A still from the film Coral: Rekindling Venus. 84473 Picture: SUPPLIED
By VANESSA CHIRCOP
THE Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) will be returning to the Melbourne Planetarium at Scienceworks next month.
Utilising the planetarium’s 180-degree projection system to demonstrate the latest in ‘fulldome’ films, the Planetarium will once again play host to MIFF on the evening of Saturday 4 August.
Of the several films that will be showing on the night, Coral: Rekindling Venus will be among them.
Directed by Lynette Wallworth, the film has already been released in 25 cities including New York and Buenos Aires.
Lynette said the film was about coral reefs and was filmed to specifically be viewed in facilities like the Melbourne Planetarium.
“It’s a very physical film, you get a real sense of movement and immersion from seeing everything in a dome,” she said.
Lynette said she hoped people would feel like they were lying on the sea floor or actually scuba diving in the reefs.
“Their (coral reefs) survival is a question,” she said.
“They’re incredibly complex ecosystems that are under great stress.”
Lynette said she hoped the film would make people more conscience of reefs.
Warik Lawrance, digital production designer for the Melbourne Planetarium said watching a film in full-dome was an incredible experience, one that could only happen at a planetarium.
“We are delighted to be part of MIFF and offer movie-goers a whole new cinematic experience – one where they almost feel a part of the film.”
The evening will be split into two screening sessions covering music, the origins of life and the depths of the ocean.
For more information, visit http://tickets2.miff.com.au/
