey of discovery through the early twentieth century, in an era of the great ocean liners when advances in shipbuilding fuelled the race to cross the Atlantic at an ever-faster time. The film also looks at the lead-up to the tragic events that would send the largest

and most sophisticated ship afloat plunging to the ocean floor. The tragedy of the Lusitania’s final voyage is set against hostilities in Europe and Germany’s deadly submarine campaign. The film introduces the men who captain the German U-boot SM20 and the Lusitania at their fateful meeting. It examines the surprisingly sophisticated technology of the U-boot that on the May 7th, 1915 took the lives of 1198 passengers. In what is the first detailed investigation of the wreck site the film takes audiences to the murky depths of the ocean to visit the final resting place of the Lusitania memorialising this once great liner for future generations.

Great Barrier Reef Working title

RELEASE DATE: 2017 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, IMAX digital, DCI-

compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70 PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: December Media Pty.Ltd. CONTACT: Stephen Amezdroz, stephen@decembermedia.com.au

Great Barrier Reef 3D is the story of the tiniest building blocks of life that form the world’s largest living structure. A healthy reef is a balanced environment and a life in harmony.

In the Footsteps of Giants Working title

RELEASE DATE: 2017 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX digital,

DCI-compliant digital, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: Statement Pictures LLC DISTRIBUTOR: To be announced CONTACT: Todd Miller, tmiller@statementpictures.com

In the Footsteps of Giants takes audiences on a global adventure into the world of dinosaur hunters. From dig sites in remote corners of the world to the prep labs of the world’s most sophisticated research centers, the film will introduce audiences of all ages to a select group of people that have

dedicated their lives to understanding past life on earth, immersing viewers in the challenges and joys of their discipline. And, of course, we’ll meet a great cast of dinosaurs!

Iron Man Final Title

RELEASE DATE: 2018 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: Wasserman Media DISTRIBUTOR: IMAX Corporation CONTACT: Gina Glen, gglen@imax.com

Ironman® is the largest participation sports platform in the world. Against the backdrop of a rugged Hawaiian terrain, barren lava fields, and under the water of Kailua Bay, Ironman® will become larger-than-life in IMAX as the film unveils for viewers an all-access experience of the World Championship through the intensity, emotion, physical demands and dramatic competition of more than 2,000 athletes swimming 2.4 miles, biking 112 miles, and running 26.2 miles to prove that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE®.

Life As a Mantis Working title

RELEASE DATE: 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX

digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 20:00 PRODUCER: Rough Cut Pictures DISTRIBUTOR: To be confirmed CONTACT: Sias Wilson, sias@roughcutpictures.com

Life as a Mantis is the life cycle of a Spiny Flower mantis told as a coming of age tale.

The Spiny Flower mantis is uniquely an ugly duckling story, starting life as a small black creature able to mimic ants and avoid their attentions. As adults they have wings with a black and yellow “swirls” looking distinctly like eyes and making them spectacular and beautiful. Theirs is a life of experiences and

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT moments meeting various predators, playmates and prey. All of which takes place against the backdrop of the African grasslands filled with roaming herds of Wildebeest, Kudu and Elephants to name a few. This is a macro journey set in the real world of African vistas and sunsets and although single subject by no means a single cast.

LightSpeed Pioneers: Stranded on Mars Final title

RELEASE DATE: Fall 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D, IMAX digital, DCI-

compliant digital, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 22:00 and 45:00 interactive version PRODUCER: No Final Frontier Productions DISTRIBUTOR: BIG & Digital (giant screen), Evans & Sutherland (Fulldome) CONTACT: Lee Fanning, lee@wondermillcosmos.com; Tina Ratterman, tratterman@biganddigital.com

LightSpeed Pioneers: Stranded on Mars is an upcoming traditionally animated science fiction/adventure film designed for both fulldome planetariums and giant screen institutional theaters. Set in a future golden age of space exploration, the film follows a group of teenage astronauts-to-be as they match their wits and wills while training for voyages to other worlds. Simulated dangers become all too real, however, after a crash landing on Mars strands the group on the wrong side of the planet, where they’ll have to think fast—and use their science know how—to survive the red planet’s evermounting dangers. An action-packed educational adventure built to provide dynamic, STEM-focused curriculum for audiences between the ages 9 to 14, LightSpeed Pioneers: Stranded on Mars will be a one-of-its-kind experience that explores the unique science of our nearest celestial neighbor, as well as the history of

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its unmanned exploration, and the future of human kind’s presence there. The film will also be available in a 45-minute “interactive” version, featuring a live host presenter and audience input during key moments of the film.

Moby Duck Final title

RELEASE DATE: 2018 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: IMAX Corporation CONTACT: Gina Glen, gglen@imax.com

After a huge storm batters a ship in the north Pacific, its cargo of thousands of rubber ducks is lost at sea. Years later, the ducks wash up on beaches in Alaska… and eventually around the world.

The mysterious voyage of these ducks is the inspiration behind this whimsical and revealing scientific adventure. Moby Duck explores several interlocking threads such as: how oceanic currents work, the effects of plastic on wildlife like fish and birds, and the phenomenon of gyres and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It’s a story about inquiry and how something as simple and familiar as a rubber ducky and can reveal natural mysteries as deep as the ocean itself.

Mysteries of the Mediterranean Working title

RELEASE DATE: 2019 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital,

DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00 PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: Principal Large Format CONTACT: Phil Streather, phil@plf.cc

Five million years ago the waters of the Atlantic Ocean cascaded into a desert bowl between Europe and Africa; and the Mediterranean Sea was born. Since that

time the mighty empires of Egypt, Greece, and Rome have come and gone on her shores and dolphins, loggerhead turtles, and monk seals now live in her waters. It is a place where WW2 fighter planes have turned into reefs of soft coral, 3000-yearold urns are home to shimmering shoals of fish, and statues from sunken cities lie where they fell 1,200 years ago. This is a sea where the cradle of civilization runs parallel with the natural world. In the depths off ancient Athens, we discover something special—20 families of sperm whales; the most social of the great whales.

Come with us on a journey, into the Mysteries of the Mediterranean.

Oceans: The Blue Planet Final title

RELEASE DATE: December 2018 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX digital,

DCI-compliant digital, LENGTH: 40:00 and 20:00 PRODUCER: BBC Earth and Alucia Productions DISTRIBUTOR: BBC Earth and Giant Screen Films CONTACT: Tom Rooney, trooney@gsfilms.com

Oceans: The Blue Planet is an extraordinary journey of discovery and wonder, transporting the audience to the deep, mysterious worlds of our oceans. Packed with drama, awe, and spectacle, we reveal untold stories of the ocean’s most astonishing creatures in all-immersive 3D. The scientific community has made more discoveries within the last 10 years than the previous 100 years, expanding our frontiers of knowledge and revealing richer diversity than we could ever have imagined. From the freezing shores of the Arctic to the balmy waters of the tropics, we share these extraordinary new discoveries. Using revolutionary underwater and on-board filming technology, we’ll dive into the giant void of the big blue, journey with a deep-sea current, and witness scenes of

wonder from the greatest fishery on earth.

In stunning 3D, Oceans: The Blue Planet takes the audience to magical worlds and delivers a connection to the ocean like never before.

Pandas

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RELEASE DATE: Autumn 2017 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: IMAX Corporation and Panda

Productions

DISTRIBUTOR: IMAX Corporation CONTACT: Gina Glen, gglen@imax.com

An outsider scientist in rural New Hampshire becomes the unlikely key to solving one of the most pressing issues in conservation—saving the Giant Panda. For 25 years, Ben Kilham, aka Papa Bear, quietly raised orphaned black bears and returned them to the wild in the forests of New England. But his life takes on new meaning when a group of Chinese scientists discover his work and bring him to China to lead a bold new project preparing captive bred panda cubs to leave their coddled world behind and set off on a wild adventure in the snowy mountains of Sichuan.

Pono: The Secret of Hawaii Final title

RELEASE DATE: Summer 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX digital,

DCI-compliant digital, Dolby Vision LENGTH: 45:00 PRODUCER: Happy Planet Productions DISTRIBUTOR: To be determined CONTACT: Richard W. Kroon, richard@happyplanetproductions.org

For more than 75 generations, Hawaiians thrived in large numbers in the most isolated place on Earth: a few small islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Their

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PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT secret was “Pono”: the ideal balance between man and nature. Their very survival depended on maintaining Pono, because they literally had nowhere else to go. Now, after more than 200 years of exposure to the outside world, this fragile balance has been broken. Reliance on imported food and fuel, invasive species, urban blight, and other unsustainable practices make life very difficult for Hawaiians—likely impossible in the long term. All hope is not lost. More and more, Hawaiians are determined to bring Pono back to Hawaii by combining ancient practices with modern technology. Pono: The Secret of Hawaii invites viewers to visit this magical place and learn how they, too, can adopt the spirit of Pono and bring balance to their lives.

Prehistoric Whales Working title

RELEASE DATE: September 2017 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital,

DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70 LENGTH: 42:00 PRODUCER: N3D LAND Films DISTRIBUTOR: To be announced CONTACT: Pascal Vuong, pvuong@n3dland.com

Prehistoric Whales (wt) takes us on an exploration of the family tree of the largest animals in the world from today and going all the way back to their origins on land 50 million years ago, when whales had four legs and were the size of a dog.

Starting from “Wadi Hitan”—translated as the “Valley of Whales”—in the Egyptian desert, we will go back in time to meet with the ancestors of our current species, on land, in the air, and in the seas.

Following various modern cetaceans, both with teeth and without, let’s embark on an encounter with the Basilosaurus, a killer whale of the Eocene epoch, and other extinct super predators which ruled the Cenozoic seas, such as the Megalodon, the famous giant shark.

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Sea of Cortez Working title

RELEASE DATE: February 2017 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D & 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital,

DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70 LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: Ocean Futures Society, 3D Entertainment Films DISTRIBUTOR: 3D Entertainment Distribution CONTACT: Francois Mantello, fmantello@3defilms.com

Once called “the aquarium of the world” by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the Sea of Cortez boasts unique oceanography. Beneath the surface lies a world much greater and full of life than we can possibly imagine. Dive in with Jean-Michel Cousteau and discover one of Mexico’s national treasures.

The Secret Canyon Working title

RELEASE DATE: February 17, 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, 4K LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: Camera Lucida Productions and

Ecocine Verdon DISTRIBUTOR: Ecocine Verdon CONTACT: Mathias Roux, mroux@cameralucida.fr

The Secret Canyon is the story of two young adults: Clara and Hidalgo. They’re going to meet against the spectacular backdrop of a Canyon in the south of France: the biggest European canyon, the most beautiful and spectacular. Neither of our characters have anything in common. Their areas of interest are different, their skin color is different, and even their levels of openness towards other people are different. But they are going to meet. They are going to have an experience which will make them friends for life—an experience against backdrop that’s far greater than anything any human could create: a wild place, and they will have to manage their own path through virgin places. The two of them are both going to enable one another to have a powerful experience that will stay with them for a long time to come.

Secrets of Rome, The Eternal City Working title

RELEASE DATE: Mid 2017 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, IMAX digital,

DCI-compliant digital, LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: White Gate Films DISTRIBUTOR: TBD CONTACT: Nancy Ogden, neogden2@gmail.com

Secrets of Rome is a quest through modern Rome to discover its two-thousand-year-old story. The allure of ancient and Renaissance Rome draws ten million tourists each year, who often confront puzzling ruins and an amalgam of architectural periods. Secrets of Rome rebuilds the ruins to their original splendor in 3D on an immense screen and brings the past to life using a combination of special effects, period-themed animation, and live-action imagery. The goal is an epic adventure that carries audiences back to the days when Rome was the dazzling, vibrant, raucous epicenter of Western Civilization. Along the way we’ll discover that, beneath the gleaming urban center of today, the Eternal City still hides spellbinding secrets.

Secrets of the Universe Final title

RELEASE DATE: 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70,

DCI-compliant digital, IMAX digital, Domecustomized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: The Stephen Low Company DISTRIBUTOR: K2 Communications CONTACT: Mark Kresser, mark_kresser@k2communications.com

Hundreds of scientists from around the planet are working with the largest machine on earth to answer some of life’s biggest questions. Since humankind began exploring our universe, we have wondered where it all began. How do the fundamental pieces to the puzzle of the origin of life fit together? Aided by the world’s most powerful microscope, the

$13 billion Large Hadron Collider, we learn about why we can only see 5% of the universe due to the mysterious existence of dark matter, the potential for extra dimensions, and more.

Particle physics provides us with a lens of understanding, as this brilliant team of scientists attempts to turn science fiction into science fact. Currently in production, with a planned release fall 2016.

Spaced Out Working title

RELEASE DATE: 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, DCI-compliant digital,

Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00

PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: Tycho Brahe Planetarium CONTACT: Peter Bak-Larsen, peter@tycho.dk

This film is made to take full advantage of the fantastic dome. Join us in a psychedelic 3D journey as never seen before.

Spirits of the Northwest Passage Working title

RELEASE DATE: TBD AVAILABLE FORMATS:

2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 44:00 PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR: SK Films CONTACT: Donnie MacIntyre, dmacintyre@skfilms.ca

For centuries, one of the most remote, majestic and punishing environments on earth has contained a coveted prize—a northern route across the Arctic, the fabled Northwest Passage.

This epic film will trace the ebb and flow of human passion, adventure, and exploration across the North, from the early Inuit people, to the ill-fated Franklin expedition—with one of its sunken ships, The Erebus, only recently discovered—to the opening up of the passage today. In a land of shifting ice, narwhals, the aurora borealis, and the haunting sounds of throat singing, experience the incredible obstacles that confronted explorers, understand the amazing survival strategies of the Inuit, and witness the North’s astounding 37

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT landscapes and unique wildlife, with massive migrating herds, on land and under the ice. Let the spirits of the past and knowledge of the present carry us into the future of this passage across the top of the world.

Star

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RELEASE DATE: 2017 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX

digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: Spring Garden Pictures DISTRIBUTOR: To be determined CONTACT: Richard Hoffman, rich@springgardenpictures.org

A sudden summer storm causes a massive blackout in the city, and wide-eyed children

and adults see the shimmering stars for the first time. Without the buzz of noise and haze of light pollution, the brilliant night sky reveals itself. When the power returns, the stars vanish from view, but one boy can’t shake his profound experience, and a sidewalk astronomer is born. Designed primarily for GS Domes and fulldomes, Star takes us on a journey of discovery that shines a light on our place in the Universe.

Superpower Dogs Working title

RELEASE DATE: 2017 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, IMAX

digital, DCI-compliant digital, Dome-customized 15/70 PRODUCER: Cosmic Picture DISTRIBUTOR: To be determined CONTACT: Taran Davies, taran@cosmicpicture.com

The planets, stars, and everything you can see are less than 5 percent of the universe. What is the other 95 percent?

This film explores pivotal breakthroughs that have led astronomers to confront two great cosmic mysteries: dark matter and dark energy.

Trailer and details at: www.amnh.org/films For licensing information, contact: Matt Heenan mheenan@amnh.org (212-769-5131) Dark Universe was developed by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, and GOTO INC, Tokyo, Japan.

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The true story of a rookie puppy who discovers his superpowers with the help of the world’s most extraordinary search and rescue dogs. From the Canadian Rockies to the Italian Rivera to Northern Kenya, join these charismatic canines as they brave earthquakes and avalanches, bring criminals to justice, and lift our spirits.

Audiences will experience how dogs see, hear, and smell the world and discover how we are harnessing their remarkable superpowers to heal, inspire, and save lives.

We will never look at our best friends the same way again!

Voyage of Time Final title

RELEASE DATE: Autumn 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D, 15/70, IMAX Digital

LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: IMAX Corporation and Sycamore Pictures DISTRIBUTOR: IMAX Corporation CONTACT: Gina Glen, gglen@imax.com

Written and directed by Academy Awardnominated director Terrence Malick (Badlands, The Thin Red Line). Voyage of Time is a celebration of the earth, displaying the whole of time, from the birth of the universe to its final collapse. This film examines all that went to prepare the miracle that stands before us now. In words and with music, we are encouraged to view it with gratitude and awe. Science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet—all come together in Malick’s most original film to date.

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TRAILERS D-Day: Normandy 1944

Presented in digital 3D Final title RELEASE DATE: March 2014 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 15/70, DCI-compliant digital, IMAX digital, Dome-customized 15/70 LENGTH: 43:00 PRODUCER: N3D LAND Films DISTRIBUTOR: 3D Entertainment Distribution CONTACT: Francois Mantello, fmantello@3defilms.com

June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through August 1944, this region became the most important location in the world. Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, including animation, CGI and stunning live-action images in 3D, D-Day: Normandy 1944 brings this monumental event to the world’s largest screens for the first time ever. Audiences of all ages, including new generations, will discover from a new perspective how this landing changed the world.

Exploring history, military strategy, science, technology and human values, the film will educate and appeal to all. Narrated by Tom Brokaw, D-Day: Normandy 1944 pays tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom…

A duty of memory, a duty of gratitude.

Everest: An IMAX 3D Experience

Presented in digital 3D Final title AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, IMAX digital LENGTH: TBD PRODUCER: Walden Media, Cross Creek Pictures and Working Title Films International DISTRIBUTOR: Universal Pictures CONTACT: Gina Glen, gglen@imax.com

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Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival. The epic adventure stars Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson, and Jake Gyllenhaal.

The Great Apes 3D

Presented in digital 3D Final title AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, DCI-compliant digital LENGTH: 38:00 and 20:00 PRODUCER: VisionQuest Entertainment International DISTRIBUTOR: nWave Pictures Distribution CONTACT: Janine Baker/Jennifer Lee Hackett/ Goedele Gillis, sales@nWave.com

nWave Pictures Distribution presents The Great Apes 3D, bringing us face to face with some of the world’s rarest primates.

Featuring chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, and the magnificent mountain gorillas, the film captures the emotional connection we all experience when encountering such extraordinary creatures.

This is the mesmerizing odyssey of Holly Carroll, a passionate zoologist who explores the dense rainforests and remote jungles of Africa and Indonesia to study the lives of these intelligent and curious animals.

Walking in the footsteps of her lifelong heroes, Dr. Dian Fossey and Dr. Jane Goodall, Holly also highlights some of the challenges the great apes face in their increasingly threatened habitats. A fascinating story of discovery and an unforgettable adventure.

Hidden Universe

Presented in 15/70 3D Final Title RELEASE DATE: June 2013 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, DCI-compliant digital, IMAX digital, Domecustomized 15/70 LENGTH: 38:00 PRODUCER: December Cinema Production DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company CONTACT: Bob Harman, bharman@macfreefilms.com

Narrated by Golden Globe winner Miranda Richardson, Hidden Universe takes audiences on an extraordinary journey deep into space in the cinematic medium that transports audiences like no other. With the full power of IMAX cinematography, the deepest reaches of our universe are brought to life with unprecedented clarity through real images captured by the world’s most powerful telescopes—seen on-screen for the first time.

Stunning, high-resolution images of space allow moviegoers to explore the earliest galaxies, watch stars being born in vivid clouds of gas and dust, tour the surface of Mars, and witness images of distant celestial structures including stunning views of the Sun. These dramatic new images offer fresh insight into the origins and evolution of the universe.

A December Cinema Productions film in association with MacGillivray Freeman Films

Humpback Whales

Presented in 15/70 3D Final title RELEASE DATE: February 13, 2015 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, DCI-compliant digital, IMAX digital, Domecustomized 15/70 LENGTH: 39:10 PRODUCER: MacGillivray Freeman Films DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company CONTACT: Bob Harman. bharman@macfreefilms.com

Narrated by two-time Golden Globe® nominee Ewan McGregor, Humpback Whales is an extraordinary journey into the mysterious

world of one of nature’s most awe-inspiring marine mammals. Set in the spectacular waters of Alaska, Hawaii, and Tonga, this ocean adventure offers audiences an up-close look at how these whales communicate, sing, feed, play, and take care of their young. Captured for the first time with IMAX® 3D cameras, and found in every ocean on earth, humpbacks were nearly driven to extinction 50 years ago, but today are making a slow but remarkable recovery.

Join a team of researchers as they unlock the secrets of the humpback and find out why humpbacks are the most acrobatic of all whales, why they sing their haunting songs, and why these intelligent, 55-foot, 50-ton animals migrate up to 10,000 miles round-trip every year. A MacGillivray Freeman film presented by Pacific Life.

Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean

Presented in digital 3D Final title RELEASE DATE: February 20, 2015 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, DCI-compliant digital, IMAX digital, Domecustomized 15/70 LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: Ocean Futures Society, 3D Entertainment Films DISTRIBUTOR: 3D Entertainment Distribution CONTACT: Francois Mantello, fmantello@3defilms.com

Narrated by renowned oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean brings to large format screens a breakthrough look at a secret world within the ocean that is perhaps the biggest story of all—that the smallest life in the sea is the mightiest force on which we all depend.

Alongside marine biologist Holly Lohuis, Jean-Michel Cousteau invites audiences to dive into this whole new world that will leave them in awe of the beauty and diversity of the oceans—the source of all life on our planet—and inspire an even stronger desire to protect what they have either seen for the first time or perhaps re-discovered along the journey.

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TRAILERS Journey to the South Pacific

Presented in 15/70 3D Final Title RELEASE DATE: December 2013 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, DCI-compliant digital, IMAX digital, Domecustomized 15/70 LENGTH: 39:47 PRODUCER: MacGillivray Freeman Films DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company CONTACT: Bob Harman, bharman@macfreefilms.com

Narrated by Academy Award® winner Cate Blanchett, Journey to the South Pacific takes moviegoers on a breathtaking IMAX® 3D adventure to the lush tropical islands of remote West Papua, where life flourishes above and below the sea. Join Jawi, a young island boy, as he takes us on a journey of discovery to this magical place where we encounter whale sharks, sea turtles, manta rays, and other iconic creatures of the sea.

Home to more than 2,000 species of sea life, this exotic locale features the most diverse marine ecosystem on earth. An uplifting story of hope and celebration, Journey to the South Pacific highlights the importance of living in balance with the ocean planet we all call home. An IMAX Entertainment and MacGillivray Freeman Films presentation.

National Parks Adventure

Presented in digital 3D Final title RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2016 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, DCIcompliant digital, IMAX digital, Domecustomized 15/70 LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: MacGillivray Freeman Films DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company CONTACT: Bob Harman, bharman@macfreefilms.com

National Parks Adventure is an immersive giant-screen experience that takes audiences on the ultimate off-trail adventure into the pristine wilderness of America’s 42

great outdoors. Spectacularly wild and iconic places like Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Everglades, the Redwoods, Canyonlands, and more are illuminated as never before with IMAX® 3D camera imagery. Audiences will drop into the adventure with world-class mountaineer Conrad Anker as he mountain bike rides, ice climbs, and river rafts his way through the nation’s mountains and canyons, then travel back in time to America’s most famous camping trip where President Theodore Roosevelt and renowned conservationist John Muir imagined a vast National Parks system that would preserve these national treasures forever. Released to coincide with the 100th Anniversary of the U.S. National Parks, National Parks Adventure reveals a tapestry of natural wonders that will inspire the adventurer in us all.

Spectre: The IMAX Experience

Presented in digital 2D Final title RELEASE DATE: November 6, 2015 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D, IMAX digital LENGTH: TBD PRODUCER: EON Productions, Metro-GoldwynMayer Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Entertainment CONTACT: Gina Glen, gglen@imax.com

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, An IMAX 3D Experience

Presented in digital 3D Final title RELEASE DATE: December 18, 2015 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, IMAX digital LENGTH: TBD PRODUCER: Disney, Lucasfilm and Bad Robot Productions DISTRIBUTOR: Disney CONTACT: Gina Glen, gglen@imax.com

The Force Awakens will be the first film in the planned third Star Wars trilogy. It stars John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow, with Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker reprising their roles from previous films. The story is set approximately 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983).

Directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Lucasfilm and Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions.

The Walk: An IMAX 3D Experience

Presented in digital 3D Final title RELEASE DATE: October 2, 2015 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 3D, IMAX digital LENGTH: TBD PRODUCER: Tristar Pictures/Sony Pictures DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Entertainment CONTACT: Gina Glen, gglen@imax.com

Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man—Philippe Petit (Joseph GordonLevitt)—has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension, and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. Robert Zemeckis, the director of such marvels as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Polar Express and Flight, again uses advanced technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story. With innovative photorealistic techniques and IMAX 3D wizardry, The Walk is true big-screen cinema, a chance for moviegoers to viscerally experience the feeling of reaching the clouds.

The film is a love letter to Paris and New York City in the 1970s, but most of all, to the Towers of the World Trade Center.

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TRADE SHOW EXHIBITORS Visit these exhibitors at the trade show on Friday, September 11, 4:00-8:00 pm, in the Cyril Magnin Ballroom at the Parc 55 hotel.

Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be available.

Prizes will be awarded throughout the trade show, and you must be present to win.

3D Entertainment Distribution

Francois Mantello, fmantello@3DEfilms.com 1-800-819-7753 (US) / 44-20-7681-2357 (International) 3DEfilms.com facebook.com/3DEfilms

3D Entertainment Distribution (3DED) is the theatrical sales and marketing arm of 3D Entertainment Films, a vertically integrated company founded in 2001 and focused on the production and distribution of innovative 3D films for IMAX theatres and digital cinemas worldwide. Its mission is to immerse audiences of all ages in unique story-driven experiences that both inspire and educate. The cornerstone of the company’s film catalogue is a unique underwater film trilogy presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau that has grossed over USD 86 million at the box office to date. In 2010, the company successfully launched its first acquisition, the USD 20 milliongrossing Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World (Best Earth Sciences Program Award, 2011 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival). Following the fast-paced Air Racers 3D narrated by Paul Walker in 2012, 3DED added Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom to its catalogue in 2013. In time for the 70th anniversary of the historic landings, in 2014 3DED launched the award-winning D-Day

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3D: Normandy 1944, narrated by Tom Brokaw. That was followed by critically acclaimed Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean 3D, directed by Jean-Michel Cousteau and released in March 2015. The company has offices in London (UK) and Los Angeles (California). For more information, please visit http:// www.3DEfilms.com.

Achtel Pty Limited

Pawel Achtel, pawel.achtel@24x7.com.au 61-40-747-2747 achtel.com

Achtel Pty Limited specializes in 3D underwater cinematography for giant screen films. Our unique approach to filmmaking and storytelling focuses on merging science-based camera technology with research-based animal behavior. We have produced the most innovative underwater filming system in years—revolutionary new housings: DeepX and 3Deep for shooting in 2D and 3D underwater. Up until now, capturing cinema-quality images underwater, especially in 3D, has meant large, cumbersome, and expensive equipment; large camera crews; and images dramatically degraded by traditional underwater flat and dome ports. It has made it almost impossible for filmmakers to get close to the very creatures they’re trying to film. And, it’s never been possible to capture images that match the quality you can get above water. Our inventions changed all that. We produce slate of our own films and help others with their 4k (and higher) 3D production needs above and underwater.

BIG & Digital

Tina Ratterman, tratterman@biganddigital.com 1-702-932-4045 biganddigital.com Skype: biganddigital Twitter: @biganddigital

A boutique distributor of films for museums, planetariums, attractions and cinemas in 15/70mm, 2K and 4K Digital, IMAX® Digital, and Fulldome. Kids Corner Movies and Alternative Content Feature Films are available in 2K DCP, Blu-Ray and DVD. We are committed to long-term relationships with producers and theaters. Big Screens. Big Impact. Big Box Office.

Casblanca Ventures

Wynn Salisch, wynn@casablanca-ventures.com 1-203-253-7259

Casablanca Ventures provides exceptional customer service and completely free, no-obligation payment processing cost reduction, education, technology, brokerage, and data security assistance; additional small business financial services are also available. It is the only payments company owned by an actual hotelier and Cornell Hotel School graduate and dedicated to educating fellow owners and operators of boutique hotels and B&Bs—as well as industry vendors, professionals, and trade associations—about the complex and confusing world of credit card processing, and because of its highly personal and responsive customer service, it has the highest long-term client retention rate in the payments industry.

Christie

Larry Howard, larry.howard@christiedigital.com 1-407-496-7512 christiedigital.com facebook.com/christiedigital Twitter: @christiedigital

Create a premium giant screen cinema experience for your audience—without restrictive content contracts or revenue sharing—with Christie® digital projection solutions. From award-winning digital cinema projectors to awe-inspiring 3D laser projection and cutting-edge dome theater technology, Christie offers the best in 4K

projection. Choose the content you want to play and mesmerize your audience with brilliant, high-contrast visuals and amazing, vibrant colors. Complete the experience with Christie Vive Audio, an audio solution that immerses audiences in rich, dynamic, detailed cinema sound.

D3D Cinema

Don Kempf, dkempf@d3dcinema.com 1-847-475-9140 d3dcinema.com

D3D Cinema offers complete digital 3D cinema solutions and services to museum and attraction industry clients worldwide. We offer a fresh and unique partnership approach to cinema design and 3D content production, a value proposition built around four core capabilities: Theater Design and Installation, Touring Exhibition Theaters, Award-winning Library of 3D Film Content, and Signature Film Production.

Evans & Sutherland

Michael Daut, mdaut@es.com 1-801-588-1627 es.com facebook.com/Evans.and.Sutherland

Evans & Sutherland (www.es.com) provides Digistar 5, the world’s most advanced fulldome digital cinema and planetarium system. Digistar 5 has been optimized as a digital replacement for 15/70 film in dome theaters at resolutions up to 8K in 2D and fulldome 3D. E&S also distributes a large library of titles converted from giant screen film to digital fulldome format. E&S is also the world’s leading producer and distributor of digital fulldome shows. Digistar 5 combines ultra-high resolution fulldome video playback in 2D and 3D with a real-time 3D computer graphics engine and a comprehensive astronomy database, all within a powerful easy-to-use graphical user interface. As a full-service system provider, E&S also offers Spitz domes and a full range

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TRADE SHOW EXHIBITORS of theater systems, including audio, lighting and show control. E&S markets include premium giant screen theater, planetariums, science centers, and themed attraction venues. E&S products have been installed in over 1,300 theaters worldwide.

Figueras Seating USA, Inc.

Lisa Enriquez, lenriquez@figueras-usa.com 1-786-331-9433 figueras.com facebook.com/figuerasinternationalseating

Figueras outfits the White House (Washington, D.C.) press room with the Flame seat. We are an innovative and design-based international engineering company that specializes in high-end seating for public spaces. Each new project becomes a challenge to optimize and maximize the profitability of space. n 40,000 projects throughout the world n Present in 130 countries n 10 million seats installed n The European level of quality of our products is guaranteed through the 30,000m2 of our facilities in Barcelona n Offices and Showrooms: Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, London, Cologne, Singapore, and Miami n 30 sales directors n 220 agents throughout the world

Giant Screen Films

Don Kempf, dkempf@gsfilms.com 1-847-475-9140 gsfilms.com

Giant Screen Films is one of the world’s leading giant screen/IMAX film production and distribution companies. The company’s mission is to create and distribute films that portray fascinating subjects and events in a manner that inspires children and adults around the world, taking advantage of advanced sight and sound technologies of the giant screen medium.

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IMAX Corporation

Mike Lutz, mlutz@imax.com 1-310-255-5505 imax.com Twitter: @IMAX facebook.com/IMAX

IMAX Corporation was formed nearly 50 years ago in the world of specialty giant screen theatres, and its commitment to the industry’s future continues with its largest technology and content investments to date. IMAX’s next-generation digital laser projection system delivers the sharpest, brightest, clearest and most vivid digital images ever, combined with a whole new level of immersive audio, enabling giant screen theatres to deliver the full array of the highest-quality IMAX digital content available. The IMAX Original Film Fund of up to $50 million will finance an ongoing supply of educational documentaries that push the envelope of traditional documentary filmmaking for a new generation of moviegoers.

Together, IMAX with laser along with a steady flow of the best new educational content will offer the institutional community a huge competitive advantage to support its future growth, taking audiences to worlds they’ve never imagined.

MacGillivray Freeman Films

Bob Harman, bharman@macfreefilms.com Chip Bartlett, cbartlett@macfreefilms.com 1-949-494-1055 macgillivrayfreemanfilms.com

MacGillivray Freeman Films is the largest independent producer of giant-screen films and has produced many of the most popular and highest grossing films in the industry.

Current releases include Humpback Whales, Journey to the South Pacific and Hidden Universe. Our upcoming releases include National Parks Adventure, an awe-inspiring celebration of America’s great outdoors for release on February 12, 2016, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the U.S. National Parks system, and Dream Big:

Engineering Wonders of the World in 2017.

Visit us at booth #210 to learn more about these exciting releases and our library of award-winning films, including To The Arctic, Grand Canyon Adventure, Hurricane on the Bayou, Mystery of the Nile, Everest, Arabia, Van Gogh, and the Academy Award®-nominated pictures Dolphins and The Living Sea.

National Geographic Studios

Antonietta Monteleone, amontele@ngs.org 1-212-224-8479 nationalgeographic.com/movies facebook.com/natgeomovies Twitter: @natgeomovies #natgeofilms

Living up to its global reputation for stunning visuals and engaging stories, National Geographic Studios produces and distributes giant screen and digital films in 2D and 3D for both institutional and commercial theaters. In 2015, National Geographic is releasing Living in the Age of Airplanes and Robots 3D. Other NGE films include Jerusalem, Mysteries of the Unseen World, Pandas: The Journey Home, DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, Flying Monsters, Meerkats, Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure, Lewis and Clark, Forces of Nature, Mysteries of Egypt, Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure, The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest, and more!

nWave Pictures Distribution

Goedele Gillis, ggillis@nWave.com 32-2-347-63-19 Janine Baker, jbaker@nWave.com 1-818-565-1101 Jennifer Lee Hackett, jleehackett@nWave.com 1-386-256-5151 www.nwave.com

nWave Pictures Distribution is the sales and marketing arm of nWave Studios, a fullyintegrated digital feature animation studio based in Brussels (Belgium). The company is known as a market leader in the supply of exciting and immersive 3D content that maximizes the WOW factor for audiences. We offer giant screen educational documentaries

for institutional sites (science centers, aquariums, zoos and natural history museums, etc.), and attraction films and ride simulation titles for entertainment venues (theme parks, stand-alone attractions and family entertainment centers). Recent releases include The Great Apes 3D, Galapagos 3D: Nature’s Wonderland narrated by Jeff Corwin, Penguins 3D narrated by David Attenborough, and the 2015 premiere of Wild Cats 3D with Kevin Richardson, produced, written and directed by Ben Stassen. Our company is headquartered in Brussels with sales offices in Burbank (California) and in Port Orange (Florida). More information at nWave.com.

SK Films

Jonathan Barker, jbarker@skfilms.ca 1-416-367-0440 ext. 3031 Wendy MacKeigan, wmackeigan@skfilms.ca 1-416-367-0440 ext. 3032 Donnie MacIntyre, dmacintyre@skfilms.ca 1-416-367-0440 ext. 3033 www.skfilms.ca

SK Films is a giant screen industry leader founded by veteran feature film, television and giant screen executive Jonathan Barker and IMAX Corporation co-founder Robert Kerr. SK is an award-winning producer and distributor, working across multiple genres with a special focus on the giant screen. The SK library includes some of the most successful films in recent years, notably Flight of the Butterflies (which achieved an unprecedented clean sweep of the GSCA awards) and Bugs! The company has twice been honoured by the industry for Best Marketing by a Distributor. SK consistently works with top scientists, experts and institutions to bring quality films to market and fulfill our mission to inspire passion for natural history and science. SK’s current in-house production, Amazon Adventure 3D, is being created with the significant participation of the U.S. National Science Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Tangled Bank Studios.

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TRADE SHOW EXHIBITORS Spitz Projection Domes

Joyce Towne, spitz@spitzinc.com 1-610-459-5200 spitzdomes.com facebook.com/SpitzInc

Spitz is the world’s leading provider of projection domes, with over 2,000 domes installed in giant screen cinemas, planetariums, and attractions worldwide.

NanoSeam™ by Spitz is the only seamless projection surface available, offering unmatched uniformity under show projection. Spitz offers dome repaneling for Giant Screen theaters, which greatly improves the quality of large-format projection. We’ve repaneled projection domes at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, Science Center Singapore, and Science Museum of Virginia with NanoSeam, providing optimal projection surfaces for modern digital projection methods. Spitz also provides planetariums, fulldome shows, and architectural dome design and construction services.

Superpower Dogs, A Cosmic Picture Production facebook.com/SuperpowerDOGS cosmicpicture.com/

Conceived uniquely for the giant screen, Superpower Dogs will explore the science and wonder of the world’s most amazing search and rescue dogs. Come by our booth to meet 12-year-old Hunter and his handler, Billy Monahan—a FEMA-certified urban search and rescue team with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Hunter and Billy have deployed in major disasters across the U.S., as well as Japan and Haiti, and have been credited with saving many lives. In 2011, Hunter received the American Kennel Club’s Humane Fund Award for Canine Excellence.

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Ushio America

Jan Johnson, jjohnson@ushio.com 1-714-229-5344 www.ushio.com USHIO America, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of Specialty and General Illumination lighting solutions based in Cypress, California. Established in 1967 as a subsidiary of USHIO Inc., in Tokyo, Japan, USHIO carries over 3,500 general lighting and specialty products. USHIO is the xenon lamp of choice for the digital cinema industry, offering a full line of xenon lamps that are approved by Barco, NEC, and Sony.

USHIO also offers a washing system for cinema 3D glasses.

Veezi

Justin Silverman, Justin.Silverman@vista.co 1-323-944-0470 Veezi.com facebook.com/VeezibyVista twitter.com/VeeziByVista

Veezi is a cloud-based cinema software solution, created for Independent Cinemas.

Engineered by Vista, Veezi has all the benefits small cinemas need and leaves out the stuff they don’t. Now Independents all across America can run their cinema from anywhere—24/7. And because Veezi is subscription based, cinemas only pay for what they use. V-Tix is Veezi’s customizable internet ticketing platform, which increases sales, and thanks to Veezi, smaller, independent cinemas can sell tickets on Fandango too. With all the bells and whistles, Veezi has Independents covered.

From a queue-busting UsherPoint app, fantastic film programming and loyalty system, to a full-featured POS and reporting.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SESSION PRESENTERS Peter Bak-Larsen

CEO, Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen

Peter Bak-Larsen is the CEO of Tycho Brahe Planetarium.

The last two years he has managed to do a successful turnaround at the Tycho Brahe Planetarium, and had a guest growth of 29 percent the first year. He has a background from the amusement park and advertising industry, which he has been a part of the past 10 years.

Steve Baker

COO, TELUS World of Science-Edmonton

Steve joined TELUS World of Science–Edmonton (TWOSE) in 2002 and currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer. In this role he oversees various aspects of TWOSE operations, including the digital IMAX Theatre, which will become western Canada’s first IMAX Laser Theatre when it reopens in late September 2015. Steve has held various Board of Directors positions on a regional, national and international level for organizations representing areas of sport, healthcare, and fund development.

Steve is currently the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Science Centres and has an MBA from the University of Alberta.

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Jonathan Barker CEO, SK Films

Jonathan founded SK Films with Bob Kerr, co-founder of IMAX, where Jonathan was previously ran the worldwide film business and as such was responsible for the production and distribution of a wide range of films. Multiple award-winning giant screen titles in his filmography include acclaimed hits Flight of the Butterflies, Bugs! and Into the Deep. For over a decade, Jonathan was President/Co-CEO of Toronto’s Shaftesbury Films, where he was jointly responsible for the company’s phenomenal growth from a small feature film company into one of Canada’s leading production companies. Amongst other roles, Jonathan is a former CEO of the Ontario Media Development Corporation. He began his film and television industry career as an entertainment lawyer and member of the bars of Ontario and California. He has served on numerous Boards and is a founding Director of the Giant Screen Cinema Association and a Director of Film Ontario.

Bill Beck

The Laser Guy, Barco

Bill Beck is a photonics visionary with diverse start-up, general management and technology marketing experience. He has been central to the development and application of laser illumination systems for Digital Cinema and other performance projection applications. Bill supports Barco as “The Laser Guy” to commercialize and further develop laser projection for cinema and other applications in key Barco markets. Bill co-founded and represents Barco in the Laser Illuminated Projection Association (LIPA) where he served as past chairman. He frequently writes and presents on the subjects of lasers, laser projection and fiberoptics.

Diane Carlson

Vice President of Guest Services and Theaters, Pacific Science Center

Diane Carlson has been actively involved in many aspects of the field, including advising on film projects and consulting on theater operations and marketing. Her travels have included visiting over 100 IMAX® theaters on four continents. GSCA committee participation includes membership, marketing, and professional development.

Her contributions to the annual conference programming include initiating and coordinating the Giant Screen 101 Workshop and Great Marketing Ideas. She is serving her second elected term on the GSCA board. The launch of the Boeing IMAX® theater that she led garnered a GSTA MAC theater launch award in 1999. She was honored in 2012 with an IMAX Founders Award and in 2013 with a GSCA Big Shoe award. She attended the University of California at Berkeley earning a Bachelors of Science degree in zoology and a Masters of Public Health.

Michael Daut

Director of Show Production/ Marketing, Evans & Sutherland

Michael has a passion for immersive media and is an award-winning writer, producer, and director for fulldome videos, theatrical productions, music videos, live concert videos, commercials, documentaries, corporate videos, and trade show presentations. Since 1999 he has served as the Director of Show Production/Marketing at Evans & Sutherland, developing a library of shows for the digital fulldome community. He created the world’s first digital fulldome film for SIGGRAPH ’99 in Los Angeles. He also helped create the world’s first digital fulldome transfer of a giant screen film, Africa the Serengeti in 2007. As a result of this groundbreaking first step, there are now over

50 films that have been converted to fulldome. Michael is a member of the Producer’s Guild of America, a founding member of the Association of Fulldome Innovators, a member of the Telly Awards’ Silver Council, a member of ASIFA-Hollywood International Animated Film Society, and a board member of IMERSA.org, the Immersive Media Entertainment, Research, Science and Arts organization dedicated to raising the visibility of immersive media across a variety of disciplines throughout the world.

Mary Jane Dodge

Director of Theatre Marketing and Development, MacGillivray Freeman Films

Mary Jane is a thirty-five year veteran of the giant screen industry. She launched and operated numerous IMAX® Theatres in such prestigious museums as Boston’s Museum of Science and the Museum of Nature and Science in Denver and in high profile commercial theatres such as the Lincoln Square IMAX Theatre in New York and the Metreon Theatre in San Francisco. Mary Jane has also consulted for many institutions including the Smithsonian Institution, and the Museum of Science in Barcelona. At MacGillivray Freeman Films, Mary Jane has implemented marketing and distribution plans to launch films and has also developed film partners and sponsorships.

Brian Eimer

Senior Sound Designer/ President, ImagesInSound

Brian Eimer has been an award-winning sound designer, re-recording mixer, and sound supervisor for over 20 years, and is very passionate about creating the immersive soundtracks for large format films.

He prides himself on treating each project with the uniqueness that the story and format deserves. His creativity and dedication 51

SESSION PRESENTERS to each project have won him recognition from his peers in the form of two Best Sound design Awards from the Giant Screen Cinema Association for the films Wild Ocean 3D and The Last Reef, and 3 Golden Reel awards from the Motion Picture Sound Editors in Los Angeles for The Human Body, Pirates, and Santa vs. The Snowman 3D. Also recently he received two Golden Reel nominations for Great White Shark 3D and Titans of the Ice Age. He’s most recently completed the sound design for National Geographic’s Robots 3D and K2 Communications’ Journey to Space.

Paul Fraser

Founder/President, Blaze Digital Cinema Works

Blaze Digital Cinema Works LLC is a consulting and project management firm specializing in business development and planning for digital cinema, in all the forms it can take—flat screen and dome, 2D/3D/4D—for museum and commercial sectors, and all functions—exhibition, production and distribution. One of Blaze Digital’s specialties is guiding museumtheater clients, as an owner’s rep, through business planning for, and ultimately the acquisition of, a new digital projection system. Blaze also helps develop films through planning and executive production services and handles content licensing assignments. Paul has held newly created positions and C-level roles, whose mandates were to develop a new business.

Between 1986 and 2000, Paul led giant screen theater and film divisions at IMAX Corporation and Ogden Entertainment. Paul acquired a strategic marketing acumen from his early-career work in brand management at Procter & Gamble. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University in Canada. See www.blazedigitalcinema.com.

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Martin Howe CEO, TEQ4

Martin is based in Brighton in the UK and has over 30 years’ experience in technology, entertainment, and education markets. He is a creative “techie” with a passion for creating realistic and engaging immersive experiences. His specialization is in ultra-high resolution applications and interactive learning environments. He is an ideas generator and a big-picture thinker with the ability to translate those into a structured plan and hands-on delivery. He is currently co-chair of the GSCA Technical Committee and is on the GSCA board of directors. He also is the chair of the DIGSS (Digital Immersive Giant Screen Specifications) Task Force. Martin’s deep passion for “the experience of immersion” is tempered by a pragmatic approach and a thorough understanding of the commercial realities. His ironic sense of humour helps balance his impatience to get things done.

Chris Hurtubise

Senior Director of Marketing and Communications, COSI

Chris Hurtubise is an experienced giant screen theater and marketing professional working for COSI–The Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio. Chris has been with COSI for 17 years and has been associated with the giant screen theater for 13 years. In her role at COSI, she is the Senior Director of Marketing & Communications and is responsible for marketing of the National Geographic Giant Screen Theater as well as overseeing a four-person marketing team. In addition to her experience at COSI, Chris has experience in consumer products sales and business-to-business marketing for professional services.

Marlene Janetos

Vice President of Visitor Services and Communications, Museum of Discovery and Science, Fort Lauderdale

Marlene Janetos has served as VP of Visitor Services, Marketing and Communications at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, since 2002. She directs all marketing, public relations, and advertising efforts in addition to overseeing visitor services, membership, graphics, IMAX theater, retail, and concession operations. Janetos spent four years at the Orlando Science Center and was part of the opening teams of three venues: Daytona Beach Ocean Center, Orlando Arena, and Big Bear Arena & Fitness Center. Janetos holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism: Advertising/ Public Relations. She is a graduate of the IAAM “Ogelby” Public Assembly Facility Management School. She currently serves on the Promotions Committee of Visit Florida.

Julie LaRoche

Director, Business Development, Montreal Science Centre

Julie La Roche entered the industry in 1995 as Director of the IMAX® 3D Theatre. In 2000, she was an integral part of the project team that oversaw the huge expansion of the stand-alone commercial theatre into a major education-based institution. After 20 years of being in command of the commercial operations division, Julie has recently been nominated as Director, Business Development. Julie is pursuing and involving herself in adding new responsibilities and challenges, such as leading the strategic development activities, new business initiatives, quality control program, special events activities, sponsorships and the Montreal Science Centre Foundation.

Her team is recipient of two GSCA Achievement Awards.

Greg MacGillivray

Producer/Director, MacGillivray Freeman Films

Greg MacGillivray has produced and directed some of the most successful films for giant screen theaters, including the box-office hit Everest and the Academy Award®-nominated films The Living Sea and Dolphins. With 37 giant screen films to his credit, MacGillivray has shot more 70mm film than anyone in cinema history—more than two million feet. He is the first documentary filmmaker to reach the $1 billion benchmark in worldwide ticket sales. An ardent ocean conservationist, MacGillivray and his wife Barbara recently founded the One World One Ocean Foundation, a nonprofit public charity devoted to science education and changing the way people see and value the ocean.

MacGillivray’s films are known for their artistry and their celebration of the natural world.

Art Mercurio

Vice President of Technical Services, D3D Cinema

Art came to D3D in 2009, bringing over 15 years of experience in presentation technology, film, and museum management.

After working as a technician and live sound engineer, he spent 8 years at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, where he was the Director of Theaters and Technical Services.

Art’s background provides a solid understanding of the benefits and challenges that museums and other institutions face with rapidly changing technology. As Vice President of Technical Services for D3D, he oversees theater design and integration, production services, and systems support.

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SESSION PRESENTERS Jackie Mollet

Managing Director/Visitor Services, Saint Louis Science Center

Jackie Mollet recently celebrated 15 years at the Saint Louis Science Center.

She has worked in a variety of capacities and in June was promoted to Managing Director/Visitor Services. She oversees most earned revenue areas for the Science Center as well as front line staff and vendor/partner relationships. Jackie is an active member of the GSCA and sat on the Board 2011-2013.

Richard Morrison

General Manager, IMAX Melbourne

New Zealand-born Richard Morrison’s passion for IMAX was ignited in 1999 after returning “down-under” following two years living in London. Starting as a front-ofhouse Duty Manager at IMAX Brisbane, Richard relocated down Australia’s east coast to IMAX Melbourne, working his way to General Manager, where he now oversees all aspects of this institutionally located but commercially operated business. Richard leads a team of dedicated communications, operations and front-of-house staff who are charged with leveraging the theatre’s Melbourne Museum location to promote traditional documentary films that successfully share screen time with Hollywood blockbuster movies.

Mary Nucci

Research Assistant Profession, Rutgers University

Mary Nucci is a Research Assistant Professor at Rutgers, the State University of NJ. Her work focuses on issues relating to the communication and public understanding of science. She has served 54

as a Board Member for GSCA, as chair/ co-chair of the Lifelong Learning Committee, and currently chairs the GSCA Research Task Force.

Alan Nursall

President & CEO, TELUS World of Science–Edmonton

Alan moved back to his hometown of Edmonton to join TWOSE in January, 2014, following a 23-year career at Science North in Sudbury, Ontario, and 7 years running his own company, Next Exhibits.

Alan has worked on the production of television programs, multimedia shows, and large format movies, as well as developing science content for science centres and museums. He also hosts a weekly segment on Discovery Canada’s national science show, Daily Planet.

Gil Perez

Director of Film & Guest Operations, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Gil Perez is the Director of Film and Guest Operations for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago (MSI), the largest museum of science in the western hemisphere. He is responsible for Guest Admissions, the Call Center, Group Center and the Omni Theater, in addition to other responsibilities. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the tourism, hospitality, and entertainment industry. His career has taken him through some of the most highly regarded companies in the field, including Disney, Universal Studios, MGM MIRAGE, and Destination Cinema. Mr. Perez is a recipient of the “I Have an Idea” award at Disney, the Chairman’s Leadership Award at MGM MIRAGE, and a graduate of the prestigious “Leadership Institute” at MGM MIRAGE.

Sean Phillips

Director/Cinematographer, MacLeod Enterprises

Director/Cinematographer Sean Phillips has created memorable images in every motion picture format and three of the top ten grossing IMAX films of all time. A recipient of the Kodak Vision Award for Cinematography and two Achievement awards from the Visual Effects Society, he’s also been responsible for creating innovative 3D camera systems from scratch, including MSM Design’s Gemini camera and Gen2 mirror rigs that allow filmmakers complete 3D control.

He shot Tom Hank’s Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon and Bugs!, which won the GSCA Award for Best Cinematography. Sean directed Sea Monsters, an award winning 3D Giant Screen film for National Geographic that has grossed over $50,000,000 worldwide. He was the stereographer on Peter Jackson’s King Kong 360 3D attraction for Universal Studios.

Recently he photographed Robots 3D and directed the high-speed, time-lapse, microscopic, infrared and VFX sequences for Mysteries of the Unseen World.

Glenn Smith

Manager of European Operations, Sky-Skan

Glenn Smith manages Sky-Skan’s European operations from their headquarters in Seeshaupt Germany, near Munich. Now 30 years in the industry, Glenn joined Sky-Skan in 1990 and has been responsible for some of Sky-Skan’s most significant reference installations around the World. Sky-Skan continually pushes the boundaries of its innovative technologies, leading often to many industry firsts. Beyond planetariums, their technologies can also be found in GS theaters, museum exhibits, and they have been involved in award-winning pavilions at almost every World EXPO since 1992. Notable projects include 20 3D dome theaters and a dozen 8K fulldome display systems.

Phil Streather

CEO, Principal Large Format

Phil founded and is CEO of Principal Large Format, a production company Pierre Routhier dedicated to developing and Director, Happy Planet producing 3D Giant Screen (IMAX) features, Productions 3D Theatrical Documentary features, and Pierre Routhier is an advanced 3DTV. Phil was the producer of award-winning imaging technologies specialist Bugs! 3D, was co-producer and Stereo Supervisor on Meerkats 3D and was the with more than a decade of Stereo Supervisor on Tiny Giants 3D. Other experience developing standards and 3D credits include The London Eye 4D methods to support both production and Experience, Carmen in 3D, and Madam post-production of amazing video imagery, Butterfly 3D. Phil also devised and ran featuring Stereoscopic 3D, 4K Ultra-High Advanced 3D: The National Stereoscopic Definition, High Dynamic Range (HDR), Wide Training Programme in the UK in 2010/2011, Color Gamut (WCG), High order Ambisonics funded by Skillset and Sky 3D. (HoA), High Frame Rate (HFR), and the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES).

Pete directed the 2012 3D conversion and re-animation of China’s animated classic The Monkey King (1965) and supervised Technicolor London’s 3D post-production of BBC Earth’s most ambitious documentary to date: Enchanted Kingdom 3D (2014).

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SESSION PRESENTERS Barry Thorson

Manager of Theaters, TELUS Spark Science Centre-Calgary

After more than 20 years in professional theatre as a writer, director, and actor, Barry accepted a position at the brand new TELUS Spark Science Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, as Manager of Theatres in May of 2012. Since the opening of the Digital Dome Theatre, Barry has written and directed two live planetarium shows; has curated the entire roster of giant screen movies for the Dome; and has attended the GSCA conference every fall, serving as a member of the Professional Development Committee since 2013.

communications, and experience strategies.

As Vice President of Experience and Marketing, Tanya is responsible for getting butts in seats and bodies in the building and creating mind-blowing experiences that foster a life-long passion for science and learning. Tanya has a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from the University of South Florida and once had a desire to be a political columnist. In her spare time, Tanya enjoys “roughing it” and exploring the wilderness (always within 50 miles of a Starbucks) with her husband and two sons.

Paul Wild

Theatre Director, IMAX Victoria Inside the Royal BC Museum

October 2014 marks the 11th anniversary for Paul in the giant screen industry.

Vice President, Film Distribution During this time and with credit towards a & Business Development, D3D Cinema commitment to film marketing and a great team of staff and management, IMAX A 15-year veteran of the Victoria has continually been a top giant-screen film industry, Derek oversees the conversion from film-based performer in the industry. In addition, Paul has implemented and maintained the most to D3D systems in large-format theaters successful annual pass program in the IMAX around the world. He began his career in world, with around 19,000 to 20,000 theater operations, managing international institutional joint-ventures for SimEx. He then members annually. In 2008 his projection served as theater director for IMAX Corporation booth team was awarded the Best Booth Award courtesy of IMAX Corporation. While at Boston’s New England Aquarium before essentially operating as an independent moving on to National Geographic’s Cinema commercial theater, Paul has also had the Ventures group, where he oversaw film marketing and outreach activities. Most recently, benefit and experience of operating within Derek served as a theater and film development the environment of a mission-based institution—the Royal BC Museum. His 20+ consultant for several of the industry’s most prestigious museums, including Smithsonian years of professional hotel management Enterprises, the National Museum of American experience within the tourism and hospitality field complements his approach to the giant History and the Montreal Science Centre. screen industry. Over the years he has contributed to the GSCA through a longTanya Vomacka standing involvement on the Professional Vice President of Experience & Development Committee and is a GSCA Marketing, Museum of Science board member. & Industry (MOSI)-Tampa

Derek Threinen

Tanya Vomacka has 25 years (she started very young) experience managing and implementing marketing, 56

DOME DAY Saturday, September 12: Dome Day TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

8:00 am - 9:30 am

Bus trip to Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose

Leaves from Parc 55 Hotel

9:30 am - 6:00 pm

Registration and Information

Tech Museum of Innovation

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Evans & Sutherland Digital Dome Demonstration

Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch provided, sponsored by Christie Digital

Tech Museum of Innovation

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Film 1: Robots

Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Film 2: Humpback Whales

Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm

Break

Tech Museum of Innovation

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm

How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Dome

Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater

4:30 pm - 4:45 pm

10 minutes of footage from National Parks Adventure

Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater

4:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Break

Tech Museum of Innovation

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Film 3: Living in the Age of Airplanes

Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Film 4: Journey to Space

Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater

7:00 pm

Dinner on your own

Digital Dome Demo Evans & Sutherland will demonstrate an 8K digital fulldome system using its Digistar 5 system with Christie 4K projectors. This will be an excellent opportunity to see a variety of high-resolution material on a state-of-the-art digital dome system that equals or exceed the brightness and resolution of 15/70 film.

This system will be very similar to the one installed in the Science Museum of Virginia that was demonstrated at the GSCA Digital Dome Demo last October following the ASTC conference. Evans & Sutherland will install their proprietary auto alignment and blending systems to create a seamless ultra-high resolution image across the dome. Included

in the demonstration will be giant screen film content digitally mastered for the dome in both 8K and 4K resolution, along with original digital fulldome content also in 8K and 4K resolution. Additionally, Evans & Sutherland will install a 4K DCI projector to demonstrate a sampling of Hollywood trailers and other scenes on an “insert” window in the front of the dome.

How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Dome Presented by Greg MacGillivray, MacGillivray Freeman Films

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DOME DAY represent at least 40% of potential revenues, and audiences tend to love them.

In this 30-minute in-theater workshop, Director/Producer Greg MacGillivray shares insights and 15/70 footage in an attempt to explain how to take full advantage of the opportunities the dome presents. He will showcase shots and sequences that work for the dome because of lighting, camera movement, composition, and subject matter, and then clips that simply don’t work at all. By identifying why certain shots succeed and others fail, Greg hopes to inform filmmakers, distributors, and exhibitors how to create and encourage more dome-friendly experiences.

Humpback Whales Final title

RELEASE DATE:

2015

February 13,

2D and 3D, 15/70, DCI- compliant digital, IMAX digital, Dome-customized 15/70 LENGTH: 39:10 PRODUCER: MacGillivray Freeman Films DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company CONTACT: Bob Harman, bharman@macfreefilms.com AVAILABLE FORMATS:

Narrated by two-time Golden Globe® nominee Ewan McGregor, Humpback Whales is an extraordinary journey into the mysterious world of one of nature’s most awe-inspiring marine mammals. Set in the spectacular waters of Alaska, Hawaii, and Tonga, this ocean adventure offers audiences an up-close look at how these whales communicate, sing, feed, play, and take care of their young. Captured for the first time with IMAX® 3D cameras, and found in every ocean on earth, humpbacks were nearly driven to extinction 50 years ago, but today are making a slow but remarkable recovery. Join a team of

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researchers as they unlock the secrets of the humpback and find out why humpbacks are the most acrobatic of all whales, why they sing their haunting songs, and why these intelligent, 55-foot, 50-ton animals migrate up to 10,000 miles round-trip every year. A MacGillivray Freeman film presented by Pacific Life.

Journey to Space Final title

RELEASE DATE:

2015

February 13,

AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and 3D, 15/70, DCI-compliant digital, IMAX digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital

LENGTH: 41:48 PRODUCER: K2 Films and Giant Screen Films DISTRIBUTOR: K2 Communications and Giant

Screen Films Mark Kresser, mark_kresser@k2communications.com CONTACT:

In the past half century, humans have punched through the stratosphere, walked on the moon, and lived continuously in orbit. In the coming decades, our unquenchable curiosity will take our species beyond the cradle of Earth to touch the face of another world. Strap in for the next giant leap. Next stop...Mars!

Living in the Age of Airplanes Final title

RELEASE DATE:

2015

April 10,

AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D, 15/70, DCI-compliant digital, IMAX digital, Dome-customized 15/70,

Fulldome digital LENGTH: 47:00 PRODUCER: Terwilliger Productions

DISTRIBUTOR: National Geographic Studios CONTACT: Antonietta Monteleone,

amontele@ngs.org

Living in the Age of Airplanes is a story about how the airplane has changed the world.

Filmed in 18 countries across all 7 continents, it renews our appreciation for one of the most extraordinary and aweinspiring aspects of the modern world. The film is produced and directed by Brian J. Terwilliger (One Six Right), narrated by Harrison Ford, and features an original score

by Academy Award-winning composer James Horner.

National Parks Adventure (10 minutes of footage) Final title

RELEASE DATE:

2016

then travel back in time to America’s most famous camping trip where President Theodore Roosevelt and renowned conservationist John Muir imagined a vast National Parks system that would preserve these national treasures forever. Released to coincide with the 100th Anniversary of the U.S. National Parks, National Parks Adventure reveals a tapestry of natural wonders that will inspire the adventurer in us all.

Robots

THEY'RE COMING...

ASIMO

CHIMP

ROBONAUT 2

Are You Ready?

Final title

RELEASE DATE: June 5, 2015 AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2D and

3D, 15/70, DCI-compliant digital, IMAX digital, Dome-customized 15/70, Fulldome digital LENGTH: 39:26 PRODUCER: National Geographic Studios and Day’s End Pictures DISTRIBUTOR: National Geographic Studios CONTACT: Antonietta Monteleone, amontele@ngs.org HRP2

ROBOTHeSPIAN

ROLLIN JUSTIN

National Geographic P r e s e n t s

PRESENTED BY

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NAO

ATLAS

NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC STUDIOS Presents “ROBOTS” A DAY’S END PICTURES PRODUCTION A FILM BY MIKE SLEE

Narrated by Simon Pegg

Scan to see the teaser trailer.

February 12,

2D and 3D, 15/70, DCI- compliant digital, IMAX digital, Dome-customized 15/70 LENGTH: 40:00 PRODUCER: MacGillivray Freeman Films DISTRIBUTOR: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company CONTACT: Bob Harman, bharman@macfreefilms.com AVAILABLE FORMATS:

National Parks Adventure is an immersive giant-screen experience that takes audiences on the ultimate off-trail adventure into the pristine wilderness of America’s great outdoors. Spectacularly wild and iconic places like Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Everglades, the Redwoods, Canyonlands, and more are illuminated as never before with IMAX® 3D camera imagery. Audiences will drop into the adventure with world-class mountaineer Conrad Anker as he mountain bike rides, ice climbs, and river rafts his way through the nation’s mountains and canyons,

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Sound Design by BRIAN EIMER Music by MARK KORVEN Edited by HARRY MILLER I I, A.C.E , JIM RUXIN, A.C.E Director of Photography SEAN MACLEOD PHILLIPS, A.S.C Written by RICHARD PANEK MIKE SLEE JINI DURR Executive Producers BROOKE RUNNETTE LISA TRUITT Produced by JINI DURR Directed by MIKE SLEE robotsfilm.com

Humans do amazing things, all the time, without even thinking. It takes 34 muscles to move your fingers and thumb and more than 80 billion neurons to think. Humans use 300 muscles just to stand still! Imagine trying to build a machine that can move like a human, think like a human, or even simply stand still like a human. Robots will explore building state of the art humanoids, and witness the trials and tribulations. You’ll meet the leading humanoids of today, many of which are already performing previously unimaginable tasks such as walking, talking and thinking. Robots 3D will introduce you to future challenges and the real world needs for robots, in a way only the giant screen can show you!

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