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.

  • SOFIA MELLINO
    Director
    AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE BY SOFIA MELLINO
  • PETER PETERSEN
    Producer
    FUTURE CAMPUS RUHR
  • ROBERT REICHERT
    Key Collaborators
    UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE / PHOTOGRAMMETRY
  • PAUL SCHULTE
    Key Collaborators
    360° CAMERA OPERATOR / LOCATION SCOUTTING
  • HANS BLOSSEY
    Key Collaborators
    AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
  • MIKHAIL MNUKHIN aka 21BEATS
    Key Collaborators
    LEAD AUDIO ENGINEER & COMPOSER
  • CARLOS PASSEGGI
    Key Collaborators
    COMPOSER & PERCUSSIONIST
  • IANINA CANALIS
    Key Collaborators
    IMMERSIVE AUDIO ENGINEER
  • POSTPRODUCTION MADE BY SYNCPHONIA
    Key Collaborators
    FULLDOME VIDEO EDITOR & IMMERSIVE POSTPRODUCTION SUPERVISOR - SOFIA MELLINO
  • BRUNO SARTI
    Key Collaborators
    360 VFX COMPOSER
  • MIRANDA LANER
    Key Collaborators
    360 VFX COMPOSER
  • MICAELA ALMEIDA
    Key Collaborators
    MOTION DESIGNER
  • DARIO CAAMAÑO
    Key Collaborators
    COLOUR GRADER
  • POWERED BY FUTURE CAMPUS RUHR
    Key Collaborators
  • Project Type:
    Other
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 23, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    35,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German
  • Student Project:
    No
  • DOME FEST WEST 2022
    Orange county Costa Mesa (CA)
    United States
    October 7, 2022
    North American Premiere
    Finalist
  • FULLDOME UK 2022
    Plymouth (UK)
    United Kingdom
    November 4, 2022
    British Premiere
    Finalist
  • DOME UNDER 2023
    Melbourn
    Australia
    February 4, 2023
    Australian Premiere
    Finalist
  • FULLDOME FESTIVAL JENA 2023
    Jena
    Germany
    May 14, 2023
    INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY AWARD & BEST IMMERSIVE AUDIO
  • BEST OF EARTH 2023
    Berlin
    Germany
    May 2, 2023
    Best of Earth 2023 Nominee
  • 18th Annual Macon Film Festival
    Macon, 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)
Director Biography - SOFIA MELLINO

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.

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