blur Cinema Dome at Astra Film Festival. Immersive show with rare footage and legendary hits by Queen and Pink Floyd in Sibiu's Main Square

Cinema Dome at Astra Film Festival. Immersive show with rare footage and legendary hits by Queen and Pink Floyd in Sibiu's Main Square

Queen and Pink Floyd in Sibiu, in some of the most anticipated screenings this fall! The huge Cinema Dome, located in Piața Mare in Sibiu, is also this year the ground zero of the cinema of the future, where spectators have the opportunity to be, in their own way, in the middle of the action. Astra Film Festival, the most important cultural event in Romania dedicated to documentary film (Sibiu, October 20-27), is also this year the only festival in Romania that offers the public screenings of immersive films - full - dome , which seem to be coming from the future. The New Media Dome program, tickets and subscriptions , here: https://www.astrafilm.ro/astra-film-new-media-dome .

Astra Film New Media Dome , launched in 2016, is a special program dedicated to audiences of all ages, from Sibiu and all over the country, who want to live the spectacular experience of digital cinema. The focus is shifted from the production itself to the audience's unique experience. The films, projected in the new 360-degree cinema spaces, use advanced creative technologies, combining virtual reality, holograms, sound and visual effects, artificial intelligence and digital projections, giving the viewer the impression that he is really part of the artistic world that is invited to observe it.

The most awaited productions relevant to this year's new media area transpose in an immersive format, through music and spectacular images, iconic albums of the bands Queen and Pink Floyd.

QUEEN HEAVEN. The spectacular production " Queen Heaven" by Robert Sawallisch (Germany, 2023, 80 min) introduces the viewer to the legendary world of Freddie Mercury and Queen, with their electrifying presence , creative lyrics and impressive concerts. This tribute combines the original music with rare photos, videos and spectacular 360-degree laser effects, accompanied by famous hits such as " Bohemian Rhapsody, " "We Will Rock You," " Radio Ga Ga, " "Who Wants to Live Forever” or “We Are the Champions.”

PINK FLOYD . Another long- awaited screening is " Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon " ( Max Crow, Great Britain, 2023, 44 min), an immersive format transposition , through music and images, of Pink Floyd's iconic album The Dark Side Of The Moon , released 50 years ago . An album fresh even today when, thanks to technology, the show combines the unique and unmistakable music with breathtaking views of the solar system and beyond, played in surround sound.

Voyages of the Imagination . Other films dedicated to adults, among those shown in Cinema Dome in Piața Mare Sibiu, take the viewer on journeys of knowledge. Just like the cosmic journey that combines real and artificial images from " Impossible Space" (dir. Rocco Helmchen, Johannes Kraas - Germany , 2024 - 46 min), the one between micro and macro - cosmos, in search of the origin of life (" Dark Biosphere " - dir. Javier Bollain - Spain, 2024 - 27 min), or the journey into the amazing universe where futuristic cities and surrealist architecture come to life, from " Local Dystopias in a Global Utopia " (dir. Sergey Prokofyev - Germany , 2024 - 24 min).

Many films for children and teenagers will also be shown in the Cinema Dome. They will be transported, at the speed of light, on journeys into the past and the future, in space or underwater adventures , to reveal to them the unimaginable connections between ocean life and the spatial one , or to put them in front of the captivating exploration of the great human questions , in which religion and science meet to reveal the mysteries of existence .

About the Astra Film Festival. The Astra Film International Documentary Film Festival in Sibiu, launched in 1993 as an innovative project, is one of the most important non-fiction film festivals in Europe, included by the European Film Academy on the list of festivals that have the right to make direct nominations for European Film Awards. AFF is under the High Patronage of the President of Romania and is organized by Astra Film, CNM Astra and the Astra Film Foundation.

Strategic Partner: Ministry of Culture

With the support of the Sibiu County Council, the National Center of Cinematography, the Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany in Sibiu and the Union of Cinematographers, the Romanian Cultural Institute, the Dacin Sara Association and AFCN. Project co-financed by the Sibiu City Council through the Sibiu City Hall.

Main sponsor: ING Bank

Sponsors: Mecatronics, Groupama, URSUS, Martini, Cinelab, Reef Distribution Dome, Luthelo, TheRefresh, Algeco, Decathlon, Produced in Sibiu, Kulinarium, Cărturești, GLS, Cotnari, Agence K, Pepsi, Cartofiserie, Promenada Sibiu

DocTank sponsors: ProTV, Voyo, Chainsaw Europe Studio, Raina Film Festival Distribution, Institute of Documentary Film

Recommended by Europa FM

Main media partner: PRO TV, VOYO

Cultural partner: TVR, TVR Cultural

Media partners: TV5 Monde, Euronews România , Radio România Cultural , News.ro, G4media, Hotnews, Vorbitorincii .ro, Tribuna, Turnul Sfatului, Sibiu 100%, Messenger of Sibiu, Ora de Sibiu, independent Sibiu, Sibiul today, Stiri de Sibiu, Hermannstä dter Zeitung, Nine O'Clock, Edupedu, Cultural Observatory, MovieNews, Cinefan, Cinefilia, FILM Magazine, LiterNet, Days and Nights, Radio Color, Cineuropa , Film New Europe

Monitoring partner: MediaTrust

Communication partner: PiArt Vision

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