The Great Journey
The film tells the story of how an astronomer sees the world around him, how he approaches it through the historical realm of science and how this world is captured on the basis of modern scientific evidence.
The film is full of impressive images of celestial objects, planets, comets, galaxies, stars, our sun, and with extensive reports on how this knowledge was shaped over the centuries.
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Theofanis MatsopoulosDirector
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Nicolas MatsopoulosWriter
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Gregory Patrick KarrKey Cast"Narrator"El Greco
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Konstantino PolizoisMusic
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Project Type:Documentary, Short
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Genres:Documentary, Astronomy
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Runtime:43 minutes 18 seconds
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Completion Date:April 1, 2021
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Country of Origin:Greece
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Country of Filming:Chile, Greece
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Language:Chinese, English, Modern Greek (1453-)
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Shooting Format:Digital, CGI
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Aspect Ratio:1.85 : 1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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World International Film FestivalAmsterdam
Netherlands
April 5, 2021
Best Documentary Feature -
San Francisco Film Festival 2021San Francisco
United States
Best Cinematography -
EUROPE FILM FESTIVAL Oct 2021London
United Kingdom
Best Documentary -
Austrian Film Festival 2021Vienna
Austria
SPECIAL MENTION FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING 2021
Distribution Information
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Theofanis MatsopoulosDistributorCountry: WorldwideRights: All Rights, Theatrical
Theofanis Matsopoulos specializes in Planetarium Production, FullDome Cinematography, Giant Screen Documentary Production, Visual Science Communication, 3D animation and Astrophotography.
He collaborates with world-famous organizations as European Southern Observatory (ESO), European Space Agency (ESA) and National Science Foundation (NSF) / AURA - Noirlab.
He has created and directed documentaries for planetariums which are presented in planetariums all over the world and have been translated into more than 30 languages.
The documentaries "From Earth To The Universe", the award-winning "The Hot and Energetic Universe" & "The Sun: Our Living Star" as well as more than 300 video clips, time-lapses, and 3D animations are available on the European Southern Observatory's and ESA's Hubble Space Telescope website. They are distributed for free in order to disseminate astronomy science in general public.
He photographs nightscapes, astronomical phenomena and celestial deep sky objects using various telescopes in his private astronomical observatory.
He has presented four photography - astrophotography exhibitions titled: "The Greece of the Stars", "Between Heaven and Earth", "National Observatory of Athens", "Ancient Corinth" in Athens (Eugenides Planetarium, National Observatory of Athens), Ioannina (Historical Archive Museum of Epirus), Corinth (Archaeological Museum of Nemea, Municipal Art Gallery of Corinth) and other cities and islands in Greece.
He also collaborates with the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) producing documentaries for the Visitor Center and taking astronomical images using its scientific instruments.
Theofanis Matsopoulos is a member of International Planetarium Society since 2018