We are thrilled to announce that the FullDome Festival (Jena, Germany) is teaming up with the Dome Fest West (Los Angeles, USA), the Fulldome UK (Plymouth, UK) and the Dome Under Festival (Melbourne, Australia) to present the world's best 360° fulldome and immersive media showcase on Oct. 8 – 10, 2021.

This #BestOfEarth Partnership & Competition features a program that can be viewed in-house by local audiences in the four venues, as well as be available worldwide via a ticketed live-stream in 360-format for global audiences.

The call for submissions goes out to fulldome producers all around the world. Fulldome producers all around the world may apply to have their shows (created after January 2020) included in the #BestOfEarth program in the categories of Full-length feature show (over 20 min), Short film (20 min maximum), and Student films (5 min maximum).

Deadlines at a glance:

• June 04. Online Submissions Open
• July 16. Submissions close. All shows must complete online-registration
• Aug. 16. Announcing #BestOfEarth Line-up
• Sept. 01. Final delivery of all show files from in H.265 format
• Oct. 08. Festivals start in four local dome venues and global 360-stream

Detailed Submission Guidelines, Data format and deadlines are available at the event's official reference.

The Co-op of International Fulldome Festivals is to benefit fulldome immersive media in general, fulldome artists in particular, educational institutions, planetariums, science and art, businesses, and general interest. The festival partners recognize that combining their efforts maximizes the outreach to audiences worldwide and promotes the fulldome medium in a way that could not be achieved by a single festival on its own.