Protist Rhapsody is an immersive full-dome film that translates the evolving behaviour of a digital life-form into a cinematic vision.

Inside a vast virtual petri dish, shaped by invisible swirling currents of nutrients, an emergent organism inspired by the slime-mold Physarum polycephalum, wrestles with the pull of its programmed instincts and the shifting forces of a responsive, ever-changing environment. Its form reconfigures in turbulent cycles of Birth, Destruction, and Resurrection that echo the rhythms of nature’s chemistry and humanity’s oldest myths.

Created with Uncharted Limbo’s bespoke generative system, the film fuses scientific simulation with immersive visual storytelling, reflecting on the fragile balance between individuality and adaptation, the inner pulse of life and the pressures of the world beyond.

The textural soundscape, crafted in collaboration with composer and sound designer Elias Aronidis, earned Protist Rhapsody the Best Sound-Driven Work award at SAT Fest 2024.