Time Lapse

Time Lapse 2014

6.53

Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.

2014

Laurel Canyon

Laurel Canyon 2003

5.98

When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.

2003

Phase IV

Phase IV 1974

6.34

Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.

1974

The Living Sea

The Living Sea 1995

7.12

The Living Sea celebrates the beauty and power of the ocean as it explores our relationship with this complex and fragile environment. Using beautiful images of unspoiled healthy waters, The Living Sea offers hope for recovery engendered by productive scientific efforts. Oceanographers studying humpback whales, jellyfish, and deep-sea life show us that the more we understand the ocean and its inhabitants, the more we will know how to protect them. The film also highlights the Central Pacific islands of Palau, one of the most spectacular underwater habitats in the world, to show the beauty and potential of a healthy ocean.

1995

A Beautiful Planet

A Beautiful Planet 2016

7.02

A breathtaking portrait of Earth from space, providing a unique perspective and increased understanding of our planet and galaxy as never seen before. Made in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the film features stunning footage of our magnificent blue planet — and the effects humanity has had on it over time — captured by the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

2016

Chronos

Chronos 1985

7.49

Carefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinematography in an effort to demonstrate the history of various regions.

1985

Chasing Coral

Chasing Coral 2017

7.70

Coral reefs are the nursery for all life in the oceans, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains us. Yet with carbon emissions warming the seas, a phenomenon called “coral bleaching”—a sign of mass coral death—has been accelerating around the world, and the public has no idea of the scale or implication of the catastrophe silently raging underwater.

2017

Secrets of Life

Secrets of Life 1956

7.09

A feature-length documentary showing the changing world of nature, the sky, the sea, the sun, planets, insects and volcanic action. A story of nature's strange and intricate designs for survival and her many methods of perpetuating life.

1956

TimeScapes

TimeScapes 2012

7.28

Stunning slow-motion and timelapse cinematography of the landscapes, people and wildlife of the American South West.

2012

Dinosaurs Alive

Dinosaurs Alive 2007

5.40

See the earliest creatures of the Triassic Period to the monsters of the Cretaceous in a ‘life-sized’ IMAX ® presentation. Join renowned paleontologists as they discover new fossils and uncover evidence that dinosaur descendants are still among us. Realistic and scientifically-accurate computer generated animation brings dinosaurs back to life…in a big way!

2007

Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto

Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto 2012

6.00

This documentary follows 200 days in the life of contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto— a leading presence in the world of modern art. He is the winner of many prestigious awards and his photographs are sold for millions of yen at overseas auctions. The film shows the sites of the Architecture series shot in southern France, the huge installation art work at 17th Biennale of Sydney, his new work Mathematics at Provence, his art studio while working on Lightning Fields, and more. It thoroughly pursues the question Sugimoto's works pose - "living in modern times, what are these works trying to tell us?" A thrilling look into the world of Hiroshi Sugimoto.

2012

New Clouds

New Clouds 2024

1

Clouds forming and moving through the summer sky.

2024

Portrait

Portrait 1977

5.00

A poetic reflection on the passing of time and youth.

1977

Sacred Site

Sacred Site 1986

1

High-speed film and time-lapse photography combined to create breathtaking images of the night sky and Halley's Comet in this astronomical short subject.

1986

Window

Window 2007

1

140 seconds of 780 stills taken from a window in a dormitory.

2007

The Birth of a Flower

The Birth of a Flower 1910

6.43

"Percy Smith (1880-1944) was world famous as a photographer of plant life. Probably the first British example of time-lapse photography as applied to the growth of plants." Monthly Film Bulletin, November 1955.

1910

Replika

Replika 1975

3.00

Documentary recording of one day of children's play in the yard of a Warsaw housing estate.

1975

The Mythologist

The Mythologist 2004

1

The many lives of Henry Azadehdel, aka Armen Victorian, aka Henry X, as told by the peace activists, UFO researchers, botanists and everyday people who encountered him - whoever he was.

2004

Aeon

Aeon 2004

1

Dealing heavily with perceptions of time, Aeon documents the urban cityscape as Wellington transforms through a zen-influenced eternal cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth within a 24-hour period.

2004

Lightlapse

Lightlapse 2020

10.00

A collection of cinematic visuals and time-lapse scenes captured throughout the world.

2020