FUTURE RUHR (2022)
FUTURE RUHR (2022), an urban symphony that evokes the splendour of mining and coal in the Ruhr area, passing through its decadence, arriving at its re-invention through urban movements and civil projects, thus tracing an optimistic perspective of the future by the conjunction of art-science-technology.
From a technical perspective, it's the first full-dome feature made entirely with original footage recorded with 360° cameras attached to drones and airplanes, containing 2D animation generated through the visual composition of the footage itself.
Developed as a research production in the framework of the KULTUR.GEMEINSCHAFTEN and NEU START KULTUR, financed by BUNDESREGIERUNG FÜR KULTUR UND MEDIEN, powered by Future Campus Ruhr NGO.
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SOFIA MELLINODirectorAN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE BY SOFIA MELLINO
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PETER PETERSENProducerFUTURE CAMPUS RUHR
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ROBERT REICHERTKey CollaboratorsUNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE / PHOTOGRAMMETRY
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PAUL SCHULTEKey Collaborators360° CAMERA OPERATOR / LOCATION SCOUTTING
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HANS BLOSSEYKey CollaboratorsAERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
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MIKHAIL MNUKHIN aka 21BEATSKey CollaboratorsLEAD AUDIO ENGINEER & COMPOSER
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CARLOS PASSEGGIKey CollaboratorsCOMPOSER & PERCUSSIONIST
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IANINA CANALISKey CollaboratorsIMMERSIVE AUDIO ENGINEER
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POSTPRODUCTION MADE BY SYNCPHONIAKey CollaboratorsFULLDOME VIDEO EDITOR & IMMERSIVE POSTPRODUCTION SUPERVISOR - SOFIA MELLINO
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BRUNO SARTIKey Collaborators360 VFX COMPOSER
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MIRANDA LANERKey Collaborators360 VFX COMPOSER
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MICAELA ALMEIDAKey CollaboratorsMOTION DESIGNER
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DARIO CAAMAÑOKey CollaboratorsCOLOUR GRADER
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POWERED BY FUTURE CAMPUS RUHRKey Collaborators
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Project Type:Other
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Runtime:16 minutes 30 seconds
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Completion Date:May 23, 2022
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Production Budget:35,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Germany
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Language:German
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Student Project:No
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DOME FEST WEST 2022Orange county Costa Mesa (CA)
United States
October 7, 2022
North American Premiere
Finalist -
FULLDOME UK 2022Plymouth (UK)
United Kingdom
November 4, 2022
British Premiere
Finalist -
DOME UNDER 2023Melbourn
Australia
February 4, 2023
Australian Premiere
Finalist -
FULLDOME FESTIVAL JENA 2023Jena
Germany
May 14, 2023
INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY AWARD & BEST IMMERSIVE AUDIO -
BEST OF EARTH 2023Berlin
Germany
May 2, 2023
Best of Earth 2023 Nominee -
18th Annual Macon Film FestivalMacon, Georgia
United States
October 12, 2023
Finalist -
SAT MONTREAL 2024 (Society for arts and technology Montreal)Montreal, Quebec
Canada
March 22, 2024
Canadian Premiere
Finalist (Awards ceremony end-March 2024)
Sofia Mellino is a multi-awarded Italian-Argentine video artist. Specialised in Audiovision (UNLa) and with a postgraduate degree in film editing (LFS), among other courses and research residencies in Germany, France and UK on immersive media formats and their consequences on post-production workflows.
At only 30 years old, she has won five international awards, three project funding programmes and the “94 Female Argentinean Visual Artists 2021” recognition.
Also known as the "Urban Symphonies' Artist" for taking this undervalued film sub-genre and re-signifying it today in, what she conceives as, "the era of re-invention"; in works such as "Land-on, UKan" (2017), "URBANÚS; La Sinfonía Urbana de Lanús" (2018), and "FUTURE RUHR" (2022); the first fulldome film created entirely with 360 camera recordings attached on drones, with intense post-production on the original footage.
Her works are characterised by her unique editing style where the equal power of the sound-image fusion prevails, and what is sought to be told can contribute value to society; such as in "malambE" (2021).
She is currently building cooperation and exchange of artists, ideas and projects of Art, Science and Technology between Europe & Latin America together with Future Campus Ruhr NGO.