10th International Large Format Film Festival La Géode, Paris, France

Written by: La Géode
Date: March 1, 2005

The 10th International Large Format Film Festival has taken place in La Géode, Paris, from January,12th to January 31st 2005 and has gathered more than 30 000 spectators (+17% compared with 2004 and +9% with 2003). More than 25% of this audience has taken the opportunity to vote and choose their favorite film in order to award the Public's Choice prize.

The Festival awarded 4 prizes :

• The GRAND PRIZE, awarded by a jury of professionals goes to:
  FORCES OF NATURE
  Directed by George Casey
• The YOUTH PRIZE, chosen by a group of 10-13-year-old school children goes to:
  ROAR : LIONS OF THE KALAHARI
  Directed by Tim Liversedge
• The PUBLIC’S CHOICE PRIZE, from audience votes goes to:
  MYSTIC INDIA: AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF INSPIRATION
  Directed by Keith Melton
• The KODAK VISION AWARD, awarded by a jury of professionals specialized in image goes to:
  TOP SPEED
  Directed by Greg MacGillivray

Members of the jury:

• Jacques MALATERRE, president of the jury and director of two telefilms on the origins of life which were seen respectively by 10 and 8 million TV viewers in 2004 and 2005
• Sophie BECHEREL , journalist at France Inter, one of the main French radios
• Bernard BUREL, General Manager of La Cité de l’Espace in Toulouse. A 70 mm 3D movie theater is about to open very soon in this scientific museum dedicated to space
• Jean-René FAILLIOT, Manager of Arane-Gulliver, the only European 70 mm laboratory
• Daniel GOUDINEAU, General Manager of France 5 (National French TV)
• Philippe GILDAS, journalist
• Jordi LLOMPART, TV and IMAX director
• Stephane RAYMOND, student at la FEMIS, famous French movie school

The films in competition were:

• FORCES OF NATURE
  Directed by George Casey, 2003, USA
• MISADVENTURES IN 3D
  Directed by Ben Stassen, 2003, Belgium
• MYSTIC INDIA: AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF INSPIRATION
  Directed by Keith Melton, 2003, India
• NASCAR: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE
  Directed by Simon Wincer, 2003, USA
• ROAR: LIONS OF THE KALAHARI
  Directed by Tim Liversedge, 2003, USA
• SACRED PLANET
  Directed by Jon Long, 2003,USA
• SANTA VS THE SNOWMAN
  Directed by John A.Davis, 2002, USA
• TOP SPEED
  Directed by Greg MacGillivray, 2003,USA
• VIKINGS: JOURNEY TO NEW WORLDS
  Directed by Marc Fafard, 2004, Canada