New Films Screening at the Film Expo

Arcadia Earth: A Vision for Tomorrow (WT)

Rough Cut, First Showing

Length 45 minutes
Release date June 2025
Formats ESX Dome, Fulldome Digital
Producer Arcadia Earth LLC
Distributor Arcadia Earth LLC
Director Valentino Vettori
Contact Person Nour Seikaly, nour@greyhousepr.com
Website www.arcadia.earth @arcadiaearth
Synopsis Prepare to embark on a visually stunning, 360° immersive journey that reimagines the future of our planet. Crafted using Unreal Engine, the Arcadia Earth planetarium movie combines breathtaking visuals with cutting-edge technology to explore humanity’s most pressing environmental challenges—and the innovative solutions that can guide us toward a sustainable tomorrow.

Divided into four captivating chapters, the film delves into the intricate systems that sustain life: the potential and pitfalls of food production, the irreplaceable value of forests and the urgency to protect them, the challenges of air pollution and our reliance on fossil fuels, and the critical need to conserve and restore fresh water. Each segment illuminates the delicate balance between humanity and nature, blending education with entertainment to inspire collective action.

Designed for planetariums and IMAX theaters, Arcadia Earth invites audiences to see the world anew, empowering them to become part of the solution.

Blue Angels 3D

New Film, First Showing

Length 45 minutes
Release date January 17, 2025
Formats 3D

IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser

Producer Dolphin Entertainment
Distributor IMAX Corporation
Director Paul Crowder
Contact Person Gina Glen, gglen@imax.com
Synopsis Follows the veterans and newest class of Navy and Marine Corps flight squadron as they go through intense training and into a season of heart-stopping aerial artistry.

Butterfly Journey

Final version, Second Screening

Length 45 minutes
Release Date December 1, 2024
Formats 3D

15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-Compliant Digital and Laser, D3D/Christie Cinedome, ESX Dome, Fulldome Digital, 6K and 8K Dome

Producer Definition Studios
Distributor K2 Studios
Director Paul Phelan
Contact Person Mark Kresser, mark_kresser@k2communication.com
Website https://www.butterfliesmovie.com
Synopsis Narrated by Daisy Ridley.

Beautiful, delicate yet unbelievably resilient, the butterfly is one of nature’s most enigmatic creatures. A story of adaptation and survival, we follow the vast migrations of the Blue Tigers of Australia and the Monarchs of North America and Mexico.

With the help of cutting edge slow-motion, drone and macro filming techniques, we see the butterflies’ tiny world in immaculate detail as they overcome the challenges of metamorphosis and migration, fly thousands of kilometers and as high as 3300 meters. Butterfly Journey reveals our interconnected and awe-inspiring world on the giant screen, through the eyes of the butterflies. Yet what fate awaits them when the fine-tuned climates they intimately know suddenly shift?

Call of the Dolphins

New Film, First Screening

Length 42 minutes 11 seconds

24 minutes

Release Date February 14, 2025
Formats 3D

IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-Compliant Laser, D3D/Christie Cinedome, ESX Dome, Fulldome Digital

Producer Oceanic Research Group
Distributor MacGillivray Freeman Films
Director Jonathan Bird
Contact Person Patty Collins, pcollins@macfreefilms.com
Website https://macgillivrayfreeman.com/project/call-of-the-dolphinshttps://www.facebook.com/callofthedolphins/
Synopsis Dolphins have long captured the imagination of humans with their intelligence, complex social lives, and playful antics. But what else draws us to these captivating animals? Narrated by Academy-Award(R) winner Mary Steenburgen, Call of the Dolphins invites audiences on an unforgettable journey into the fascinating world of wild dolphins, revealing the profound connection we share with these highly intelligent animals. Meet the dedicated researchers uncovering the mysteries of dolphin behavior and follow a team from the IFAW Dolphin Rescue Center as they help save a stranded dolphin. Their stories reveal the deep bonds between humans and dolphins forged over centuries and will inspire a new sense of wonder and appreciation for these amazing ocean dwellers!

Caves: Into the Deep 3D

Rough Cut

Length 45 minutes
Release Date December 1, 2025
Formats 3D

IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-Compliant Laser, D3D/Christie Cinedome, ESX Dome, Fulldome Digital

Producer Stranger Than Fiction Films & Definition Studios
Distributor K2 Studios
Director Paul Phelan
Contact Person Mark Kresser, mark_kresser@k2communications.com
Synopsis

Cities of the Future

New Film, Second Screening

Type of Project New Film
Second
Length 24 minutes
Release date February 1, 2025
Formats 3D

IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-Compliant Laser, D3D/Christie Cinedome, ESX Dome, Fulldome Digital

Producer MacGillivray Freeman Films
Distributor MacGillivray Freeman Films
Director Greg MacGillivray & Shaun MacGillivray
Contact Person Patty Collins, pcollins@macfreefilms.com
Website https://citiesofthefuturefilm.com/
Synopsis Step into the future and discover the exciting innovations engineers are working on right now to help meet the challenges of a changing world–from electric flying cars and aerial highways to smart buildings and solar energy beamed down from space.  The future starts now.

Elephants: Giants of the Desert 3D

New Film, Second Screening

Length 45 minutes
Release Date January 1, 2025
Formats 3D

IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-Compliant Laser, D3D/Christie Cinedome, ESX Dome, Fulldome Digital

Producer Definition Studios
Distributor K2 Studios
Director Paul Phelan
Contact Person Mark Kresser, mark_kresser@k2communications.com
Website https://www.desertelephantsfilm.com/
Synopsis Narrated by Naomi Watts. Elephants are symbols of strength, power and wisdom, and they have captured our imaginations for centuries. Desert Elephants is an epic journey across Africa’s Namib Desert, getting up close and personal with the largest land mammals on the planet. Making one of the world’s oldest desert homes, the desert elephants are one of nature’s most inspiring examples of survival and adaptation. Follow the journey of an elephant baby, Little Foot, as she learns how to elephant from her elephant family, led by a wise Matriarch. Brave the desert’s elements and use some elephant superpowers, from finding underground aquifers to foreseeing sandstorms. The film will reveal the hidden magic of a seemingly otherworldly and formidable landscape, where a cast of iconic animals from giraffes, monkeys to lions form a unique canvas of life.

Mesmerica XL

New Film, First Screening

Minutes 45 minutes
Release Date Q4 2024
Formats 3D

IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-Compliant Laser, D3D/Christie Cinedome, ESX Dome, Fulldome Digital

Producer WORLDS
Distributor WORLDS
Director Michael Saul
Contact Person Michael Daut, michael@changeworlds.org
Website changeworlds.org
Synopsis Out of the dome and into a giant-screen cinema; don’t miss your chance to experience the world of Mesmerica in a whole new way with Mesmerica XL, now even more immersive in stunning 3D.

A unique symphony of mesmerizing music and hypnotic visuals, Mesmerica is the artistic collaboration between Grammy-nominated musician James Hood and a global community of artists.

An epic experience designed to transcend time, relax the mind, and stimulate your senses, Mesmerica is a world you can reach out and touch — refreshed for 2025 with new and improved visuals.

Mollie’s Pack

Rough Cut

Length 45 minutes
Release Date 2025
Formats IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser
Producer Grizzly Creek Films
Distributor IMAX Corporation
Director Thomas Winston
Contact Person Gina Glen, gglen@imax.com
Synopsis Once on the brink of extinction in the American West, the gray wolf’s comeback is astonishing, an incredible true story with many heroes, and one crucial heroine.

Otters 3D: A Wild Family Adventure

Rough Cut

Length 45 minutes
Release Date September 1, 2025
Formats 3D

IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-Compliant Laser, D3D/Christie Cinedome, ESX Dome, Fulldome Digital, 8K Dome

Producer Definition Studios
Distributor K2 Studios
Director Paul Phelan, Annie Robinson, Sarah Beard
Contact Person Mark Kresser, Mark_Kresser@k2communications.com
Synopsis With their fluffy fur, expressive faces, and playful antics, Sea otters have stolen the hearts of millions, all around the world. Following in the footsteps of the successful and stunning IMAX features, Turtle Odyssey and Sea Lions: Life By A Whisker, this new instalment will take families on a captivating ‘coming of age’ adventure of the Sea otter. New filming techniques will allow for unprecedented access to one Sea otter pup’s heartwarming hijinks, educating and enthralling audiences with the cutest, cleverest and most intimate otter behavior ever captured on film. Grab a paw and join the raft as we embark on an Otter Odyssey, following Finn, the adorable otter pup, on his big ‘coming of age’ adventure story, growing up on the wild west coast of Vancouver Island.

Penguins: A Love Tale

Rough Cut

Length 45 minutes
Release Date February 14, 2025
Formats 3D

IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, DCI-Compliant Laser, D3D/Christie Cinedome, ESX Dome, Fulldome Digital, 6k and 8K dome

Producer Definition Studios
Distributor K2 Studios
Director Mark Fox
Contact Person Mark Kresser, mark_kresser@k2communications.com
Synopsis

Secrets of Great Salt Lake

New Film, First Screening

Length 44 minutes 30 seconds
Release Date March 24, 2025
Formats 3D

IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-Compliant Digital and Laser, D3D/Christie Cinedome, ESX Dome, Fulldome Digital

Producer SK Films,  Dorsey Pictures
Distributor SK Films
Director Tyler Mifflin
Contact Person Amber Hawtin, ahawtin@skfilms.ca
Website www.secretsofgreatsaltlake.com
Synopsis A landmark IMAX/Giant Screen film that reveals the secrets of one of the Earth’s most dynamic and unique ecosystems. Five times saltier than the ocean, yet life thrives in this Lake in incredible abundance.

Journey back 18,000 years ago when mammoths, camels and Saber tooth cats roamed the shores of ancient Lake Bonneville and witness the breathtaking formation of Great Salt Lake caused by one of the largest floods in history!

From high up in the snowpack of the Wasatch range where mountain lions raise their cubs, and Olympic skiers hone their skills, to aspen trees that form the largest living organism on Earth, and down to the basin below where grebes dance on water in a vast wildlife refuge that supports millions of birds.

Meet the inspiring community of dedicated scientists, indigenous leaders, farmers, and youth determined to sustain the biodiversity of this vital Lake. An entertaining and uplifting story of how water connects all life on Earth.

Shark Kingdom 3D

New Film, Second Screening

Length 45 minutes
Release date March 1, 2025
Formats 3D

15/70, IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-Compliant Digital and Laser, D3D/Christie Cinedome, ESX Dome, Fulldome Digital, 6K and 8K Dome

Producer Definition Studios
Distributor K2 Studios
Director Matt Tomaszewski, David Duce, Paul Phelan
Contact Person Mark Kresser, mark_kresser@k2communications.com
Website https://www.sharkkingdomfilm.com/
Synopsis Shark heroes and conservationists Jess Cramp, Liv Rose and Cristina Zenato lead this epic family adventure into the kingdom of sharks, where we’ll come face to face with these ancient and awe-inspiring animals and learn how our future is intertwined with theirs.

Each shark species wields unique powers that help them survive in diverse ecosystems, whether it’s a great white hunting in the wild and wind-swept seas of New Zealand, whaler sharks learning to coexist with Australian fishermen, or elusive oceanic white tip “shipwreck sharks” traversing uncharted depths of the Pacific.

In some of the world’s most beautiful diving locations, join the action to understand and help these magnificent creatures, and be immersed in the larger story of our shared oceans. Students and audiences can enhance their learning experience with our exceptional educational kit, produced in partnership with the acclaimed creator Journeys In Film. This kit includes an engaging Learning Guide and pull-outs, packed with discussion topics, online resources, and hands-on activities that support curriculums and foster lifelong learning.

Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels

New Film, Second Screening

Length 40 Minutes

20 Minutes

Release Date April 12, 2024
Formats 3D

IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-Compliant Digital and Laser, D3D/Christie Cinedome, ESX Dome, Fulldome Digital

Producer MacGillivray Freeman Films
Distributor MacGillivray Freeman Films
Director Greg MacGillivray / Shaun MacGillivray
Contact Person Patty Collins, pcollins@macfreefilms.com
Website https://superhumanbodyfilm.com/
Synopsis Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels explores the inner workings of the human body and the incredible breakthroughs in science and medical technologies that are allowing us to live longer, healthier lives.  Told through the inspiring stories of researchers, scientists, and everyday people behind these ground-breaking medical innovations—and narrated by Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey—Superhuman Body shows the extraordinary ways our bodies work, and how science and technology help us to intervene, and even save lives, when things go wrong. Superhuman Body will inspire you, move you and empower you – you‘ll be amazed what your superhuman body can do!

T. REX

New Film, Second Screening

Length 42 minutes

24 minutes

Release date June 21, 2024
Formats 3D

IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-Compliant Digital and Laser, D3D/Christie Cinedome, ESX Dome, Fulldome Digital

Producer Giant Screen Films
Distributor Giant Screen Films
Director David Clark & Andy Wood
Contact Person Andy Wood, awood@gsfilms.com
Website www.trex-film.com
Synopsis For over a hundred years, dinosaurs have inspired and thrilled audiences, commanding blockbuster status in museums and at the box office. But among them towers a king—a tyrant lizard king. With leaps in CGI wizardry and revolutions in tyrannosaur paleontology over the past twenty-five years, the time has come to revisit rex in the world’s prestigious museum cinemas.

Working with top tyrannosaur scientists, a coalition of natural history institutions, and pioneering paleo and visual effects artists, GSF’s original giant screen production on this iconic dinosaur—and its carnivorous Cretaceous cousins—aims to be the most dazzling and accurate T. rex documentary ever made.

With hat tips to famous specimens, landmark discoveries, and wild cinematic depictions over the last century, the film will explore the interplay between speculation and evidence, and reveal how the process of science refreshes and reimagines our understanding of this legendary dinosaur.

TIGER TIGER

New Film, First Screening

Length 38 minutes 15 seconds
Release Date Oct 2024 (Digital)

Imax, 2nd quarter 2025

Formats IMAX Digital, IMAX Laser, DCI-compliant Digital, IMAX Dome, Fulldome Digital
Producer Tiger Tiger Productions
Distributor Tiger Tiger Productions
Director Keero Birla
Contact Person Keero Birla, keerobirla@gmail.com
Website tigertigerfilm.com   @tigertigerfilm
Synopsis Oscar® winner Michelle Yeoh narrates this adventure into the wildest tiger habitat on Earth—the remote, eerily beautiful mangrove forests of India and Bangladesh.

Guided by Alan Rabinowitz, credited as the ‘Indiana Jones of big cat-conservation’ for his adventures, Tiger Tiger takes viewers to a landscape never seen before on the Giant Screen to meet the people and the gravely threatened predator who share this difficult land. A celebration of the majestic icon of the animal kingdom, Tiger Tiger shows why those who live with tigers want—and need— the tiger to survive.

Students and audiences can enhance their learning experience with our exceptional educational kit, produced in partnership with the acclaimed creator Journeys In Film. This kit includes an engaging Learning Guide and pull-outs, packed with discussion topics, online resources, and hands-on activities that support curriculums and foster lifelong learning.