Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Immersive Film Festival, IFF11, Espinho, Portugal


Navegar Foundation would like to invite you to the second edition of the Immersive Film Festival, IFF11, that will be held at Centro Multimeios Espinho, Portugal, from 29th April to 1st May, 2011.This festival is an event that will gather international productions in the Immersive Cinema field. It is an open invitation to all, producers, animators, filmmakers, artists, students, teachers and planetarium professionals, in order to be part of this unique event.

To attend is rather easy. Espinho is located close to the International Oporto Airport, served by the major international Airlines and by a large number of low cost carriers.

To participate, simply submit a work following the guidelines in the memorandum of understanding (MOU).

IFF will be focused on presenting productions in this media, along with a competition among submitted productions.It is also intended to be a place to captivate active members of cinema in general into this new media, to discuss ideas and create partnerships, but above all, to promote the development of this cinema field.

Espinho Planetarium

The planetarium seats inside the Centro Multimeios de Espinho, a modern and original building where visitors can also find a movie Theatre (35mm and IMAX), a public Internet Room, an Exhibition Gallery, an astronomy library, a cafeteria and an Astronomical Observatory.

It is managed by Navegar Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of scientific, educational and cultural activities. Navegar Foundation has been dedicating substantial efforts in the digital planetarium field. It has been organizing conferences, developing content, software tools for dome content creation.

The planetarium is located in the center of the city, close to the hotels and restaurants.


Immerse Yourself! Hope to see you all at IFF 11.

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