MUMBAI: HBO will be premiering Interstellar this Diwali on 8 November, 2015.

The channel will telecast the movie at 1 pm with a repeat at 8 pm.

HBO is also giving viewers a chance to externalise their memories in space by participating in the #MemoriesFromEarth contest. Fans have to upload their most memorable photos and videos on the www.memoriesfromearth.com micro-site. HBO will gift one lucky winner a motorbike as the grand prize and 10 other winners Google cardboards along with a video that shows their pictures against the vastness of space. Fans can also win merchandise by participating in the #InterstellarOnHBO contest being conducted across social platforms.

Interstellar shows the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. With the time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; travelling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.