13th Fak'ugesi African Digital & Innovation Festival

 

Join us from 13 – 17 October for an incredible lineup of immersive films, visual music, and digital innovation at the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome.

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What's Happening at the Dome

14 October | 17:30

Cosmoceno

15 October | 14:45

Flow

(Immersive Sound Piece)
16 October | 14:45

Umfula

17 October | 18:30

Fak'ugesi Awards

Inaugural Portable Dome: Afriverse Screening

Dates: 13th - 17th October (Available all week)
Location: Tshimologong Precinct
Curated by Wits Digital Dome Multimedia Developer Chelsi Goliath and Dr Shmerah Passchier (XR Lecturer from Wits Film & TV).

Afriverse Portable Dome Lineup

Wits Film & TV Honours Students' XR Films
  • 1. The Land of Memory
  • 2. The Calling
  • 3. Iqiniso Liyabiza
  • 4. Currents of Return
Wits Film & TV Alumni Immersive Films
  • 1. The Eye of Rre Mutwa
  • 2. The Cosmic Egg
  • 3. The Well of Hajar
Wits Digital Art Honours Students’ Animation Films
  • 1. Culture Kitchen
  • 2. The Great Battle of Heitsi-Eibib
  • 3. Star-Eater & The Power of Stories
  • 4. Nanabolele
  • 5. Mlilo
  • 6. Modjadji
  • 7. Beneath One Sky
  • 8. Larry
  • 9. Bart-E
  • 10. Afterlife

BRAZILIAN COSMOCENO 2026

International Networked Visual Music Festival

Connecting art, visual music, and immersive ecopoetics in response to the climate crisis. The COSMOCENO Festival takes place in five planetariums across Brazil and right here at the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Curated by: Ricardo Dal Farra (UVM), Andréia Oliveira and Matheus Moreno (EFEMERA Imagem), and Cristiano Figueiró (SUBVERSO – Visual Music in Fulldome).

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Future Shows

Here's our amazing lineup of shows that you can look forward to.

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    COSMIC COLLISION

    Cosmic Collisions, narrated by award-winning actor, director, and producer Robert Redford, features stunning images from space and breathtaking visualizations. Cosmic Collisions reveals the explosive encounters that shaped our solar system, changed the course of life on Earth, and continue to transform our galaxy and universe.

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    DARK UNIVERSE

    Featuring exquisite renderings of cosmic phenomena and spectacular scenes in deep space, Dark Universe celebrates the pivotal discoveries that have led us to greater knowledge of the structure and history of the universe and our place in it — and to new frontiers for exploration.

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    JOURNEY TO THE STARS

    Journey to the Stars, narrated by Academy Award winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, features extraordinary images from telescopes on the ground and in space and stunning, visualizations of physics-based simulations. Visitors are launched through space and time to experience the life and death of the stars in our night sky.

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    PASSPORT TO THE UNIVERSE

    A captivating explanation of fundamental cosmology narrated by Tom Hanks, cutting-edge science creates images of unprecedented realism as viewers begin to understand the enormity of the cosmos. Passport to the Universe is an “evergreen” presentation—always relevant, always educationally important, always illuminating.

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    THE SEARCH FOR LIFE

    The Search for Life, narrated by Academy Award nominated actor Harrison Ford, launches visitors on an awe-inspiring trip through space and time from the depths of Earth’s oceans to the outer reaches of the cosmos to explore the links between life on Earth and the potential for life on other planets.

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    WORLDS BEYOND EARTH

    Featuring immersive visualizations of distant worlds, groundbreaking space missions, and breathtaking scenes depicting the evolution of our solar system, Worlds Beyond Earth narrated by Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o, takes viewers on a journey that reveals the surprisingly dynamic nature of the worlds that orbit our Sun.