TITLE: Light in Bloom, Life in Flow PROJECT CREATOR(S): Kuan-Wen Liu TRT: 4:00 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Taiwan SYNOPSIS: This work explores light as a theme, reflecting on how humanity, guided by nature, has developed civilization while seeking harmony with the environment. From early reverence for natural cycles to modern technological transformation, it traces our evolving understanding of life and reminds us to pursue a sustainable future. RATINGS: None
TITLE: Life, the Greatest Story PROJECT CREATOR(S): Tommy Howell, Life Science Centre TRT: 26:03 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Great Britian SYNOPSIS: Follow the story of life, from the origins of living things on our own planet to the possibility of Life existing elsewhere. Narrated by Alex Kingston (ER, Doctor Who) RATINGS: None
Friday August 21, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT Museum of Arts & Sciences4182 Forsyth RoadMacon, Georgia 31210
TITLE: ISS Experience - Unite PROJECT CREATOR(S): Felix & Paul Studios TRT: 35:27 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada SYNOPSIS: The largest production ever filmed in space, Space Explorers: The ISS Experienceis an epic immersive series that invites you to join eight astronauts on their lifechanging missions aboard the International Space Station. Shot entirely in space over two years with exclusive access to the crew, the series offers an intimate take on the joy, wonder, and dangers of life in orbit. RATINGS: None
Friday August 21, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT Museum of Arts & Sciences4182 Forsyth RoadMacon, Georgia 31210
TITLE: ISS Experience - Expand PROJECT CREATOR(S): Felix & Paul Studios TRT: 43:07 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada SYNOPSIS: The largest production ever filmed in space, Space Explorers: The ISS Experience is an epic four-part immersive series that invites you to join 8 astronauts on their lifechanging missions aboard the International Space Station. Shot entirely in space over two years with exclusive access to the crew, the ISS Experience offers an intimate take on the joy, wonder, and dangers of life in orbit. In the last episode, astronauts venture outside the International Space Station on thrilling spacewalks. These critical missions push the boundaries of human exploration, providing unique insights into the construction and maintenance of one of humanity's greatest technological achievements. RATINGS: None
Friday August 21, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT Museum of Arts & Sciences4182 Forsyth RoadMacon, Georgia 31210
TITLE: Rapid Eye Movement PROJECT CREATOR(S): YeffYeff, Bertie Sampson TRT: 45:00 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom SYNOPSIS: How can we create a collective dream? This is the question at the heart of Rapid Eye Movement. The project stages a journey through the various states of sleep and consciousness and invites audiences to explore dreamlike landscapes. Using textual and visual elements collected from the public, the artists juxtapose 3D scenes, combining creations and generative AI and merging music and live images. The narrative structure is inspired by the five sleep cycles. Rapid Eye Movement refers to the final phase, when elements from everyday life resurface and blend into a parallel reality.
Friday August 21, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT Museum of Arts & Sciences4182 Forsyth RoadMacon, Georgia 31210
TITLE: Check Please DIRECTOR: Shane Chung TRT: 9:38 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States SYNOPSIS: Two headstrong Koreans can't agree on who's treating who to dinner, causing their casual restaurant outing to spiral into a martial arts death match. RATINGS: Violence
TITLE: Two Envelopes DIRECTOR: Martin Carter Scholl TRT: 4:48 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States SYNOPSIS: A mail boy delivers 'bad news' envelopes throughout his neighborhood while his father anxiously waits at home. RATINGS: None
TITLE: Watchdog DIRECTOR: Harsh Vardhan Singh TRT: 15:29 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States SYNOPSIS: In a fruit farm teetering on the absurd, SAMUEL, a young migrant worker, accepts a job as a guard dog. Under the watchful eyes of JOSÉ, his trainer, and the MANAGER whose ruthlessness drives the farm’s inhumane system, Samuel learns to adapt to his harsh new reality. Forced to live in a makeshift doghouse, survive on scraps, crawl on all fours, and be leashed around during rounds, he becomes entangled in a brutal system that erodes his dignity at every turn. What begins as a desperate bid for survival soon descends into a harrowing journey of dehumanization. The nights bring darker challenges as Samuel faces the hostility of the NIGHT GUARD, who pushes him toward his breaking point. When the cruelty escalates to a shocking extreme, Samuel’s quiet resistance threatens to unravel the precarious order of the farm. RATINGS: Language
TITLE: Nowhere DIRECTOR: Aidan Landrum TRT: 9:20 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States SYNOPSIS: A story about a man and his dog. RATINGS: None
TITLE: Guest DIRECTOR: Raed Faisal TRT: 13:28 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States SYNOPSIS: A joyous wedding dance rehearsal in a Pakistani immigrant household turns into a night of confrontation between a matriarch and her son when he brings home an unexpected guest. RATINGS: Language
TITLE: The Damned Thing DIRECTOR: Estevan Valdes TRT: 19:14 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States SYNOPSIS: A coroner’s inquest into an inexplicable death uncovers the existence of an enigmatic creature. RATINGS: Language, Violence
TITLE: The Joke's On Him DIRECTOR: Paola Ramones TRT: 10:30 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States SYNOPSIS: In Mexico City, Adal Ramones, a stand-up comedian returns to the spotlight to turn his real-life kidnapping into his most fearless set. Through dark humor and deep scars, he transforms pain into timing and trauma into art. RATINGS: Language, Violence
TITLE: Cottonmouth DIRECTOR: Cole Johnson TRT: 15:30 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States SYNOPSIS: Based in the humid heart of rural Alabama, this is the tale of Chip and Fish — two twenty-something drifters bound together by dreams, dependency, and addiction. Haunted by lost love and failed fatherhood, Chip spirals toward a reckoning with his past as he tries to reconnect with Day, the mother of his daughter, Anya. What begins as a night of underground music and misguided hope descends into violence and revelations illuminated by burning bonfires. Cottonmouth is a fractured love story about broken men grasping for grace in a world that’s given them none. RATINGS: Language, Violence, Drug, Use Adult Situations
Friday August 21, 2026 3:30pm - 5:15pm EDT Theatre Macon438 Cherry Street, Macon, GA 31201
TITLE: The Lost Garden PROJECT CREATOR(S): Michel D.T. Lam TRT: 7:10 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada SYNOPSIS: Users walk through a dreamlike garden where everything seems extinguished and gradually bring the musicians of Les Violons du Roy to life around them. As Summer from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons plays, the garden slowly comes back to life. RATINGS: None
TITLE: Champ De Bataille PROJECT CREATOR(S): Francois Vautier TRT: 21:46 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France SYNOPSIS: Verdun, 1916. Right before a battle, Julien, a military phone operator, is called to the front lines to repair a command post phone. He will be dragged into the battle, into the madness, and will have to fight for his own survival. RATINGS: None
Friday August 21, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm EDT Museum of Arts & Sciences4182 Forsyth RoadMacon, Georgia 31210
TITLE: Ancestral Mirrors DIRECTOR: Arshley Emile TRT:10:10 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States (Georgia Made) SYNOPSIS: Through ancestral mirrors, fragments of Black culture, church ritual, and generational memory reflect a community wrestling with faith, displacement, and the persistence of spirit. RATINGS: None
TITLE: Miracles: The Redd Family Collection of Black Art DIRECTOR: Mikael Owunna, Marques Redd TRT: 47:55 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States (Georgia Made) SYNOPSIS: In 1990, Melgenia and Vernon Redd opened a gallery called Miracles Fine Art, and it was the first institution of its kind in Macon, GA, that specialized in exhibiting the work of Black artists. Inspired by an activist passion forged in an era that saw the end of Jim Crow, they were determined to contribute to the preservation and celebration of Black art and culture. Over time, they built a collection of over 800 items, including paintings, sculptures, masks, mixed media works, and woven fabrics. In 1996, the gallery was closed due to health challenges. The entire collection was subsequently moved to storage. This documentary explores the history of the collection and its revival in the 2020s by their children Marques Redd and Marquita Sams. RATINGS: None
Friday August 21, 2026 5:45pm - 7:00pm EDT Museum of Arts & Sciences4182 Forsyth RoadMacon, Georgia 31210
TITLE: A Grand Ensemble: The Magic Behind Macon's Nutcracker DIRECTOR: Stephanie Shadden TRT: 56:21 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States SYNOPSIS: For 40 years a ballet company in Central Georgia has been enchanting audiences with a magical performance of The Nutcracker. The beautiful sets, exceptional costumes, and brilliant young dancers present a first class, masterful show every December. This professional-level performance is produced with the support and constant hard work of the local community. A Grand Ensemble follows the year-long process of a small but persistent community as they come together to stage an outstanding production of the holiday tradition. From auditions to closing night, the documentary captures the dedication of dancers, instructors, parents, volunteers, and crew who pour their time and heart into maintaining a professional, top-tier production of The Nutcracker. RATINGS: None
Friday August 21, 2026 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT Theatre Macon438 Cherry Street, Macon, GA 31201
Enjoy a night of exploring art galleries, drinks, food and immersive special screenings! All access pass required (21+)
Block #1 - 7:30pm
TITLE: Traveler Introspection CREATORS: Fantastik Obsolete TRT: 8:58 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada SYNOPSIS: A mystical being, neither man nor god, traverses a series of worlds suspended between life and memory. Guided by an instinctive quest, he glides from one scene to the next in search of a forgotten harmony. Each world represents a universal emotion, a phase of existence, or a collective archetype. The spectator, immersed in these visions, becomes a witness to the Traveler’s inner metamorphosis.
TITLE: Perspective 1 CREATORS: Anna Richards & Dan Strickland TRT: 5:21 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States SYNOPSIS: Perspective 1 explores life through shifting perspectives above and below water. Beginning as microscopic particles within a larger cosmic structure, the visuals evolve into psychedelic landscapes of plants, flowers, fish, turtles, and underwater light forms. The film reflects on how all living things exist as part of a greater universe while experiencing life through vastly different lens.
TITLE: The Bloop CREATORS: Alejandro Casales Navarrete TRT: 6:57 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Mexico SYNOPSIS: The immersive film I present is a collage of images, ocean scenes, deep kaleidoscopes, and sounds that invites the audience to witness firsthand one of the most mysterious and popular sounds in science: "the bloop.” This sound was detected in 1997 by underwater microphones operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in a remote area of the South Pacific Ocean.
TITLE: Tides CREATORS: Tim Ole Kaszik, Thorben Schulz, July Petry, Emmely Schmidt-Siebrecht, Alexander Brauer, Teofil Grossschopf TRT: 9:45 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany SYNOPSIS: Is chaos truly unpredictable? TIDES looks behind the surface of a seemingly orderly world, driven by patterns, logic and familiar structures. Order and stability fade away like footprints in the sand. Beneath the surface of our reality, a hidden beat is pulsing. Breathing in an eternal, unknown rhythm. Where familiar structures dissolve into a new, shifting dynamic. An audiovisual experience in which chaos and order become one.
TITLE: Memories of a Dive CREATORS: Hungry Mantis TRT: 9:05 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States, Thailand SYNOPSIS: Created by a scuba diver, “Memories of a Dive” captures the wonder, fragility, and transformative power of exploring Earth’s oceans. As the divers recall their memories, the secret joys and life-changing wonder of exploring the ocean’s depths come to light.
Friday August 21, 2026 7:30pm - 8:15pm EDT Museum of Arts & Sciences4182 Forsyth RoadMacon, Georgia 31210
Enjoy a night of exploring art galleries, drinks, food and immersive special screenings! All access pass required (21+)
Block #2 - 9:00PM
TITLE: Belief CREATORS: Máté Bredán TRT: 8:55 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany SYNOPSIS: Embark on a poetic flight through human-built environments and celestial visions revolving around the idea that both science and faith requires a genuine will to believe.
TITLE: Hurtubise Orchestrating Chaos CREATORS: Normal Studio, Simone Records, Hippie Hourrah TRT: 29:39 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada SYNOPSIS: Between pictorial brilliance and sonic vertigo, Orchestrating Chaos celebrates the work of renowned artist Jacques Hurtubise in an immersive experience by Normal Studio, Hippie Hourrah and co-produced by Simone Records, discover an eclectic odyssey retracing an extraordinary artistic journey.
TITLE: The Last Symphony of Light CREATORS: Eric Edelman, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Juan Felipe Orozco Cano, Double Dome Films TRT: 7:39 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: SYNOPSIS: United States RATINGS: A fundamental reason to foster a STEM-focused humanity can be found in our future. On the scale of billions and trillions of years, there are daunting cosmic events we will encounter and only overcome if we decide to take long-term steps toward technological and scientific progress. This short film mixes scientific knowledge with artistic speculation, taking us from the modern-day Earth to black hole societies, with the goal of getting audiences thinking in positive, personal, and creative directions about the distant future.
Friday August 21, 2026 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT Museum of Arts & Sciences4182 Forsyth RoadMacon, Georgia 31210
