The 13th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival (ISFF), that takes place October 16 – 23, 2020, with an ambitious schedule including 28 programs with over 80 films, with 30 countries represented. Join us for a screening of The Fine Line Between Borders, a series of short films, followed by a Q & A with the directors.
How are limits defined and what is their power? Change, whether it be in territories, landscapes, weather, matter, or communication, has a meaningful impact on the dynamics of the world. From stormy shorelines to extraterrestrial communication, these short films explore the subtle yet complex state of transition.
Shorts Film Program
It's Going to Be Beautiful - Luis Gutiérrez Arias / John Henry Theisen, Mexico, 2019, 8 min.
The End of Suffering ( a proposal) - Jacqueline Lentzou, Greece, 2020, 14 min.
The Circadian Cycle - Garry Stewart, Australia, 2019, 16 min.
The eyes in the woods and the taste in the water - Luciana Mazeto / Vinícius Lope, Brazil, 2020, 36 min
The Shoreline (Rivages) - Sophie Racine, France, 8', 2020
This year the theme of the Imagine Science Film Festival is MIGRATION and we explore this concept in all of its facets. We will also be featuring films and online works of any and all other genres, methodologies, and subjects that, as always, push the boundaries of the science narrative.
Presented by the Natural Sciences and Mathematics department at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and Imagine Science Films.
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The flight of the arctic tern, the multi-generational travels of the monarch butterfly, the return of eels to the streams they hatched in. The arduous journeys of displaced peoples. Data systems in flux. The complex movements of cells, from embryonic origins to developed organisms. This year we seek MIGRATIONS of all kinds.
The Imagine Science Film Festival, now in its 13th year, is an experimental interdisciplinary sci-art festival seeking to open new dialogues between scientists, filmmakers, and artists.. The festival kicks off on the evening of October 16 with an ambitious schedule including 28 programs with over 80 films, with 30 countries represented over the course of 8 days. Over the week of October 16 - 23, the festival broadens its selection of feature films and explores new ways of putting science in the spotlight, including provocative documentaries that explore the intersection of science and society, compelling scientific fictions, mesmerizing scientific imagery, and engaging film experiments.
The theme of the 13th Imagine Science Film Festival is MIGRATION. The flight of the arctic tern, the multi-generational travels of the monarch butterfly, the return of eels to the streams they hatched in. The arduous journeys of displaced peoples. Data systems in flux. The complex movements of cells, from embryonic origins to developed organisms. This year the festival seeks MIGRATIONS of all kinds. Though this subject is the special focus of this year's festival, we'll be featuring films, installations and online works of any and all other genres, methodologies, and subjects, as always that push the boundaries of the science narrative - embracing the movement of the Science New Wave, which celebrates cinematic work that encourages bold, hybrid new forms of scientific storytelling.
Eugene Lang College will host documentary shorts on Saturday October 17th, and the premier of the feature length documentary film The Story of Plastic directed by Deia Schlosberg. The Story of Plastic screening will occur at 5:00pm and shed new light on a pressing global challenge that threatens the life expectancy of animals, humans, and Earth itself. The screening will be followed by a prerecorded Q & A with founder of ISFF, scientist and filmmaker, Alexis Gambis and Mohn Family Professor of Biology, Katayoun Chamany.
Film Festival Schedule: Over the course of the week, panels, pitches, screening, and more will occur daily, and we encourage you to review the entire schedule and to RSVP for limited virtual tickets.
Ticketing: All events are free and hosted on the platform and database Labocine. There will be a maximum capacity for each event that will be indicated for each program (ex: 500 seats). While free, attendees will still be required to sign up for the events, by RSVP. Attendees will also have the option to buy a “Replay Pass” for $10. The Imagine Science REPLAY pass allows you to watch films and conversations after the live events and only for the duration of the festival through October 25.
Curation and Selection: This year’s festival was programmed by Wangechi Ngugi and Alexis Gambis, with programming assistance from Ozge Calafato, Cristina Suarez, Veronica Castillo, Sacha Allen, Yagmur Unal, and Nate Dorr. One of the important traits of our festival is to include our entire team, interns, and past contributors in the selection process.
Sponsored by: Imagine Science Films and the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at The New School's Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and Science Sandbox, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, New York University, Columbia Zuckerman Institute, Columbia Data Science Institute, New Lab, Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival, Environment Abu Dhabi Agency, Silbersalz, InScience, BioDesign Challenge and Spatial Chat.
Shorts film program | Q&A with directors
How well do we understand the animal realm: their behaviors, sounds, and patterns? If animals adopted a semi-human condition and could speak, would we listen to what they had to say? With these seven short films we invite you to see the world from their perspective.
Something to Remember - Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Sweden, 2019, 5 min - New York Premiere
Bend or Break - Isaac Kerlow, Singapore, 2019, 3 min.
Mirror Test - Duncan Marquiss, UK, 2019, 6 min - East Coast Premiere
Yo Quisiera Ser Animal - Alexis Gambis, Cuba, 2020, 6 min - World Premiere
Smiles - Steven Bednar, U.S.A., 2019, 11 min.
The Whelming Sea - Sean Hanley, U.S.A., 2020, 28 min - World Premiere
Clebs - Halima Ouardiri, Canada, 2020, 18 min
Shorts film program | Q&A with directors
How are limits defined and what is their power? Change, whether it be in territories, landscapes, weather, matter, or communication, has a meaningful impact on the dynamics of the world. From stormy shorelines to extraterrestrial communication, these short films explore the subtle yet complex state of transition.
It's Going to Be Beautiful - Luis Gutiérrez Arias / John Henry Theisen, Mexico, 2019, 8 min.
The End of Suffering ( a proposal) - Jacqueline Lentzou, Greece, 2020, 14 min.
The Circadian Cycle - Garry Stewart, Australia, 2019, 16 min.
The eyes in the woods and the taste in the water - Luciana Mazeto / Vinícius Lope, Brazil, 2020, 36 min
The Shoreline (Rivages) - Sophie Racine, France, 8', 2020
Feature film | Q&A with director Deia Schlosberg, ISFF founder filmmaker and scientist Alexis Gambis and Mohn Family Professor of Biology, Katayoun Chamany, Eugene Lang College, at The New School
Shedding new light on a pressing global challenge that threatens the life expectancy of animals, humans, and Earth itself.
This year, we will present the first ORIGINS session inspired by our prior Market day. We will hear from a select number of science film projects in various stages of development, production, and distribution. Along with BioBus, we will also present the Origins Student Edition, showcasing and elevating student voices who will pitch their projects to us.
The Imagine Science REPLAY pass allows you to watch films and conversations after the live events and only for the duration of the festival thru October 25. Note that some of our films may be SOLD OUT as the festival week takes place and this will be indicated before buying your pass.
A limited amount of REPLAY Passes and registration for LIVE events will be available at Imagine Science Films & Labocine sites early October, approximately two weeks before the start of the festival. More Passes will be made available during the festival period.
ISFF13 REPLAY
A $10 Pass on Labocine.com to access all films & conversations post-live events for the duration of the festival
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