A Year Along the Geostationary Orbit

A short film by Felix Dierich
Germany 2018, 16 min, colour, no dialogue

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A year through the distant eyes of meteorological satellite Himawari-8 — a hypnotic stream of Earth's beauty, fragility and disasters.

35786 km above Earth, travelling at more than 11000 km/h, Himawari-8, Japan's most advanced meteorological satellite, observes the Eastern Hemisphere day and night.

For one year we look through the eyes of the distant observer. From solstice to solstice, from pole to pole, from storm to storm we watch Earth's beauty and fragility, weather's wonders, forces and disasters - from space, it all looks miraculous.

Imagery created and animated based on scientific observation data: Irradiation scans by the meteorological satellite Himawari-8. Numerical measurement data courtesy of JMA / BoM / NCI.
Sound composed by mixing samples algorithmically based on video image content.

coding, graphics, animation, sound, production: Felix Dierich

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Festivals/Screenings/Awards

CinemAmbiente Torino, Italy	June 2018 Naturalia Programme
Hamburg International Short Film Festival Hamburg, Germany	June 2018 German Competition "Lieblinge" - jury's favourites
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt Weiterstadt, Germany	August 2018 Short Film Programme
Innsbruck Nature Film Festival Innsbruck, Austria	October 2018 Short Documentary Competition
CineMare Kiel, Germany	October 2018 Short Film Competition
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck Lübeck, Germany	November 2018 Filmforum
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage Flensburg, Germany	November 2018 Short Film Competition Honorable Mention
Antarctis Film Festival Finnish Antarctic research station Aboa, Antarctica	January 2019 Short Film Competition
Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg Regensburg, Germany	March 2019 German Competition
DCEFF Washington DC, USA	March 2019 Shorts Program: Earth in Frame
Skepto International Film Festival Cagliari, Italy	April 2019 Avant-garde & Experimental
Filmfest Dresden Dresden, Germany	April 2019 Expanded - Hybride Transzendenzen
cellu l'art Jena, Germany	April 2019 Experimental Programme
Cinema Planeta Mexico, Mexico	May 2019 Focus Programme
Reel Earth Palmerston , New Zealand	May 2019 Film screening
Annecy International Animation Film Festival Annecy, France	June 2019 Animation Off-Limits Prix Vimeo Staff Pick
Diversions International Short Film Festival Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia	June 2019 Short Film Competition
FECIBogota Bogota, Columbia	June 2019 Experimental Programme
SEFF – Smaragdni eco film festival Kroatien etc, Croatia	June 2019 Short Film Competition
ПОТОК Kaluga Oblast, Russia	July 2019 Film screening
OpenEyes Filmfest Marburg, Germany	July 2019 Experimental Competition
Green Montenegro International Film Fest - GMIFF Podgorica, Montenegro	August 2019 Short Film Competition Honorable Mention
Horn Festival Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel	September 2019 Short Film Competition
Festiver - Festival de Cine Verde de Barichara Barichara, Columbia	September 2019 International Short Film Competition
Filmfestival Münster Münster, Germany	September 2019 European Short Film Competition
Filmfest Bremen Bremen, Germany	September 2019 Bremen Price Competition
Viborg Animation Festival Viborg, Denmark	September 2019 Human Impact Competition
Point in the endless Universe Lake Ladoga, Russia	September 2019 Save the World Program
Animario Madrid, Spain	September 2019 Environmental Narratives
Minikino Film Week Bali, Indonesia	October 2019 Between the Space programme
Film Fest Zell Zell am See, Austria	October 2019 Don't mind the gap - Lange Nacht der Museen
Cine Eco Seia, Portugal	October 2019 International Short Film Competition
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival Sapporo, Japan	November 2019 Music Animation Competition
SFO Museum San Francisco, USA	December 2019 - January 2020 Video Arts gallery exhibition


German short films - Catalogue 2019	Film page in online catalogue "A Year Along the Geostationary Orbit" is one of 100 selected short films in the 2019 edition of the German short films catalogue.

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