Mr. Polidori typically uses a view camera with large-format film, but has no favorites.

The Imax Corporation specializes in making the large-format films, which are played in 115 special theaters in 18 countries.

He is the narrator of "Africa's Elephant Kingdom," a new large-format film written, produced and directed by Michael Caulfield.

Parsons left the BBC in 1988 to return to film production, making for large-format films for museums, zoos and aquaria.

He chose to use large-format 2i-inch film because it was the most abundant.

Amano is now taking on a challenge to record the existing precious nature of Japan on large-format films and pass down to posterity.

Ben Shedd has described large-format film and fulldome video as "exploding the frame," where the frame to which he refers relates to experiences typified by "framed" cinematic art.

A large-format film through Sept. 30 celebrates rhythm, song and dance around the world as described by Stomp, the percussion performance group.

Some of the queasiest stomachs are produced by large-format films, like those in Imax theaters, where the screens are often 70 feet wide and 100 feet high.

In celebration, the museum will offer "The Best of Imax," twice-daily screenings of three large-format films.