PSYKHE

In a small act of courage and kindness, a boy saves an injured butterfly. The spirit of the ethereal creature – “Psykhe”, the Greek word for soul – accompanies him throughout his life, through good times and bad, until his story comes full circle when his grandson finds a caterpillar.

A pioneering short movie project

Being the world’s first DOLBY CINEMA mastered short movie, PSYKHE combines technical superlative with award-winning production sustainability.

Technical Superlative

  • Shot in cinema large-format 65mm (IMAX-picture size) in 6,5K resolution
  • Additional analog Super-16 film shots
  • High quality integration of photorealistic visual effects in native 4K
  • HDR color grading in DOLBY VISION
  • Surround sound mixing in DOLBY ATMOS
  • HDR-Mastering in premium cinema standard DOLBY CINEMA


Sustainable Production

  • CO2-neutral production through prevention and compensation of emissions
  • Awarded with the „Grüner Drehpass”-certificate of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein

imagis-produced feature films as Proof-of-Concept

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Behind the Scenes

Our equipment partner ARRI Rental asked director Joshua J. Krull and producer Michael Stadler, how the decision for the 65mm picture format and their exlusive Prime DNA lens-series has been made.

(Footage: imagis / Sergej Trifonov; Script and Edit: ARRI Rental EU)