IPMF 2026 GNSM · Planetarium
Dome Cinema Talk
Saturday 12 September 2026, 19:30 – 21:00 · Planetarium
To mark the return of the International Planetarium Movie Festival — IPMF 2026 and its twelve days where cinema becomes cosmos, we are opening the dome for an evening of conversation about film and science.
📣 This talk is held in Korean. No interpretation is provided. Booking is also through a Korean-language page — see Booking below.
🌃 Dome Cinema Talk 🎤
Under the starlight, a conversation among people of the cosmos
“Why do we imagine extraterrestrial life?”
From exoplanets to extraterrestrial life, and on to the film 📽 Project Hail Mary — an evening in which science and cinema open up the unknown together.
Our panel: film critic Yoon Sung-eun, science communicator Jigu, and Hae Do-yeon, astronomer and science-fiction writer. A panel discussion, followed by questions from the audience.
There will also be a short taste of what a dome can do: the ceiling disappears, and the audience is carried into the rings of Saturn. 🔮
Details
| ⏰ Date | Saturday 12 September 2026, 19:30 – 21:00 (90 minutes) Korea Standard Time, UTC+9 |
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| 📍 Venue | Planetarium, Gwacheon National Science Museum |
| 🤗 Audience | Recommended for ages 10 and over (born 2016 or earlier) 250 places, first come first served Pitched at upper-primary level and above |
| 💸 Admission | KRW 10,000 per person (approx. US$7.40) KRW 8,000 for annual members Annual members must show their membership card on entry. |
💡 Booking
Online booking only, on a first-come first-served basis, through Naver Booking. Booking opened at 10:00 on Tuesday 1 September 2026.
Book here
booking.naver.com/booking/5/bizes/680541/items/8015733
The booking page is in Korean. If you cannot complete the booking, please contact the Festival Office — see Contact below.
📍 Getting here
Gwacheon National Science Museum
110 Sanghabeol-ro, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Seoul Grand Park Station, Subway Line 4, Exit 6 — roughly 40 minutes from central Seoul.
📣 On the evening of the Dome Cinema Talk, only the museum's Main Gate is open. Please enter there — the East Gate and West Gate route shown on the map below is not available that night.
If you are coming by car, please check the museum's parking information for current charges.
www.sciencecenter.go.kr/gnsm/guide/parking
☎ Contact
| Festival Office | +82-70-8820-0936 |
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| Planetarium | +82-2-3677-1561 |
| Enquiry hours | Tuesday to Sunday, 09:30–17:30 (closed for enquiries 11:40–12:40) Korea Standard Time, UTC+9 |