The 8th BJIFF
Dome Film
Tales of a Time Traveler
Director: Terence Murtagh | America | Chinese | 2017 | 25 min
Time is an elusive thing, it can't see, touch, never return. No one can own time, no one can let time stop. Witness the birth of the universe through time travel. From the biological clock of the human body, the sundial shadow, to the history of life on earth, it is revealed in the travel of time. The film also tells about the life of stars, the Big Bang, the time warp caused by gravity.
Rocky Mountain Express
Director: Stephen Low | America | Chinese | 2011 | 45 min
Will lead the audience along the Canadian Pacific Railway to experience a journey of steam trains across the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The film not only shows the magnificent vision of the Rocky Mountains, It also introduces the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. This is Canada's first Trans continental railway construction, one of the greatest railway projects in the world. In a 45-minute movie, the audience will board the majestic steam engine 2816. Experience the most beautiful and rugged landscape on earth and the perfect combination of human epic railway projects.
Faster Than Light
Director: Tom Lucas| America | Chinese | 2016 | 25 min
Astronomers have been looking for a habitable planet, including exoplanets. If we find it, how can we get there? How long do we need to fly? What kind of rocket technology can conquer the vacuum of the universe? That's beyond the speed of light, simulating the future spacecraft's interstellar flight. These spaceships are designed with new technology, using the next generation of rocket fuel, with a high speed and a breakthrough in the concept of physics. How far can our technology send us?
Solar Superstorms
Director: Tom Lucas| America | Chinese | 2014 | 24 min
A storm is brewing in an active area on the surface of the sun. The sun will erupt billions of tons of material into the earth, causing electromagnetic storms, and almost all human electronic systems will be affected. If the "super solar storm" reaches the earth, The extra current will pass through the earth's power grid, and the copper wires on thousands of transformers will be heated and melted quickly, causing most of the grid to collapse. Humans will return to the Dark Ages. Super Solar Storm tells the audience about the causes and effects of solar storms.
Little Draggy Adventure
Director: George Aistov| Ukraine | Chinese | 2017 | 24 min
Take a wonderful journey with a cheerful dragon Woody, who travels around the Universe in search of fantasti褋 adventures. This time the dragon arrives to the Earth where he meets a smart girl named Alenka. Together Woody and Alenka will introduce the children to the most interesting things about our planet and tell them about the Solar System. The show will take you to the fantastic and infinite world of starts, bright nebulas, galaxies, stars clusters, and wonderful comets. Take a dive into the midst of exciting stories together with the curious dragon Woody and learn what place we occupy in the great Universe.
Hello Earth
Director: Paulina Majda|Poland | Chinese | 2017 | 24 min
“Hello Earth” will take you on a journey through landmark moments of the history of communication: you will fly over the mythical Tower of Babel, see the first pictograms – paint-ings in Lascaux Cave, pay a visit to Johannes Gutenberg, visit a surrealistic library, witness the first ever phone call, see the beginnings of the Internet and launch of the Voyager. You will immerse into Space and - who knows – maybe you will hear someone seeking contact you with?
Back to the moon
America| Chinese | 2013 | 25 min
Excellent teams have fought for the largest international incentive award in history around the world through robotic spacecraft landing on the moon. To win the $30 million Google Moon XPRIZE, a team must land a robotic spacecraft on the moon, sail 500m on the surface of the moon and video it. Images and data are sent back to Earth. The goal of this global competition is to inspire imagination and a new commitment to space exploration, not through governments or nations, but through the power of the citizens of the world.