Imagine Science Films presents

14th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival

Oct 15–22, 2021 Online New York time

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The lineup

14TH ANNUAL IMAGINE SCIENCE FILM FESTIVAL · The lineup

69 films

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  1. Reel 1 of 5 · films 01–16

    We Are As Gods

    by Jason Sussberg, David Alvarado · United States     Facing the twin environmental crises of mass extinction and climate change, counterculture legend Stewart Brand proposes a potential pandora’s box for conservation: using biotechnology to resurrect extinct species like the wooly mammoth. It’s a crazy idea, but it’s not surprising coming from Stewart, a futurist and popularizer of some of the most significant cultural and technological movements of our era, including psychedelics, the modern environmental movement, personal computers, long term thinking, and biotechnology. Stewart’s methods are controversial, and his colleagues in the environmental movement believe he is meddling with nature and vow to stand in his way. But we are along for the journey as he travels to Siberia to search for mammoth specimens and explore the resurrection of the Mammoth Steppe in an effort to slow climate change and restore balance to this critical ecosystem. See the film

  2. We Are As Gods

    Jason Sussberg, David Alvarado United States · 94 min · Documentary

  3. Terrain Ahead

    Anna Kipervaser, Majd Alloush United Arab Emirates · 20 min · Documentary · Experimental
  4. Only film from Croatia

    Horizon

    Tanja Deman Croatia · 25 min · Documentary · Experimental

  5. The Return

    Eriberto Gualinga, Marc Silver Ecuador · 15 min · Documentary

  6. Humanity Has Not Yet Failed (Greta Thunberg)

    Norma V. Toraya, Jared P. Scott United States · 8 min · Animation

  7. Missing Memories of the Universe

    Ali Alvarez United States, United Kingdom · 7 min · Documentary

  8. June Night

    Mike Maryniuk Canada · 4 min · Experimental

  9. Our Ark

    Deniz Tortum, Kathryn Hamilton United States, Netherlands · 12 min · Documentary

  10. Letter from your Far-Off Country

    Suneil Sanzgiri United States · 17 min · Experimental

  11. 80 000 Years Old

    Christelle Lheureux France · 29 min · Fiction

  12. Tellurian Drama

    Riar Rizaldi Indonesia · 26 min · Documentary

  13. Écoutez le battement de nos images (Listen to the Beats of our Images)

    Maxime Jean-Baptiste, Audrey Jean-Baptiste French Guiana, France · 15 min · Documentary · Experimental
  14. 3-country co-production

    Don't Get Too Comfortable

    Shaima Al Tamimi United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Yemen · 9 min · Documentary

  15. Light Leak

    Nate Dorr United States · 8 min · Animation

  16. The Lake at the Bottom of the World

    Kathy Kasic United States, Antarctica · 91 min · Animation

  17. End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock

    Shannon Kring United States · 87 min · Documentary
  18. Reel 2 of 5 · films 17–32

    Antonese

    by Lavado Stubbs · The Bahamas     As a waitress at a local tourist resort on Cat Island, Antonese Anthon tells guests every day how to access a nearby beach that is one of the most beautiful in all The Bahamas. Yet, she has never been herself. This is not an uncommon scenario for many Bahamians—that a history of colonialism, servitude, and the transatlantic slave trade has created barriers to their most accessible resource, the ocean. However, through a process of remembering her inherent connection with the ocean, Antonese gains a vision of an alternative future—one that includes the opportunity to follow a brighter path forward, one that connects her to the global community through a shared love for the ocean. With the support of Young Marine Explorers, a Bahamian-led nonprofit working to ensure that all members of the community have the tools needed to protect the ocean, Antonese embarks on a transformational journey into her past and into the water. Donning mask, fins, and snorkel, she takes her first ever deep-sea dive and crosses a threshold toward hope. See the film

  19. Antonese

    Lavado Stubbs The Bahamas · 8 min · Documentary
  20. 3-country co-production

    Interspecies Architecture

    Mauricio Freyre Perú, Spain, Taiwan · 12 min · Fiction

  21. Sea Dragon

    James Morgan United Kingdom · 17 min · Fiction
  22. 3-country co-production

    J'ai le Cafard

    Maysaa Almumin Kuwait, Qatar, Egypt · 14 min · Fiction

  23. The Problem of the Hydra

    Maija Tammi Finland · 10 min · Documentary · Experimental

  24. Galapagos: Secrets of the Ocean Giants

    Jeffrey Garriock Canada, Ecuador · 31 min · Documentary

  25. Einstein Telescope

    Evgenia Alexandrova Norway, France · 24 min · Fiction

  26. A Place in the Cosmos

    Gavin Hipkins New Zealand · 9 min · Experimental
  27. 4-country co-production

    Bình

    Ostin Fam Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand · 22 min · Fiction

  28. Are we receiving biological signals from outer space?

    Tim Grabham United Kingdom · 5 min · Animation

  29. I Like Tomorrow

    Jennifer Reeder and Nancy Andrews United States · 10 min · Animation

  30. A Hole

    Molly Murphy United States · 10 min · Animation

  31. Shattering Stars

    Peter Galison United States · 13 min · Animation

  32. Wuhan Wuhan

    Yung Chang United States, Canada · 90 min · Documentary

  33. A.rtificial I.mmortality

    Ann Shin Canada · 74 min · Documentary

  34. The Mushroom Speaks

    Marion Neumann Switzerland · 90 min · Documentary
  35. Reel 3 of 5 · films 33–48

    Ethereality

    by Kantarama Gahigiri · Switzerland, Rwanda     Stranded in space for thirty years. How does it feel to finally come home? A reflection about migration and the sense of belonging. See the film

  36. Ethereality

    Kantarama Gahigiri Switzerland, Rwanda · 15 min · Documentary

  37. Survivers

    Carlos Gómez-Trigo Spain · 6 min · Fiction

  38. To Live and Die in the Shadows: Meditations on Ferns, Survival and Horizontal Gene Transfer

    Shannon Silva United States · 6 min · Animation
  39. 3-country co-production

    Stolen Fish

    Gosia Juszczak United Kingdom, Poland, Spain · 31 min · Documentary

  40. $75 000

    Moïse Togo France · 14 min · Animation

  41. Under Control

    Ville Koskinen Finland · 18 min · Documentary

  42. Gölgeler İçinde (In the shadows)

    Erdem Tepegöz Turkey · 96 min · Fiction
  43. Longest in the lineup · 2 h 27 min

    Symbiotic Earth: How Lynn Margulis Rocked the Boat and Started a Scientific Revolution

    John Feldman United States · 147 min · Documentary

  44. Mofiala

    Boris Kpadenou Togo · 26 min · Animation

  45. Who Is Afraid of Ideology? Part 3 Micro Resistances

    Marwa Arsanios Germany · 31 min · Documentary

  46. Quebrantos (Breaches)

    Maria Elorza, Koldo Almandoz Spain · 8 min · Documentary · Experimental

  47. Full Picture

    Jacob Reed United States · 12 min · Documentary

  48. Kapaemahu

    Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson United States · 8 min · Animation

  49. Swallow the Universe

    Nieto France · 12 min · Animation
  50. 5-country co-production

    The Quintessence

    Pamela Breda United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, United States, Italy · 68 min · Documentary

  51. In Silico

    Noah Hutton United States · 83 min · Documentary
  52. Reel 4 of 5 · films 49–64

    A Mirror of the Cosmos

    by Isabelle Carbonell · United States, Spain     A Mirror of the Cosmos is a sci-fi feature documentary which explores how the Mar Menor lagoon, located in southeastern Spain and considered a beachside paradise, is being pushed by the climate crisis to the brink of extinction and beyond. Opening with a conversation between the moon and the sea about environmental violence, the film explores how the unlikely relationships between invasive blue crabs, nitrates, and mining deposits in Mar Menor deeply intertwine to tell the larger story of capitalism’s extractive, cumulative effects on the environment over time, combined with record-setting temperatures and monsoon-like storms. The lagoon is a microcosm of the so-called Anthropocene, or ‘the Age of Man’. Ultimately, it asks what kinds of futures are possible, and can we adapt? See the film

  53. A Mirror of the Cosmos

    Isabelle Carbonell United States, Spain · 67 min · Documentary · Experimental

  54. Tang Jër

    Selly Raby Kane Senegal · 14 min · Experimental

  55. VO

    Nicolas Gourault France · 19 min · Documentary

  56. This Mortal Plastik

    Jess Irish United States · 21 min · Documentary · Experimental

  57. Dora Sena

    Jorge Caballero Colombia · 7 min · Documentary · Experimental

  58. Our Bed Is Green

    Maggie Brennan United States · 7 min · Animation
  59. 3-country co-production

    Podesta Island

    Stéphanie Roland France, Belgique, Micronesia · 23 min · Fiction

  60. A Little Stone Worth Gold (Petit Caillou)

    Alize Arnal, Virginie Texier, Ludovic Plisson, Quentin Greiner France · 4 min · Animation
  61. Not in the US

    Objetos Rebeldes (Rebel Objects)

    Carolina Arias Ortiz Costa Rica · 70 min · Documentary · Not in the US

  62. Father of the Cyborgs

    David Burke Ireland · 76 min · Documentary

  63. Tiong Bahru Social Club

    Bee Thiam Tan Singapore · 88 min · Fiction

  64. Holgut

    Liesbeth de Ceulaer Belgium · 75 min · Documentary
  65. Not in the US

    A Mild Touch of Cancer

    Annie Goldson New Zealand · 74 min · Documentary · Not in the US

  66. Hijo de Monarcas (Son of Monarchs)

    Alexis Gambis Mexico, United States · 97 min · Fiction

  67. Pushed up the Mountain

    Julia Haslett United States, China · 76 min · Documentary
  68. Shortest in the lineup · 3 min

    Tiny Wonders

    Lavado Stubbs, Miraflor Santos Bahamas, Canada · 3 min · Documentary
  69. Reel 5 of 5 · films 65–69

    the gold of a yellow plant

    by Jahnavi Phalkey, Laurie Sumiye · India, United States     Agronomists as revolutionaries who sought political change through scientific work An archival, animated history of three scientists who became sparks to political and social revolution from within and beyond the lab. Amílcar Cabral (Guinea-Bissau, Africa), Nikolai Vavilov (Soviet Union), and Pandurang Khankhoje (India, Mexico) resisted the status quo through their research, with slow hope, to envision long term solutions to food security, reclaiming human dignity, and political freedoms. See the film

  70. the gold of a yellow plant

    Jahnavi Phalkey, Laurie Sumiye India, United States · 4 min · Documentary

  71. All Things Considered

    Ariel Martinez Herrera, Gabriel Sturm United States · 5 min · Documentary

  72. When Monsters Walked the Earth

    Isabelle Carbonell, Jaime Jover & Duane Peterson III United States · 4 min · Fiction

  73. Monocellular

    Nate Dorr, Farah Abdul-Rahman United States · 5 min · Experimental

  74. I invite you

    Arianna Zuanazzi, Yashaswini Raghunandan India, United States · 5 min · Experimental

14TH ANNUAL IMAGINE SCIENCE FILM FESTIVAL · The archive

From the archive.
Every past lineup, still here.

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  3. Science New Wave Festival XVI 2023 · 70 films
  4. 15th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival 2022 · 108 films
  5. The Science & Entertainment Exchange Presents SON OF MONARCHS: 2021 · 1 film
  6. Trash/Treasure Shorts Program 2021 · 3 films
  7. Only Those Who Fly Can Predict the Future 2020 · 6 films
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Imagine Science Films presents

14th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival

We Are As Gods
Jason Sussberg, David Alvarado
Terrain Ahead
Anna Kipervaser, Majd Alloush
Horizon
Tanja Deman
The Return
Eriberto Gualinga, Marc Silver
Humanity Has Not Yet Failed (Greta Thunberg)
Norma V. Toraya, Jared P. Scott
Missing Memories of the Universe
Ali Alvarez
June Night
Mike Maryniuk
Our Ark
Deniz Tortum, Kathryn Hamilton
Letter from your Far-Off Country
Suneil Sanzgiri
80 000 Years Old
Christelle Lheureux
Tellurian Drama
Riar Rizaldi
Écoutez le battement de nos images (Listen to the Beats of our Images)
Maxime Jean-Baptiste, Audrey Jean-Baptiste
Don't Get Too Comfortable
Shaima Al Tamimi
Light Leak
Nate Dorr
The Lake at the Bottom of the World
Kathy Kasic
End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock
Shannon Kring
Antonese
Lavado Stubbs
Interspecies Architecture
Mauricio Freyre
Sea Dragon
James Morgan
J'ai le Cafard
Maysaa Almumin
The Problem of the Hydra
Maija Tammi
Galapagos: Secrets of the Ocean Giants
Jeffrey Garriock
Einstein Telescope
Evgenia Alexandrova
A Place in the Cosmos
Gavin Hipkins
Bình
Ostin Fam
Are we receiving biological signals from outer space?
Tim Grabham
I Like Tomorrow
Jennifer Reeder and Nancy Andrews
A Hole
Molly Murphy
Shattering Stars
Peter Galison
Wuhan Wuhan
Yung Chang
A.rtificial I.mmortality
Ann Shin
The Mushroom Speaks
Marion Neumann
Ethereality
Kantarama Gahigiri
Survivers
Carlos Gómez-Trigo
To Live and Die in the Shadows: Meditations on Ferns, Survival and Horizontal Gene Transfer
Shannon Silva
Stolen Fish
Gosia Juszczak
$75 000
Moïse Togo
Under Control
Ville Koskinen
Gölgeler İçinde (In the shadows)
Erdem Tepegöz
Symbiotic Earth: How Lynn Margulis Rocked the Boat and Started a Scientific Revolution
John Feldman
Mofiala
Boris Kpadenou
Who Is Afraid of Ideology? Part 3 Micro Resistances
Marwa Arsanios
Quebrantos (Breaches)
Maria Elorza, Koldo Almandoz
Full Picture
Jacob Reed
Kapaemahu
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson
Swallow the Universe
Nieto
The Quintessence
Pamela Breda
In Silico
Noah Hutton
A Mirror of the Cosmos
Isabelle Carbonell
Tang Jër
Selly Raby Kane
VO
Nicolas Gourault
This Mortal Plastik
Jess Irish
Dora Sena
Jorge Caballero
Our Bed Is Green
Maggie Brennan
Podesta Island
Stéphanie Roland
A Little Stone Worth Gold (Petit Caillou)
Alize Arnal, Virginie Texier, Ludovic Plisson, Quentin Greiner
Objetos Rebeldes (Rebel Objects)
Carolina Arias Ortiz
Father of the Cyborgs
David Burke
Tiong Bahru Social Club
Bee Thiam Tan
Holgut
Liesbeth de Ceulaer
A Mild Touch of Cancer
Annie Goldson
Hijo de Monarcas (Son of Monarchs)
Alexis Gambis
Pushed up the Mountain
Julia Haslett
Tiny Wonders
Lavado Stubbs, Miraflor Santos
the gold of a yellow plant
Jahnavi Phalkey, Laurie Sumiye
All Things Considered
Ariel Martinez Herrera, Gabriel Sturm
When Monsters Walked the Earth
Isabelle Carbonell, Jaime Jover & Duane Peterson III
Monocellular
Nate Dorr, Farah Abdul-Rahman
I invite you
Arianna Zuanazzi, Yashaswini Raghunandan

Films from 44 countries

United States28 France9 Canada5 Spain5 United Kingdom5 Switzerland3 Ecuador2 Finland2 India2 New Zealand2 Qatar2 Singapore2 United Arab Emirates2 Antarctica1 Bahamas1 Belgique1 Belgium1 China1 Colombia1 Costa Rica1 Croatia1 Egypt1 French Guiana1 Germany1 Indonesia1 Ireland1 Italy1 Kuwait1 Mexico1 Micronesia1 Netherlands1 Norway1 Perú1 Poland1 Rwanda1 Senegal1 South Korea1 Taiwan1 Thailand1 The Bahamas1 Togo1 Turkey1 Vietnam1 Yemen1

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14th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival

Oct 15–22, 2021 · Online

The theme of the 14th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival is "RESISTANCE."

We're living in a time where resistance seems to be part of our everyday life. The act of swimming against the current - not for futile reasons but to spark change and awareness. For the 14th Annual Imagine Science Flm Festival, we will be exploring the act of resisting from the micro to the macro. How does one withstand opposing forces that sometimes feel overwhelming? How does resistance measure a material's ability to resist the flow of electrons through it? How do organism resist harmful influences such as disease, toxic agents or infection? How do we all express our resistance, either internally or externally.

To learn more about the visiit, visit: imaginesciencefilms.org/ny14

How do I attend the 14th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival?

The festival is FREE for scheduled programs below. We encourage you to RSVP so you can simply receive reminders from us a few hours before the program start time.

RSVP for each program gives you FREE access to Film & Conversations that appear as different windows. These RSVPs are specific to each program but they do not guarantee entrance. You need to start the movie within the program start/end time window. If a program is from 7-10pm, you can access the film starting at 7pm but will not be able to start the movie after 10pm. The window of time you have to watch a film is indicated. Most programs are limited to 500 attendees and we will inform you if there is only 50 seats left or less. If we reach quota, no one will be allowed in and the screening will be indicated as SOLD OUT.

REPLAY Festival Pass (for the entire festival): 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 24. Note that some of our films may be SOLD OUT as the festival week takes place and this will be indicated so make sure to check before buying your pass.

Ticketing starts on October 1. We will release a limited amount of REPLAY passes. Note that films with REPLAY passes are only accessible once the scheduled screening has taken place.

You need to be in the United States to be able to watch films of the festival A few films will be limited for viewing to only New York and indicated in the Program info. Filmmaker Q&A conversations will be published on our social media.

How to watch festival films?

Click on a program below and you will see several thumbnails that correspond to the various sub-parts of the program. Click on Film, Panel, Webinair and watch at scheduled timed.

What if I am not in the US?

Most films are restricted to the US because we're ultimately a New York festival and need to keep it this way for many reasons related to the concerns from filmmakers, producers, and distributors. However, some creators have expressed an interest to share their films with the world at-large.

For those not in the United States, we are making a few films available worldwide in a few playlists from October 15-22

• Symbiosis films made over the last few years by pairs of scientists and filmmakers short films created over the course of 1-week during the festival.

• Scenes: Capturing Scientific Data on Screen. Scenes serve as clips for teaching, documenting and preserving the accuracy of science through film. They are precisely unedited and raw. There are meant to be recycled and repositioned into a different context in which they can be framed as cinematic experiences.

Many of the films will then circulate in some of the Labocine Issues over the coming months or in some of our LIVE events so stay tuned. Once programmed at Imagine Science, it is important for us to help these films get out to the world in order to keep with our mission of promoting compelling scientific stories.

All of the panels and conversations will also be shared on our Vimeo channel (vimeo.com/imaginescience)and Facebook Live (facebook.com/imaginescience).

Why is this festival taking place this year?

We're living through a crisis and it has never been more important to find ways to communicate science through visual storytelling and spark conversations. We need to keep experimenting with new ways to bridge the worlds of science and cinema. We also need to prevent false or sensationalized information from reaching the public. Lastly, it is important to understand that science affects all of us in different ways, whether it is an individual, a society, or the world at-large. Even if virtual, the festival still embodies the spirit of New York City, inviting filmmakers, scientists, and audiences to take part in this grand experiment. We will still keep the spirit of a borderless festival by partnering with different institutions worldwide.

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Any questions about the festival - ticketing, programs or more - email us at hi@imaginesciencefilm.org