2026 Macon Film Festival

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

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 Experience is 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

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

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.

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

TITLE: H20: The Cosmic States of Water
PROJECT CREATOR(S): Stéphane Bertrand
TRT: 29:00
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
SYNOPSIS: 

In a faraway land amid the icy northern waters, a little sea otter named Sedna spends her days playing, fishing, diving with her fellow otters, and savouring the sorbets of Kuak, an ice cream seller who is super-sensitive to the cold.

Sedna is fully adapted to her environment, and has everything she needs to live the contented life of a happy little sea otter. But Sedna dreams of traveling to distant places… And on this day, like every year, she is on the lookout for Toklo, a mercurial and wily cormorant due back from his long southward migration. Sedna is eager to hear this intrepid adventurer’s eye-popping stories. And once again, Toklo thrills the little sea otter with his tales of flying over rivers and lakes, crossing oceans and grappling with hostile weather. And so Sedna makes a decision: she too will go travelling! But poor Sedna comes up against Toklo’s kindly but slightly condescending scepticism. Hers species is sedentary, so going on journeys is not for her. Adventure is for adventurers.
But that night, thanks to H2O, Sedna will go on an extraordinary journey to discover the water cycle on Earth. Then, buoyed by a fresh self-confidence and her newly gained knowledge, she persuades Toklo to accompany her the following night. Together with H2O, our two heroes embark on an even longer and more amazing journey.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: Voyage of the Stars
PROJECT CREATOR(S): AXILONE HOLDING, CINEMARINE UNDERWATER IMAGERY
TRT: 29:00
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
SYNOPSIS: 
RATINGS: None

TITLE:  Waterorganiods
PROJECT CREATOR(S): Shapes of Emergence
TRT: 37:57
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France/United States
SYNOPSIS: The capture of a live performance using a macroscope to film and project, in real time, an invisible reality: that of self-organizing aqueous structures. The piece challenges our perception of the most familiar and vital substance on Earth: water. Visual physics experiments are performed alongside improvising musicians, as a kind of puppetry that animates an emerging, primitive form of life. Motion patterns arise from fluids and granular materials manipulated by the artists and projected on a large scale. In this practice, the emergence of artistic and natural forms become inseparable.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: Polarissimae: Mysteries of the Pole Star
PROJECT CREATOR(S):
TRT: 35:06
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ukraine
SYNOPSIS: This is the story of little Max, who discovers the wonders of the starry sky during his summer holidays. Max’s quest to uncover the secrets of the Pole Star takes him on an extraordinary journey through time and space — from celestial maps and a homemade planetarium to distant planets, where other polar stars shine.
This animated film celebrates the power of imagination, which opens new horizons, and the power of dreams, which lead us like a guiding star from stargazing to the launch of a spacecraft.
RATINGS: None

TITLE: Resolution: A Cinephonic Rhapsody for the Soul
PROJECT CREATOR(S): Scott Berman
TRT: 45:00
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
SYNOPSIS: 

A Dome Theater / VR experience that brings to life the heartfelt album Salvage Enterprise by The Polyphonic Spree. Created by Oscar & Emmy winners, this cinephonic journey invites you to feel, hope, and be moved through a powerful multi-sensory spectacle.
In a world overwhelmed by noise and distractions, this immersive film reconnects us to the powerful art of the album. Built around Salvage Enterprise, an emotionally rich record by The Polyphonic Spree, the film takes you on a cinephonic journey of hope - vulnerable, courageous, and deeply human - transforming the album’s themes of resilience and renewal into an uplifting cinematic experience. With inventive visual storytelling that maximizes the artistic and emotional impact of the album’s songs, this film envelopes audiences in a healing world where music and art come together to remind us that hope endures, and through it, we can discover the fullness and beauty of the human experience.

RATINGS: None

TITLE: Of 1's and O's
PROJECT CREATOR(S): Grégoire Delwaulle
TRT: 5:13
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Deutschland
SYNOPSIS: Bitflips, complex physical phenomena that endanger technological devices are a real issue in space exploration. But where do they come from and how do they happen?
RATINGS: None

TITLE: One Step Beyond: A Journey to Mars
PROJECT CREATOR(S): Aaron Bradbury, NSC Creative Enquiries
TRT: 25:00
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
SYNOPSIS:  One small step was just the beginning. Now, we take one step beyond - driven by curiosity, bound for Mars, and ready to write the boldest chapter in human exploration. Experience the thrill of launch, the challenges of life in space, the cutting-edge technology of NASA’s Artemis program, and the search for life that could transform how we see our planet, our past, and our place in the cosmos - as we prepare for humanity’s biggest step yet: setting foot on Mars.
RATINGS: None