Imagine Science Films presents

15th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival

Oct 14–21, 2022 Online New York time

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The lineup

15TH ANNUAL IMAGINE SCIENCE FILM FESTIVAL · The lineup

108 films

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Numbered in screening order

  1. Reel 1 of 7 · films 001–016

    Biopixels

    by Kristina Dutton · United States
    Butterflies and moths comprise 12% of all species known to man (180,000 species!), and their seemingly endless biodiversity is visually translated on their wings through color and pattern variation. Incredibly, we humans share these specific wing shaping genes with butterflies, and actually these major molecular paintbrushes are found in numerous other creatures as well. Shot at two cutting-edge research labs which specialize in the evolution of butterflies and moths, BIopixels is an animated short film exploring the world of evolutionary biology on the microscopic scale. The images - rendered from collections containing over 50,000 specimens - were take by microscopists over three years to create the animated shorts Nanoscapes and Biopixels. Both the animation and the score play with concepts of pattern, time, density and other means of development common to biological evolution. See the film
  2. Biopixels

    Kristina Dutton United States · 3 min · Animation
  3. Nanoscapes

    Kristina Dutton United States · 4 min · Animation
  4. A Language of Shapes

    Samantha Moore United Kingdom · 6 min · Animation
  5. Hybrid Terrains

    Elise Guillaume Belgium · 6 min · Experimental
  6. Chemical Somnia

    Scott Portingale Canada · 4 min · Experimental
  7. The Two Faces of Tomorrow

    Patrick Hough United Kingdom, Ireland · 39 min · Documentary · Experimental
  8. État du langage

    Nicolas Lefebvre, Camille Zisswiller France · 13 min · Animation
  9. Wrought

    Anna Sigrithur, Joel Penner Canada · 19 min · Animation
  10. This Wild Abyss

    Thomas Mendolia United States · 23 min · Fiction
  11. Dreamer of a Final Theory

    Molly Murphy United States · 2 min · Animation
  12. Como Miramos (As We See)

    Xavier Nueno Spain · 22 min · Documentary
  13. There's a Bison on The Prairie

    Morgan Miller United States · 7 min · Animation
  14. Constant

    Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner Germany, United Kingdom · 40 min
  15. Of Wood

    Owen Klatte United States · 7 min · Animation
  16. Burial

    Emilija Skarnulyte Lithuania, Norway · 60 min · Documentary
  17. Dream of a Shadow

    Peter Galison United States · 21 min · Experimental
  18. Reel 2 of 7 · films 017–032

    Terrain Vague

    by Edward Kihn · United States
    Terrain Vague is a 16mm photo-roman, based on the images and accompanying log of a fictional female researcher who, over the summer of 2016, chronicles the development of a new private, university-based innovation center from the shell of a former color and coatings laboratory in a poor and working class Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood--an industrial hub that shuttered in the wake of the crisis of 2008. In her investigations into the history of the site and its environs, her peregrinations around the city (including a stop at the fateful 2016 Democratic National Convention), and her interactions with a beleaguered real estate agent, the researcher reflects on the cycles of creative destruction that permanently transform the urban landscape, providing openings for new schemes and entrepreneurial science fictions of development. See the film
  19. Terrain Vague

    Edward Kihn United States · 48 min · Fiction
  20. 3-country co-production

    Quarries

    Ellie Ga Sweden, Portugal, France · 40 min · Documentary · Experimental
  21. Diseases of trees (Las enfermedades de los árboles)

    Dídac Gimeno Spain · 12 min · Fiction
  22. The Unveiled

    Andres Rovira United States · 9 min · Fiction
  23. Only film from China

    Teacher

    Xiaoting Zhong China · 18 min · Fiction
  24. AFREET: Honeycomb Boom

    Omar Al-Nakib Kuwait · 9 min · Fiction
  25. Chaytu (Fantasma)

    Pável Quevedo Ullauri Costa Rica · 7 min · Fiction
  26. 3-country co-production

    Elena

    Biruté Sodeikaité Lithuania, France, Croatia · 13 min · Animation
  27. A Perfect Storm

    Karel Doing United Kingdom · 3 min · Experimental
  28. Atrapaluz (Suncatcher)

    Kim Torres Costa Rica · 20 min · Fiction
  29. Exhumed (Exhumados)

    Rodrigo Moreno Esquivel México · 9 min · Documentary
  30. Nuisance Bear

    Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden Canada · 14 min · Documentary
  31. Patouille and the Parachute Seeds

    Inès Bernard-Espina, Mélody Boulissière, Clémentine Campos France · 6 min · Animation
  32. Haulout

    Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev United Kingdom · 25 min · Documentary
  33. Sideral

    Carlos Segundo Brazil · 15 min · Fiction
  34. Bergtatt (Busy)

    Jan Otto Ertesvåg Norway · 7 min · Documentary · Experimental
  35. Reel 3 of 7 · films 033–048

    NAYA (Der Wald hat Tausend Augen)

    by Sebastian Mulder · Netherlands
    She-wolf Naya, monitored on her journey from her birthplace in Germany through the Netherlands to Belgium, becomes more and more famous and visible – until it endangers not just her wildness, but her existence. See the film
  36. NAYA (Der Wald hat Tausend Augen)

    Sebastian Mulder Netherlands · 24 min · Documentary
  37. Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine

    Naman Gupta United States · 15 min · Fiction
  38. Aribada

    Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau, Natalia Escobar Germany, Colombia · 30 min · Documentary · Experimental
  39. Anxious Body

    Yoriko Mizushiri France · 6 min · Animation
  40. Subserotic Bulge

    Flis Holland Finland · 18 min · Documentary · Experimental
  41. Lolos (Boobs)

    Marie Valade Canada · 7 min · Animation
  42. Hombres de Sal (Men of Salt)

    Luis Armando Sosa Gil Mexico · 14 min · Documentary
  43. The Invisible Extinction

    Steven Lawrence, Sarah Schenck United States · 80 min · Documentary
  44. Tigre Gente

    Elizabeth Unger United States · 93 min · Documentary
  45. Dandelion's Odyssey

    Momoko Seto France · 75 min · Animation
  46. Segura Para Mim o Tempo (Hold The Time For Me)

    Fradique Angola · 100 min · Fiction
  47. When Land Becomes Earth

    Laura Hopes, Martin Hampton, Léonie Hampton United Kingdom · 7 min · Short
  48. The Gossamer Thread (Behind-the-scenes)

    Sean Hanley United States · 30 min · Documentary · Experimental
  49. Hybrid: an Interspecies Opera (Behind-the-scenes)

    Heather Dewey-Hagborg United States · 23 min · Documentary · Experimental
  50. Hybrid: an Interspecies Opera

    Heather Dewey-Hagborg United States · 22 min · Experimental
  51. 3-country co-production Not in the US

    The Sacred Spirit

    Chema García Ibarra Spain, France, Turkey · 97 min · Fiction · Not in the US
  52. Reel 4 of 7 · films 049–064

    IEVA

    by Vytautas Plukas, Domas Petronis · Lithuania
    Man tries to recreate himself by how he views himself, but this broken reflection only gets lost in the uncanny valley. See the film
  53. IEVA

    Vytautas Plukas, Domas Petronis Lithuania · 14 min · Fiction
  54. La plage aux êtres

    Kendra McLaughlin France · 20 min · Animation
  55. Global Fruit

    G. Anthony Svatek United States · 4 min · Documentary · Experimental
  56. Diteggiatura

    Riccardo Giacconi Itally · 17 min · Documentary · Experimental
  57. Spark

    Camille Hollett-French Canada · 19 min · Fiction
  58. Mauvaise graine (Bad Seed)

    Nadège Herrygers France · 12 min · Fiction
  59. Not in the US

    Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol (It's Raining Frogs Outside)

    Maria Estela Paiso Philippines · 14 min · Animation · Not in the US
  60. The Sprayer

    Farnoosh Abeo Iran · 9 min · Animation
  61. 3-country co-production Not in the US

    Shadow of the Butterflies (L’Ombre des papillons)

    Sofia El Khyari France, Portugal, Qatar · 9 min · Animation · Not in the US
  62. Celebritas Ex Machina

    Joe Nicolosi United States · 13 min · Short
  63. Shortest in the lineup · 1 min

    Imagination Blind: Aphantasia Explained

    George Lee England · 1 min · Animation
  64. Virtual Voice

    Suzannah Mirghani Sudan, Qatar · 7 min · Documentary
  65. Moonrise

    Rowena Potts Australia · 11 min · Documentary · Experimental
  66. Pragma

    Ellie Heydon United Kingdom · 19 min · Short
  67. The Empty Sphere (Le Cercle vide)

    Stéphanie Roland France, Miccronesia · 19 min · Documentary · Experimental
  68. Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy

    Ham Tran Vietnam · 105 min · Fiction
  69. Reel 5 of 7 · films 065–080

    Karmalink

    by Jake Wachtel · Cambodia, United States
    Conceived as a way to interrogate processes of neo-colonialism, and highlighting the alienating effects of technological progress, Jake Wachtel's KARMALINK is a mind-bending tale of reincarnation, artificial consciousness, and the search for enlightenment. In near-future Phnom Penh, the rich and privileged are augmented with nanotech, and new skyscrapers crowd the skyline. In Tralok Bek, a tight-knit community threatened with forced eviction, 13-year-old Leng Heng is having vivid dreams of his past lives. He and his friends are convinced they are meant to find a buried Buddhist statue to save their homes, and they seek out help from a street-smart girl in the neighborhood, Srey Leak. Together they follow clues across town and into the past, uncovering a link with a genius neuroscientist on a quest for digital nirvana. As Leng Heng’s dreams converge on the present, his very sense of identity begins to unravel. When it becomes clear that the stakes are higher than they imagined, the two friends must decide how far they are willing to go to find their treasure and the truth. See the film
  70. Karmalink

    Jake Wachtel Cambodia, United States · 102 min · Feature
  71. Le fond de l'air (White Noise)

    Simon Beaulieu Canada · 77 min · Documentary
  72. Light of the Night

    Matej Pok Slovakia · 40 min · Documentary · Experimental
  73. Déversement (Release)

    Baptiste Grison Canada · 9 min · Documentary · Experimental
  74. Tout ce qui était proche s’éloigne (Everything Near Becomes Distant)

    Yunyi Zhu France · 22 min · Documentary · Experimental
  75. Off Power

    Théodora Barat France · 17 min · Documentary · Experimental
  76. Cinegraffic Score

    iloobia AKA Tim Grabham United Kingdom · 5 min · Animation
  77. Black Mayonnaise

    Nathan Kensinger United States · 9 min · Documentary · Experimental
  78. Interior seis (Interior Six)

    Mauricio Sánchez Arias México · 16 min · Experimental
  79. Mjesta koja cemo disati (Places We'll Breathe)

    Davor Sanvincenti Croatia · 21 min · Documentary · Experimental
  80. Not in the US

    Aralkum

    Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi Germany, Uzbekistan · 14 min · Documentary · Experimental · Not in the US
  81. Our Friendly Little Bugs (Nos Amies Les Petites Bêtes)

    Marie-jo LONG France · 4 min · Animation
  82. Un fleuve l'hiver (A River in Winter)

    Félix Lamarche Canada · 27 min · Documentary
  83. The Human Trial

    Lisa Hepner, Guy Mossman United States · 92 min · Documentary
  84. Longest in the lineup · 2 h

    The Year of the Everlasting Storm

    Jafar Panâhi, Malik Vitthal, Anthony Chen, Laura Poitras, Dominga Sotomayor, David Lowery, Apichatpong Weerasethakul United States · 120 min · Short
  85. Teorema de Tiempo (Time Theorem)

    Andrés Kaiser Mexico · 90 min · Documentary
  86. Reel 6 of 7 · films 081–096

    Helena from Sarayaku

    by Eriberto Benedicto Gualinga · Ecuador
    Helena is a 17-year-old student in Finland. Her father is Swedish, and her mother is originally from the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, who live in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon. On a recent trip there, Helena participates in the traditional Uyantza Raymi cultural festival, and meets with Kichwa leaders who ask her to deliver a message to the world — Kawsak Sacha, or ‘Living Forest,’ an innovative concept in conservation, in which the jungle is considered to be a living being. After COVID-19 confines Helena in Puyo — the closest city to Sarayaku — she learns that 80% of her community has been infected with the virus, and that the Bobonaza River has flooded part of her village. She is Helena of Sarayaku, and this is her story. See the film
  87. Helena from Sarayaku

    Eriberto Benedicto Gualinga Ecuador · 70 min · Documentary
  88. Forêts (Forests)

    Simon Plouffe Canada · 16 min · Documentary
  89. 3-country co-production

    Siunissaq Det Sidste Menneske (The Last Human)

    Ivalo Frank Greenland, Denmark, Germany · 73 min · Documentary
  90. Into the Ice

    Lars Ostenfeld Denmark · 90 min · Documentary
  91. Of Medicine and Miracles

    Ross Kauffman United States · 96 min · Documentary
  92. 4-country co-production

    A Letter from Yene

    Manthia Diawara Portugal, Senegal, United Kingdom, Greece · 50 min · Documentary
  93. Further and Further Away (Chhngai Dach Alai)

    Polen Ly Cambodia · 24 min · Fiction
  94. Zoo Lock Down

    Andreas Horvath Austria · 72 min · Documentary
  95. 3-country co-production

    Sayidat Al Bahr (Scales)

    Shahad Ameen UAE, Saudi, Iraq · 75 min · Fiction
  96. Vida Comienza, Vida Termina (Life Begins, Life Ends)

    Rafael Palacio Illingworth Switzerland, Argentina · 87 min · Fiction
  97. Medusa

    Chloé Malcotti Belgium · 72 min · Fiction
  98. Neptune Frost

    Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman Rwanda · 105 min · Fiction
  99. Another Presence

    Simon Ball United Kingdom · 12 min · Animation
  100. Cell Worlds

    Terence Saulnier, Renaud Pourpre France · 26 min · Documentary
  101. The Ball in the Center (La balle au centre)

    Julien Lamy France · 5 min · Animation
  102. El jardín del futuro (The Garden of the Future)

    Alexis Gambis Spain · 4 min · Animation
  103. Reel 7 of 7 · films 097–108

    The Great Refractor

    by Andy Graydon · United States
    The Great Refractor, a collaboration with Irish poet and neuroscientist Laurence O’Dwyer, charts the undulating terrain of our attempts to understand the world through both scientific and poetic inquiries. The film contrasts histories of mapping, visualizing and territorializing with contemporary practices centered on sounding, listening and collective resonation. The film models a ‘refractive’ method of narration and authorship, one that seeks out possible transformations and decolonizations of our processes of interpreting and sharing the world. The film presents a series of solitary figures engaged in their work, including an astrophysicist, an artist, a translator and a weather station engineer. Participants were asked to mimic with their voices the sounds of sonified observations, from underwater hydrophone recordings to black hole gravitation waves. All the sound in the video was made from these vocal recordings. Through a chorus of voices, stories and practices, the project prods at the sensitive and uncertain interface between outer and inner worlds, exploring regions of doubt where an often inscrutable reality meets the echo chambers of human knowledge. See the film
  104. The Great Refractor

    Andy Graydon United States · 29 min · Short
  105. El sembrador de estrellas (The Sower of Stars)

    Lois Patiño Spain · 25 min · Experimental
  106. H6

    Ye Ye france · 114 min · Documentary
  107. O, Collecting Eggs Despite The Times

    Pim Zwier Netherlands · 65 min · Documentary
  108. Fire of Love

    Sara Dosa United States, Canada · 93 min · Documentary
  109. Derek Changes His Mind

    Derek Dabkoski, Ian McClellan, Im Joong Kim United States · 78 min · Documentary
  110. ACCESS DENIED

    Jordan Lei, Asia Khmelova United States · 5 min · Documentary
  111. Eat up, Bear!

    Anthony Banua-Simon, Alice Yan United States · 5 min · Experimental
  112. Garden of Mirrors

    Danna Grace Windsor, Anthony Chesebro United States · 3 min · Animation
  113. Interference Pattern

    Ramey Newell, Niccolò Bigagli United States · 9 min · Experimental
  114. Sincerely Yours, Ethel Browne Harvey

    Beatrice Steinert, Advik Beni, Beth Ribeiro United States · 12 min · Experimental
  115. ΔS ≥ 0

    Kaze Wong, Maria Fernandez Pello United States · 3 min · Experimental

15TH ANNUAL IMAGINE SCIENCE FILM FESTIVAL · The archive

From the archive.
Every past lineup, still here.

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Imagine Science Films presents

15th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival

Biopixels
Kristina Dutton
Nanoscapes
Kristina Dutton
A Language of Shapes
Samantha Moore
Hybrid Terrains
Elise Guillaume
Chemical Somnia
Scott Portingale
The Two Faces of Tomorrow
Patrick Hough
État du langage
Nicolas Lefebvre, Camille Zisswiller
Wrought
Anna Sigrithur, Joel Penner
This Wild Abyss
Thomas Mendolia
Dreamer of a Final Theory
Molly Murphy
Como Miramos (As We See)
Xavier Nueno
There's a Bison on The Prairie
Morgan Miller
Constant
Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner
Of Wood
Owen Klatte
Burial
Emilija Skarnulyte
Dream of a Shadow
Peter Galison
Terrain Vague
Edward Kihn
Quarries
Ellie Ga
Diseases of trees (Las enfermedades de los árboles)
Dídac Gimeno
The Unveiled
Andres Rovira
Teacher
Xiaoting Zhong
AFREET: Honeycomb Boom
Omar Al-Nakib
Chaytu (Fantasma)
Pável Quevedo Ullauri
Elena
Biruté Sodeikaité
A Perfect Storm
Karel Doing
Atrapaluz (Suncatcher)
Kim Torres
Exhumed (Exhumados)
Rodrigo Moreno Esquivel
Nuisance Bear
Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden
Patouille and the Parachute Seeds
Inès Bernard-Espina, Mélody Boulissière, Clémentine Campos
Haulout
Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev
Sideral
Carlos Segundo
Bergtatt (Busy)
Jan Otto Ertesvåg
NAYA (Der Wald hat Tausend Augen)
Sebastian Mulder
Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine
Naman Gupta
Aribada
Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau, Natalia Escobar
Anxious Body
Yoriko Mizushiri
Subserotic Bulge
Flis Holland
Lolos (Boobs)
Marie Valade
Hombres de Sal (Men of Salt)
Luis Armando Sosa Gil
The Invisible Extinction
Steven Lawrence, Sarah Schenck
Tigre Gente
Elizabeth Unger
Dandelion's Odyssey
Momoko Seto
Segura Para Mim o Tempo (Hold The Time For Me)
Fradique
When Land Becomes Earth
Laura Hopes, Martin Hampton, Léonie Hampton
The Gossamer Thread (Behind-the-scenes)
Sean Hanley
Hybrid: an Interspecies Opera (Behind-the-scenes)
Heather Dewey-Hagborg
Hybrid: an Interspecies Opera
Heather Dewey-Hagborg
The Sacred Spirit
Chema García Ibarra
IEVA
Vytautas Plukas, Domas Petronis
La plage aux êtres
Kendra McLaughlin
Global Fruit
G. Anthony Svatek
Diteggiatura
Riccardo Giacconi
Spark
Camille Hollett-French
Mauvaise graine (Bad Seed)
Nadège Herrygers
Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol (It's Raining Frogs Outside)
Maria Estela Paiso
The Sprayer
Farnoosh Abeo
Shadow of the Butterflies (L’Ombre des papillons)
Sofia El Khyari
Celebritas Ex Machina
Joe Nicolosi
Imagination Blind: Aphantasia Explained
George Lee
Virtual Voice
Suzannah Mirghani
Moonrise
Rowena Potts
Pragma
Ellie Heydon
The Empty Sphere (Le Cercle vide)
Stéphanie Roland
Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy
Ham Tran
Karmalink
Jake Wachtel
Le fond de l'air (White Noise)
Simon Beaulieu
Light of the Night
Matej Pok
Déversement (Release)
Baptiste Grison
Tout ce qui était proche s’éloigne (Everything Near Becomes Distant)
Yunyi Zhu
Off Power
Théodora Barat
Cinegraffic Score
iloobia AKA Tim Grabham
Black Mayonnaise
Nathan Kensinger
Interior seis (Interior Six)
Mauricio Sánchez Arias
Mjesta koja cemo disati (Places We'll Breathe)
Davor Sanvincenti
Aralkum
Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi
Our Friendly Little Bugs (Nos Amies Les Petites Bêtes)
Marie-jo LONG
Un fleuve l'hiver (A River in Winter)
Félix Lamarche
The Human Trial
Lisa Hepner, Guy Mossman
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Jafar Panâhi, Malik Vitthal, Anthony Chen, Laura Poitras, Dominga Sotomayor, David Lowery, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Teorema de Tiempo (Time Theorem)
Andrés Kaiser
Helena from Sarayaku
Eriberto Benedicto Gualinga
Forêts (Forests)
Simon Plouffe
Siunissaq Det Sidste Menneske (The Last Human)
Ivalo Frank
Into the Ice
Lars Ostenfeld
Of Medicine and Miracles
Ross Kauffman
A Letter from Yene
Manthia Diawara
Further and Further Away (Chhngai Dach Alai)
Polen Ly
Zoo Lock Down
Andreas Horvath
Sayidat Al Bahr (Scales)
Shahad Ameen
Vida Comienza, Vida Termina (Life Begins, Life Ends)
Rafael Palacio Illingworth
Medusa
Chloé Malcotti
Neptune Frost
Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman
Another Presence
Simon Ball
Cell Worlds
Terence Saulnier, Renaud Pourpre
The Ball in the Center (La balle au centre)
Julien Lamy
El jardín del futuro (The Garden of the Future)
Alexis Gambis
The Great Refractor
Andy Graydon
El sembrador de estrellas (The Sower of Stars)
Lois Patiño
H6
Ye Ye
O, Collecting Eggs Despite The Times
Pim Zwier
Fire of Love
Sara Dosa
Derek Changes His Mind
Derek Dabkoski, Ian McClellan, Im Joong Kim
ACCESS DENIED
Jordan Lei, Asia Khmelova
Eat up, Bear!
Anthony Banua-Simon, Alice Yan
Garden of Mirrors
Danna Grace Windsor, Anthony Chesebro
Interference Pattern
Ramey Newell, Niccolò Bigagli
Sincerely Yours, Ethel Browne Harvey
Beatrice Steinert, Advik Beni, Beth Ribeiro
ΔS ≥ 0
Kaze Wong, Maria Fernandez Pello

Films from 49 countries

United States31 France16 Canada10 United Kingdom10 Spain5 Germany4 Lithuania3 Portugal3 Belgium2 Cambodia2 Costa Rica2 Croatia2 Denmark2 Mexico2 México2 Netherlands2 Norway2 Qatar2 Angola1 Argentina1 Australia1 Austria1 Brazil1 China1 Colombia1 Ecuador1 England1 Finland1 france1 Greece1 Greenland1 Iran1 Iraq1 Ireland1 Itally1 Kuwait1 Miccronesia1 Philippines1 Rwanda1 Saudi1 Senegal1 Slovakia1 Sudan1 Sweden1 Switzerland1 Turkey1 UAE1 Uzbekistan1 Vietnam1

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About

15th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival

Oct 14–21, 2022 · Online

The theme of the 15th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival is "SCIENCE NEW WAVE"

This year's Imagine Science Film Festival is by far the most ambitious undertaking, worthy of its 15th year of existence. Films coming from corners of the world will accompany us during these 8 days. Spectators will discover the visit of supernatural presence in a Costa Rican sci-fi, Canadian confessions of grim futures, cinematographic archives of a Mexican grandmother, the journey of a climate activist from Ecuador to Switzerland, and the surreal frog downpour in the Philippines, amongst many other horizons, themes, sensitivities, and perspectives. Over 100 films from distinct voices will join our Science New Wave anniversary edition.

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To learn more about the festival (films, schedule, events), visit: imaginesciencefilms.org/ny15 and read carefully the modus operandi below. All your questions (ticketing, programs or more) are answered below. If we missed anything, reach us at hi@imaginesciencefilm.org and our beloved Ringo will get back to you.

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Imagine Science Films (ISF) turns 15th years old and for this momentous occasion, we're celebrating our home-bred movement: theScience New Wave (sciencenewwave.com).

Scientific storytelling is increasingly and fearlessly experimenting in form and style. Scientific stories are becoming more personal and hybrid, tackling issues pertaining both to the individual and the world at-large. How are artists, scientists and educators working together to create singular narratives? The boundaries between scientific data and cinema magic are dissolving. Similar to developing organisms, science films are emerging with new traits and new forms. The Science New Wave (SNW) is born. The SNW Central Dogma is built on six fundamental traits (sciencenewwave.com/manifesto) yet it keeps evolving.

How do I attend the 15th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival?

The 15th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival will be simultaneously happening in New York and virtually. We're providing this hybrid experience as the world is still in flux, and we want to make sure our science cinema programs reach our audiences of artists and scientists within the confines of the New York City jungle and beyond.

Our Features (Science New Wave + Spotlights) and Short Programs will have same air/premiere times both in theaters and on this very same platform.

Our festival partner LABOCINE is also presenting a section entitled LABOCINE CLOSE-UPS that will only be streaming during the festival.

If you're in town, we recommend the in vivo experience in a NY theater (I know it's been a while!). Make sure to catch our programs at the Museum of the Moving Image, Cinema Village and other venues if you are in New York! We will have feature premieres, panels, workshops, and many more surprises for our 15th edition. Head over to our Festival page (imaginesciencefilms.org/ny15) for more info.

How does the FESTIVAL PASS work?

The FESTIVAL PASS gives you access to our entire festival - both online and in person. We do not provide tickets for single programs. $30 for 30 features and over 60 shorts.

Ticketing starts on September 23 (3 weeks before kick-off). We will release a limited amount of FESTIVAL PASSES then and we then put on hold a few closer to the festival.

If you get the pass, we will provide you with the following perks:

- Access to virtual + in-person festival programs indicated with a green star. Check out what's available with the pass here (imaginesciencefilms.org//ny15/schedule).

- One-year subscription to Labocine to be claimed using the coupon you will receive by email.

- Science New Wave member status. Original copy of the manifesto and more perks here (sciencenewwave.com/membership).

What is the difference between RSVP and the Festival Pass? Why RSVP?

By RSVPing, you will receive reminders a few hours before the program start time. You can also determine which programs are more popular than others and make sure to be first on "virtual" line. Programs become available at the specified start time and remain available until the end of the festival.

RSVPs are specific to each film program (feature / shorts) but they do not guarantee entrance. You wil need to get the FESTIVAL PASS and remember we may run out of those so get them earlier than later.

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 times

Will I be able to watch the films anytime during the festival?

Film become available on their start time and for the remaining of the festival until 11:59 EST. We recommend you catch them LIVE as they there is a counter on each film.

Most programs are limited to certain number of views so we may have a few films that will be SOLD OUT and no longer accessible. We will indicate the films that go SOLD OUT in our programs.

Can I watch the films from anywhere?

You need to be in the United States to be able to watch films of the festival Filmmaker Q&A conversations will be published on our social media.

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 select group of films available worldwide in a few playlists from October 15-21. The viewers not on US land, can still enjoy the following:

- September Issue: Cinemicro - Films and Scenes showcasing the microscopic world.

- 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.

For our worldwide audience, many of the festival films will gradually be programmed on Labocine Issues and via partnering PRO organizations over the coming months. A few may trickle into LIVE events so stay tuned so sign up to catch all of these.

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 and Facebook Live.