Program

FIND BELOW THE PROGRAM FOR OUR 2026 EDITION!

For the 20th time, we are opening the doors of the world's oldest planetarium to host the international FullDome Festival from July 15-17th, 2026. The FullDome Festival shows the best 360-degree films produced in the past year. The films are created by professional producers, young talents and innovative artists. Some of them celebrate their world premiere. The films are curated and judged by an international jury.

The best productions are honored with the JANUS Awards, the "Oscar" of the fulldome scene. In addition to the fulldome films, the program also includes the Frameless Forum presentations, featuring innovations from the fields of fulldome and immersive media, electronic art, virtual reality and augmented reality.

Wed July 15th Day One

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14:00 - 15:00	Festival Check in
15:00 - 15:15	Official Opening
15:15 - 16:45	Fulldome Shows Block 1
17:00 -18:30	Fulldome Shows Block 2
18:30 – 19:30	Dinner Break
20:00 - 22:00	Delhia de France & Danny Daze – ::BLUE::

15:00 – 18:30 Fulldome 360° Filmfestival (Tagesticket I)
20:00- 21:00 Live Concerts in the Dome - Double Feature: Delhia de France & Danny Daze - BLUE

There is also a COMBI ticket for all FullDome Festival fans. For €40.00 or €30.00 reduced, you can enjoy the entire daytime programme and the immersive theater in the evening. Celebrate with the international fulldome scene in virtual space.

We celebrate our anniversary! For the 20th time, we are opening the doors of the oldest planetarium in the world for the
international FullDome Festival 2026. The FullDome Festival shows the best 360° films
produced in the past year. The films are created by professional producers, young talents and
innovative artists and some of them celebrate their world premiere.
The best productions will be nominated for the JANUS Awards, the „Oscar“ of the fulldome scene, on July 15th 2026. In addition to the fulldome films, the programme also includes the Frameless Forum presentations. Innovations from the fields of fulldome, media art, electronic art, virtual reality and 3D sound will be presented for discussion.

The day ticket includes the entire festival programme with all performances, film screenings and
technology talks for one day.

There is also a COMBI ticket for all FullDome Festival fans. For €40.00 or €30.00 reduced, you can enjoy the entire daytime programme and the live concert in the evening. Celebrate with the international fulldome scene in virtual space.

For more insider news follow us on Instragram: fulldome_festival

The film, performance and lecture programme will be published soon on www.fulldome-festival.de.

There will be video recordings of the events. Some of the films contain stroboscopic effects and fast image sequences.

Check-in and official registration

Two anniversaries, one shared vision of the future. The Fulldome Festival celebrates 20 years of creative experimentation in the immersive medium
– while also honoring 100 years of the Planetarium, the birthplace of a culture that unites science and art in extraordinary ways.

The official film selection for the Fulldome Festival 2026 will be announced shortly

Lunch - Bar open

Live 01
Delhia de France – Pre-Premiere Listening Session

Delhia de France returns to the Jena dome — and she's bringing something no one has heard yet.
On the opening night of Fulldome Festival 2026, she will present her latest work for the very first time, straight from the studio.

The 40-minute tape moves between podcast and musical performance: it traces a night at the club — from the warm-up through the peak-hour session into the chill-out.
Played mostly in the dark, with a deliberate focus on listening. No visuals, no distractions — just sound and narrative.
With the new Holoplot sound system, it will be a truly immersive acoustic experience.

www.delhiadefrance.com

Live 02
European Premiere -Danny Daze – ::BLUE::

For the first time in Europe, Miami-based electronic musician Danny Daze presents his immersive audiovisual work ::BLUE:: — a piece that brings together art, technology and perception in a striking way.

Developed specifically for modern dome environments and inspired by Daze's debut album, this 33-minute work combines intricate sound design with new original music.
At its heart is the Earth — as the carrier and origin of all life. ::BLUE:: invites us to reflect on our shared beginnings and the quiet, collective responsibility we hold for the generations that will follow.

https://www.dannydaze.blue/

For all FullDome Festival fans* there is a €40.00 or €30.00 reduced price
COMBI-Ticket. With this ticket you can enjoy the entire day programme on 15.07.26 and the
concerts in the evening. Celebrate with the international fulldome scene in
virtual space.

Praise the dome!

There will be video recordings of the events.

For more insider news follow us on Instragram: fulldome_festival

Easy fade out in Restaurant Bauersfeld

Thu. July 16th Day Two

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09:30 -10:00	Anna Green: Your place in the Cosmos today. The stars over Jena explained
10:00 -11:00	Frameless Forum I
11:15 -12:30	Frameless Forum II
13:30 -15:00	Fulldome Shows Block 3
15:15 -16:45	Fulldome Shows Block 4
17:00 – 18:30	Fulldome Shows Block 5
18:30	Dinner Break
20:00 - 22:00	Oliver Koletzki - Live-Set

10:00-18:30 Fulldome 360° Filmfestival (Tagesticket II)
20:00-22:00 Oliver Koletzki – Planetarium Live-Set „Prophecy“

The Combi-Ticket is particularly good value for FullDome Festival fans. For €50.00
or €40.00 reduced, it includes the entire day programme including the Live Concert in the Dome: Oliver Koletzki

Fulldome 360° Filmfestival (Tagesticket II)

We celebrate our anniversary! For the 20th time, we are opening the doors of the oldest planetarium in the world for
the international FullDome Festival 2026. The FullDome Festival shows the best 360°
films produced in the past year. The films are created by professional
producers, young talents and innovative artists and some of them celebrate their
world premiere.
The best productions will be nominated for the JANUS Awards, the „Oscar“ of the fulldome
scene, on July 17th 2026. In addition to the fulldome films, the programme also
includes the Frameless Forum presentations. Innovations from the fields of fulldome,
media art, electronic art, virtual reality and 3D sound will be presented for discussion.
The day ticket includes the entire festival programme with all performances, film
screenings and technology talks for one day. The evening event is excluded from the
day ticket.

The Combi-Ticket is particularly good value for FullDome Festival fans.
For €50.00 or €40.00 reduced, it includes the entire day programme including the Live Concert in the Dome: Oliver Koletzki

For more insider news follow us on Instragram: fulldome_festival

The detailed film, performance and lecture programme will be published soon on
www.fulldome-festival.de.

There will be video recordings of the events. Some of the films contain stroboscopic effects and fast image sequences.

Your place in the Cosmos today. The stars over Jena explained.

Anna Green is Manager of Educational Concepts & Live Programs at the Zeiss-Planetarium Jena, bringing more than 15 years of experience in fixed and mobile planetariums across the US and Europe. She holds an M.A. in Museum Studies plus a Professional Educator License, and specializes in live interactive programs, curriculum-based education, and space history. Previously, Anna served as Manager of the James S. McDonnell Planetarium in Saint Louis, where she developed inclusive programming for visitors with low vision and who are blind. A twice-elected board member of the International Planetarium Society, she is a recognized advocate for innovation and access in the planetarium field. Anna believes that space science should be accessible to everyone and hopes her work sparks curiosity about the universe.

Anna Green

Cora Braun, Kiel University of Applied Sciences

On the Typology of Planetariums. Theater Layouts and Visual Language

How does the theater layout of a dome influence the stories we tell inside it? This presentation explores the relationship between spatial design and audience experience in planetariums as immersive media environments. Drawing on a dataset of 164 domes from the GDP and GLPA communities, it introduces a typology of planetariums to identify structures within the Planetarium landscape. Using statistical analysis, several distinct dome types emerge, each with its own spatial logic and viewing conditions. Building on media and design theory, the presentation reflects on the visual language of fulldome and the current conditions of planetarium practice.

www.haw-kiel.de

Julius Hilker

Urania Planetarium Potsdam

How to use Blender for Fulldome Production

In recent years, the open-source software Blender has developed into a viable alternative to commercial products such as 3D Studio Max, Cinema 4D and Maya. It is now used not only by hobbyists and in the advertising industry, but also for successful, Oscar-nominated productions.

This talk serves both as an introduction to and a case for Blender as a tool in fulldome production.

Xenia Guenther, Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar

Alien Kin & XTRA. Artistic Research, Collective Production and Immersive Worldbuilding

Alien Kin is an immersive fulldome project exploring alienation, collective transformation and speculative worlds through contemporary mediaart and experimental storytelling. This talk gives insight into the artistic research behind the project and introduces XTRA, a developing platform for immersive media art, collective production and research in XR and fulldome culture. The presentation also includes insights from an ongoing survey exploring contemporary perceptions of alien imagery, otherness and emotional realities.

Dr. Beatriz Villarroel, Nordic Institute of Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University

Strange transient objects in the sky. Beatriz’s recent peer-reviewed research publications provide robust evidence for non-anthropogenic UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena). Despite being shrouded in a mix of dismissal and blind spot management, the topic of UAPs has not gone away. In fact, it is more visible today than ever before, with Congressional hearings and films such as the 2025 documentary Age of Disclosure and Steven Spielberg's 2026 film Disclosure Day. Despite the growing speculation and ontological uncertainty, Dr Beatriz Villarroel’s research is firmly grounded in observable data, and is nonetheless astonishing.

Talk at Sol Foundation http://beatrizvillarroel.com/

Dr. Susanne Paech –

art meets science - Stiftung Herbert W. Franke

Art meets science fiction. Susanne is deeply involved in the work and life of the visionary author Herbert W. Franke, who would have celebrated his 100 th birthday in 2027. She realised that fulldome would be the most suitable medium for conveying Franke’s far-reaching ideas at the intersection of art and science fiction.

https://art-meets-science.io/

Anna Öst

Director, Visualiseringscenter C, Norrköping, Sweden

Exploring the future of science communication. Anna is a director, producer, and writer with a focus on immersive storytelling — using narrative, space, and technology to communicate complex ideas in ways that are both engaging and understandable. Based at the Visualization Center in Norrköping, Sweden, she leads the production team and explores the future of science communication as part of the national Wisdome initiative. Her work spans text, film, interactive exhibitions, and immersive media — particularly fulldome. Her most recent fulldome production, Once Upon the Moon, premiered in May 2026.

https://wisdomesweden.se/home-en/

https://annaost.com

Kelley Francis, Cinema, Communications and Immersive Installation

Dreamed environments on the verge of getting built. Kelley is a Creator and Coordinator of Immersive Installations and Fulldome shows, combining the arts, technology, interaction, entertainment sciences, wellness, play and big ideas that provoke a lasting experience.
The projects she‘s involved in speak for dreamed environments on the verge of getting built. Environments which evoke awe for the peoples and natural world around us. She is also active on the Dome Fest West team. https://www.domefestwest.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelleyfrancis/

The official film selection for the Fulldome Festival 2026 will be announced shortly

Dinner Break / Bar open

Oliver Koletzki (Stil vor Talent) – Berlin’s sonic architect, whose track ‘Planetarium’ was no coincidence, but a prophecy pressed onto vinyl.
It’s as if the universe had already set the coordinates at the time of its 2017 release – for this space, this century, this breath:
his homage to 100 years of the Jena Planetarium, the oldest existing planetarium in the world.
For the Fulldome Festival 2026, Oliver brings his vision to Jena – with a set he has developed especially for this anniversary.
No club. No dance floor. Sit back, let your gaze drift into the infinite expanses of immersive worlds and let the frequencies guide you.
Above you: deep-space visuals that draw you into the endless vastness of the universe. Around you: moments of calm that feel like weightlessness.
Accompanied by melodic arcs and a beat that doesn’t drive, but carries.
Slowly. Consciously. Deeply. Frequencies that don’t invite you to dance – but to feel.

Between starlight, subwoofers and the feeling your soul longs for.

1h

💡 Tip
🎟️ Combo Ticket
Full day programme on 16 July + evening concert
€50 · €40 concession

https://www.oliver-koletzki.de/

TBD

Fr July 17th Day Three

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09:30 -10:00	Anna Green: Your place in the Cosmos today. The stars over Jena explained
10:00 -11:00	Frameless Forum III
11:15 - 12:30	Frameless Forum IV
13:30 -15:00	Fulldome Shows Block 6
15:15 -16:45	Fulldome Shows Block 7
17:00 – 18:30	Fulldome Shows Block 8
18:30 – 19:00	Dinner Break
19:00 – 20:00	JANUS-Award Gala
23:00 – 6:00	Fulldome Festival Clubnight

10:00-20:30 Fulldome 360° Filmfestival & Award Gala (Tagesticket III)
23:00-06:00 Fulldome Festival Clubnight

The COMBI Ticket is particularly favourable for FullDome Festival fans. For
€40.00 or €30.00 reduced, it includes the entire daytime programme including the
Clubnight in the evening.

We celebrate our anniversay! For the 20th time, we are opening the doors of the oldest planetarium in the world for
the international FullDome Festival 2026. The FullDome Festival shows the best 360° films produced in the past year. The films are created by professional
producers, young talents and innovative artists and some of them celebrate their
world premiere.
The best productions will be announced in the evening for the JANUS Awards, the „Oscar“ of
the fulldome scene.
19:00 starts the Award Gala
Will be streamed live and free for those who cannot be in Jena – wait for link.

In addition to the fulldome films, the programme also includes
the Frameless Forum presentations. Innovations from the fields of fulldome, media
art, electronic art, virtual reality and 3D sound will be presented for discussion.
The day ticket includes the entire festival programme with all films
screenings and technology talks of the day and the nomination in the evening.
The Club Night is excluded from the day ticket.

The COMBI Ticket is particularly favourable for FullDome Festival fans. For
€40.00 or €30.00 reduced, it includes the entire daytime programme including the
Clubnight in the evening.

For more insider news follow us on Instragram: fulldome_festival

The detailed film, performance and lecture programme will be published soon on
www.fulldome-festival.de.

There will be video recordings of the events. Films contain strobe effects and fast image sequences.

Anna Green, Zeiss-Planetarium Jena

Your place in the Cosmos today. The stars over Jena explained.

Anna Green

Helmut Oellers

The Holoplot audio revolution. From Erfurt to Las Vegas to the Jena Planetarium. Don Henley, the legendary Eagles musician, had this to say about the Holoplot audio system at the Sphere in Las Vegas, where the Eagles recently performed:

“The sound system is like nothing on the planet. There are about 167,000 speakers in that dome.”

Interviewer: ‘Is that intimidating?’ Don: 'It was a first. You can hear every mistake.”

Everyone knows the Eagles and the Sphere. But not everyone knows that the basic principle of the Holoplot system was developed by an audio inventor from Erfurt called Helmut Oellers. We are honoured that Mr Oellers will share some of the background stories of this revolutionary audio technology, which is now also installed at the Jena Planetarium.

https://www.holoplot.com/company/about

https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/mdr-thueringen-journal/erfurter-tontechniker-bekommt-schall-reflexionen-in-den-griff/mdr/Y3JpZDovL21kci5kZS9iZWl0cmFnL2Ntcy85OWI4MDliNi04ODgyLTQ2MTEtOWYwZi1jYjFmM2MzOTEwYjA

David Reiterer, Lucy Dreams Performance Artist

Why we think we need to perform in the Dome. David explains why the Austrian performence trio Lucy Dreams concluded that it’s time to perform in the dome.. The musical landscape is being reshaped by the evolving relationship between humans and machines. Lucy Dreams embodies this transformation through a seamless fusion of analog and digital art, with Lucy — an active artificial band member — at the heart of their creative vision. The trio‘s SonicWaveArtPop style is an expressive and immersive medium that captivates the senses while posing socially relevant questions. The band has brought its signature sound to stages across Canada, Japan, Europe, and the UK – and proably soon to the dome stage.

https://www.lucydreams.net/

Anke Schiemann
Filmmaker &

Luminescence

Media Artist

LUMINESCENCE Mixed Reality show. Anke will talk about LUMINESCENCE that recently won the Dome Fest West performance award. LUMINESCENCE merges the worlds of live concert, environmental and human interconnectedness, and audience engagement. It explores the entanglement of climate change and the impact of oceanic currents on our planet. Through a unique combination of live performance, interactive technology, storytelling and the shared creativity of the audience, LUMINESCENCE aims to captivate and spark conversations while fostering a deeper connection between interdisciplinary art, nature, and human emotion.
https://vimeo.com/1123217009?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

ankeschiemann.de

Susanne Paech, Kelley Francis, Anke Schiemann, David Reiterer, Anna Öst, Micky Remann

Is full-dome wow enough for the next 20 years?

Looking back at 20 years of the Jena FullDome Festival goes hand in hand with looking to the future of the next 20 years. The dedicated panellists will discuss whether the art, science and content of full-dome media have sparked the 'spherical revolution' (as Pedro Zaz has suggested), or whether it has never really left its cradle. 360° full-dome media has always been considered cutting-edge technology that will eventually become mainstream. But does that promise hold true? Are we missing something? What is the relationship between pioneering efforts and profitable business? Who are the game changers waiting in the wings? Will they take off?

The official film selection for the Fulldome Festival 2026 will be announced shortly

Dinner Break / Bar open

JANUS-Award Gala

– Announcing the winners of the 2026 JANUS-Awards

FULLDOME FESTIVAL 2026 — CLUB NIGHT

100 Years of Planetarium Jena · 20 Years of Fulldome Festival

We’re celebrating with a launch powerful enough to shake the stars and recalibrate collective consciousness. A night suspended between zero gravity, supernova energy, and immersive 360° fusion.

A cosmic collision of bass, light, and shared transcendence.

MAIN FLOOR · SPACESHIP

Dark dopamine instead of rocket fuel.

Fennek breaks the sound barrier from the very first beat, bending genres and expectations alike. Pressure waves deeper than black holes. Crescendos with gravitational pull — hypnotic, trance-inducing, impossible to escape. Floor energy: extraterrestrial.

His style. His vision. Not of this world: Oliver Koletzki.

Melodic, frequency-driven, and weightlessly beautiful. A sound drifting between euphoria, depth, and interstellar motion. The orbit softens, the horizon expands, and the dancefloor lifts off as one — a moment suspended between cosmic dawn and collective levitation.

Moving between weightlessness and Mach 10, LydiaM pilots the journey to the edge of the universe. Techno as fuel. Hard techno as propulsion. Frequencies intensify, heart rates accelerate, and the main floor reaches light speed.

Meanwhile, Anasofiacalix, Fairlix, and Meisam Nemati transform the spaceship with immersive 360° visuals designed to ignite synapses and expand perception. Galactic streams of light, fractal dimensions, and cosmic landscapes merge into a second atmosphere made of sound, motion, and mind expansion.

Timetable

23:00 · Fennek — Dark · Hypnotic · Underground
01:00 · Oliver Koletzki — Tech House · Deep House · Melodic Techno
03:00 · LydiaM — Hypnotic Techno · Hard Techno

SECOND FLOOR · GARDEN

Mycelium of the Galaxy

While the spaceship races through hyperspace, the cosmos grows from below. Organic, warm, trippy, and deeply physical. A psychedelic root network of groove, mist, rhythm, and collective pulse.

Lukas Geister opens the deeper layers. Hypnotic loops and melodic pressure intertwine into a set that doesn’t push forward — it pulls inward. No outside. No stillness. Only rotation.

Phoebe brings the Garden Floor into full bloom. Disco molecules, house DNA, and garage enzymes fuse into a warm, organic sound rich with color and life. Disco for 2026 — carefully cultivated, unmistakably unique, and ready to take root in both mind and heart.

Warning: this sound leaves spores.

Max Bambi guides the journey deeper into the afterglow: deep, magnetic, physical, and floating. Basslines like dark matter. Melodies like particles of light drifting through the fog. A floor for those who don’t just hear the rave — but disappear inside it.

Timetable

23:00 · Lukas Geister — Hardgroove · Trance · Hypnotic · Melodic House
01:00 · Phoebe — Disco House · Dark Disco · Nu Disco
03:00 · Max Bambi — Deep House · Melodic House · Techno

Secure your ticket to outer space.

Full dome. Full journey. Full of stars.

Praise the Dome.

No Hate. Just Love.

18+ Admission

Safe Space Policy

We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment and do not tolerate any form of discrimination.

An Awareness Team will be present throughout the event and can be identified by their yellow armbands. If you need support or assistance at any time, please feel free to approach them — they are there for you.

Website: fulldome-festival.de
Instagram: @fulldome_festival

Important Notice

Video recordings will take place during the event. The visual productions may contain strobe lighting effects and rapidly changing imagery.

Sun. July 19th Day Four

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14:00 –14:45	Fulldome Kids: Der Traumzauberbaum 1
15:00 - 15:45	Fulldome Kids: Der Traumzauberbaum 2

Fulldome Kids: Der Traumzauberbaum

Traumzauberbaum - Zeiss-Planetarium Jena

Fulldome Kids: Der Traumzauberbaum

Traumzauberbaum - Zeiss-Planetarium Jena

If you are new to the festival and don't know where to find us: our physical location is identical with the famous Zeiss-Planetarium Jena, which you can find here: https://www.planetarium-jena.de/besuch-planen/anfahrt/