Dome Under Film Festival 2025 Submissions

SUBMISSIONS HAVE CLOSED

To see the full program and book tickets, please view our Dome Under Film Festival 2025 event page.

The Dome Under Film Festival is back in 2025! The Melbourne Planetarium is pleased to invite you to participate in the Dome Under Film Festival, the only Fulldome Film Festival in Australia. The festival will take place at the Melbourne Planetarium on Friday 31 January to Sunday 2 February 2025.

The three-day film festival will be a celebration of the fulldome film format and it will promote the medium to a wider audience. The festival is independent and open to contributions from all around the world.

Tickets

Will go on sale 09 December 2024

  • The Dome Under Festival is the only fulldome festival in Australia. It will showcase recent fulldome productions from around the world to an audience comprising planetarium professionals, fulldome filmmakers and the public. This festival will be a celebration of the fulldome film format and it will promote the medium to a wider audience. The festival is independent and open to contributions from all around the world.

    Filmmakers, producers and distributors may apply to present full-length feature shows or short films (including student works) All films entered into the festival must have been completed on or after January 1, 2023. All films will be curated and nominated for screening at the festival. A Pre-selection Committee will determine which films will be screened at the festival and included into the Festival Competition. An independent Festival Jury will then award the following prizes:

        • Best Astronomy Film
        • Best Children’s Film
        • Best Narrative Film
        • Best Experimental Film
        • Best Short Film
    Key Dates Details
    Monday 28 October Submission Open
    Friday 22 November Submissions Close
    Monday 09 December Program announced / tickets go on sale
    Sunday 12 January Deadline to receive all films
    31 January to 2 February Dome Under Fulldome Festival

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Melbourne Planetarium  
Scienceworks Museum 
2 Booker Street 
Spotswood VIC 3015 
AUSTRALIA 
Email: [email protected] 

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