Temporal
2025 | Canada | Directed by Jean-François Ethier & Dominic St-Amant | Produced by Phosphen | French, English
39 min
Licensing
Fleeing imminent death from an incurable disease, an astronaut takes refuge in a slower space-time continuum in the hope of returning to see his young daughter grown to adulthood.
Featuring David La Haye with original music by Karkwa, TEMPORAL is a 360-degree immersive cinematic experience allowing viewers to feel a new dimension of time and love.
“The distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”
-Albert Einstein
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
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- AUDIENCE AWARD | Dome Fest West (2025)
- SPECIAL MENTION BY THE JURY | Fulldome Festival UK (2024)
- NOMINATION | Best of Earth (2025)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Best of Earth (2025)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Fort Myers Film Festival (2025)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Jena Fulldome (2025)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Dome Under Film Festival (2025)
CREDITS
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Direction
Jean-François Éthier
Dominic St-Amand
Original Music
Karkwa
Actors
David La Haye
Megan Lamontagne
Ines Defossé
Melie-Rose Gazé
Producer
Phosphen
PREMIERING ON JANUARY 14 2025
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Jean-François Éthier
Co-director
Jean-François Ethier has worked as a producer, designer and scriptwriter in Montreal for over 20 years, on more than 250 productions in advertising, television, music videos and film. During his career, he has worked around the world and won numerous awards. He had the chance to work and learn filmmaking with Denis Villeneuve and Jean-Marc Vallée.
Fascinated by storytelling and new media technologies, he now concentrates exclusively on the field of immersion. In 2023, he founded Phosphen Immersion and wrote and co-directed his first feature film in fulldome format, as well as several other immersive projects.
Dominic St-Amand
Co-Director & Director of photography
During his ten years as the video director of the department of the Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] Dominic developed content production and broadcast techniques for immersive environments. He participated in the creation of the Satosphere and he’s involved in more than fifty spherical productions in addition to training nearly a hundred new immersion artists. His expertise saw him chosen to give conferences and masterclasses internationally.
A specialist in 360 spherical direction of photography, he then dedicated himself exclusively to the production of immersive experiences. His vast knowledge of the immersion industry has seen him push the limits of this innovative medium by developing his very own unique camera rigs and processes.
