Science New Wave presents

Science New Wave Festival XIX

Eight days, fully online. No showtimes, no queues — every film, every hour.

Oct 16–23, 2026 Online New York time

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SCIENCE NEW WAVE FESTIVAL XIX · The lineup

64 films

Opens Fri, Oct 16

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  1. Reel 1 of 4 · films 01–16

    Ideas of Order

    by Erin Espelie · United States     Espelie’s poetic, nonfiction feature engages with scientific research—continuing her blend of experimental storytelling and science that began with earlier shorts and her 2014 feature The Lanthanide Series See the film

  2. Ideas of Order

    Erin Espelie United States · 72 min · Experimental

  3. Béni's Noise

    Valérie Pelet France · 44 min · Experimental

  4. As Far as We Imagine

    Raouf Moussa Belgium · 27 min · Documentary

  5. Les lisières de la forêt (Edges of the Forest)

    Gaspard Renault France · 65 min · Documentary

  6. 雲過無雨 (Where Clouds Once Formed)

    Su Yu Hsin Taiwan · 13 min · Documentary · Experimental

  7. Hiding Places

    Magdalena Bermudez United States · 12 min · Documentary · Experimental

  8. Toss A Rose Over

    Janelle VanderKelen United States · 11 min · Documentary · Experimental

  9. Embracing Instability

    Nathan Willis United States · 5 min · Documentary

  10. En su sombra fértil (In Its Fertile Shade)

    Andrés Dávila Colombia · 12 min · Documentary

  11. kaze no e (or why the wind whispers among the leaves)

    Takahiro Suzuki United States · 7 min · Experimental

  12. The Shining Tapestry

    Kai Harlow Belgium · 27 min · Documentary

  13. Pseudomorphs

    Sam Kaufman United Kingdom · 25 min · Experimental
  14. Only film from Austria

    From Something To Nothing

    Michael Heindl Austria · 8 min · Experimental

  15. Orbites

    Sarah Seené Canada · 23 min · Documentary · Experimental
  16. US only

    Katabasis

    Martin Moolhuijsen Germany, Italy · 16 min · Animation · US only

  17. L'eau était là (The Water Was Here)

    Sophie Sherman, Némo Camus Belgium · 15 min · Documentary · Experimental
  18. Reel 2 of 4 · films 17–32

    Drift

    by Tessa Garland · United Kingdom, Portugal     Shot on Super 8, the film captures a walk around a precarious, low-lying sandbank island, where fleeting observations come into focus only to vanish again. Rotations and cycles ebb and flow through manmade wind vanes assembled from foraged sea drift, while sea-worn objects hint at deeper meanings beneath the surface. Prehistoric-looking cacti punctuate the island, contributing to its strange, otherworldly atmosphere. See the film

  19. Drift

    Tessa Garland United Kingdom, Portugal · 8 min · Experimental

  20. Detritus

    Zuzanna Marczak, Deborah S. Phillips Germany · 6 min · Animation

  21. Welcome to Set

    Cyan Bae Netherlands · 15 min · Experimental

  22. Estados generales (General States)

    Mauricio Freyre Peru, Spain · 76 min · Experimental

  23. Reality Looks Back

    Anne Jeppesen, Omid Zarei Denmark, United States · 21 min · Documentary · Experimental

  24. The Boys And The Bees

    Arielle Knight United States · 19 min · Documentary

  25. Flow Attachment

    Tijana Petrovic United States · 9 min · Experimental

  26. Habitation

    Karly Noetzel United States · 16 min · Documentary

  27. An Uncertain Eternity

    Ella Morton Canada · 29 min · Documentary

  28. Subtropical Herb

    Cheng-Hsuan Hsieh Taiwan, United States · 10 min · Fiction

  29. Computadora (Oh Be a Fine Girl Kiss Me)

    Alice dos Reis Portugal · 7 min · Fiction

  30. Martian Memories

    Jakob Roston United States · 18 min · Documentary

  31. The day the sun stopped shining

    Maria Stuut, Frederik Stuut Belgium · 28 min · Documentary

  32. Flood

    Katy Scoggin United States · 75 min · Fiction

  33. Yrupẽ

    Candela Sotos Spain · 79 min · Documentary

  34. toward a fundamental theory of physics

    Victor Van Rossem Belgium · 13 min · Short
  35. Reel 3 of 4 · films 33–48

    Phytophonics

    by Karel Doing · United Kingdom     Plant matter is used to create finely detailed indexical traces on photochemical film. The traces are not only visible but also audible. By feeding botanical textures, patterns and rhythms into the optical sound system noise, cracks, pops and hiss is generated. Seeing is hearing. Such a cross modality disobeys the usual lipsync illusion and replaces this so called realism with a radically different concreteness. Phytophonics is serious play with living material in a world that is increasingly based on simulated sham. Eco-punk against the abyss created by late-capitalism. See the film

  36. Phytophonics

    Karel Doing United Kingdom · 4 min · Experimental

  37. The Phalanx

    Ben Balcom United States · 14 min · Documentary · Experimental

  38. Les Sanglières (She Boars)

    Elsa Brès France · 68 min · Fiction

  39. Jülapüin Yonna (Jülapüin Yonna / The Dream of Dancing)

    Luzbeidy Monterrosa Atencio Colombia · Fiction

  40. Les héritiers (The Inheritors)

    Serge-Olivier Rondeau Canada · 79 min · Documentary · Experimental

  41. We Could Have Never Met

    Colin Rosemont United States · 5 min · Experimental

  42. Artefacts of Accumulation

    Carolien Schippers, Locument (Romea Muryń + Francisco Lobo) Portugal · 19 min · Short

  43. Growing Together: A Journey in Agriculture

    Preston Sam, Adam Koperqualuk Canada · 6 min · Documentary
  44. Shortest in the lineup · 3 min

    EX-tract

    Marcel Barelli Switzerland · 3 min · Documentary

  45. Seen From Here, I Feel Like Belonging

    Leon Emonds-Pool, Emilia Auhagen-Kuoppamäki Germany, Netherlands · 30 min · Documentary · Experimental

  46. Organized Forgetting

    J.M. Martínez United States · 7 min · Documentary · Experimental
  47. Only film from Lebanon

    météores... (meteors...)

    Ghada Sayegh Lebanon · 9 min · Experimental

  48. Ghost Lands

    Zachary Garmoe United States · 8 min · Short

  49. Fog Eaters

    Kyle Baker United States · 20 min · Documentary
  50. Longest in the lineup · 1 h 35 min

    Daughters of the Forest

    Otilia Portillo Padua Mexico · 95 min · Documentary

  51. A Spider's Lunch & Other Sounds

    Liberty Smith United Kingdom · 24 min · Documentary · Experimental
  52. Reel 4 of 4 · films 49–64

    Winter of Machines

    by Jan Locus · Belgium     Winter of Machines juxtaposes the post-industrial landscape of Charleroi with the legacy of Futurism. Fascinated by Fernand Steven’s mural Evocation de la chimie (1936–1938) in the Lycée Léonie de Waha in Liège, which celebrates science, industry and progress, Jan Locus examines the stark contrast between this utopian vision and Charleroi’s present struggles with poverty and unemployment. The film alternates between images of present-day Charleroi - factories, warehouses and relics of its industrial past - and the promise embedded in Steven’s mural. Time seems suspended through a restrained montage of static, grey-toned shots devoid of human presence. The haunting soundtrack by sound artist Els Viaene further contributes to this almost ghostly atmosphere. Have the avant-garde and the industrial age failed in their promise of progress? Or are new upheavals still to come? Locus refuses to take sides, and Winter of Machines consequently breathes both a disquieting melancholy and a buoyant sense of anticipation. See the film

  53. Winter of Machines

    Jan Locus Belgium · 8 min · Experimental

  54. The Atom's Tale

    Lena Kuzmich Netherlands · 20 min · Animation

  55. And If the Body

    Toby Lee United States · 27 min · Documentary

  56. A Solidão dos Lagartos (The Loneliness of Lizards)

    Inês Nunes Portugal, Spain · 15 min · Fiction
  57. 3-country co-production

    四散 (Afternoon Hearsay)

    Peng Zuqiang China, United Kingdom, Italy · 19 min · Short
  58. Only film from Chile

    Esa otra selva blanca (That Other White Jungle)

    Teresa Arredondo Chile · 67 min · Documentary

  59. Duckweed

    Matthew Berka United Kingdom · 74 min · Documentary · Experimental

  60. ouarda ouarda: yet another flower film

    Samy Benammar Canada · 5 min · Experimental

  61. A Sense of Limit

    Ruby Seresin United Kingdom · 5 min · Experimental

  62. A Circle as the Center of the Whole

    Utkarsh India, United States · 19 min · Documentary · Experimental
  63. 4-country co-production

    A Planet Painted by Hand

    Martí Madaula Spain, United States, France, Germany · 18 min · Documentary · Experimental

  64. Henry is a Girl Who Likes to Sleep

    Marthe Peters Belgium · 13 min · Documentary

  65. XTENDED RELEASE

    Joshua Gen Solondz United States · 16 min · Experimental

  66. LEVEL

    Anna Berkhof, Carlos Mora Fuentes Spain · 78 min · Feature
  67. Only film from Ireland

    Desert Passages

    Kevin Brennan, Laurence Durkin Ireland · 76 min · Feature
  68. Only film from Argentina

    Chiaroscuro

    Maria Sticotti Argentina · 25 min · Documentary

SCIENCE NEW WAVE FESTIVAL XIX · The week

No showtimes.
Every film, every hour, 8 days.

Every film in the lineup plays on every day of the window — one with breakfast, another at three in the morning. Oct 16–23, New York time.

FRI 16
SAT 17
SUN 18
MON 19
TUE 20
WED 21
THU 22
FRI 23

Opens Fri, Oct 16

SCIENCE NEW WAVE FESTIVAL XIX · The awards

In competition

The Luminary Awards

No jury. The winners are voted by Luminaries — yearly members with a public Habitat profile.

XIX · 01 / 03

Science New Wave Award

“Film that expresses the 6 combined traits of the Science New Wave Manifesto.”

Sealed · in competition from Oct 16

XIX · 02 / 03

In Vivo Award

“Film that paints a daring yet realistic portrait of a scientist and/or other organism.”

Sealed · in competition from Oct 16

XIX · 03 / 03

Avant-Garde Award

“Film best expressing hybrid aesthetics and experimentation.”

Sealed · in competition from Oct 16

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SCIENCE NEW WAVE FESTIVAL XIX · The archive

From the archive.
Every past lineup, still here.

  1. Science New Wave Festival XVIII 2025 · 39 films
  2. Science New Wave Festival XVII 2024 · 53 films
  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. 14th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival 2021 · 69 films
  7. Trash/Treasure Shorts Program 2021 · 3 films
  8. Only Those Who Fly Can Predict the Future 2020 · 6 films
  9. 13th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival 2020 · 93 films

Science New Wave presents

Science New Wave Festival XIX

Ideas of Order
Erin Espelie
Béni's Noise
Valérie Pelet
As Far as We Imagine
Raouf Moussa
Les lisières de la forêt (Edges of the Forest)
Gaspard Renault
雲過無雨 (Where Clouds Once Formed)
Su Yu Hsin
Hiding Places
Magdalena Bermudez
Toss A Rose Over
Janelle VanderKelen
Embracing Instability
Nathan Willis
En su sombra fértil (In Its Fertile Shade)
Andrés Dávila
kaze no e (or why the wind whispers among the leaves)
Takahiro Suzuki
The Shining Tapestry
Kai Harlow
Pseudomorphs
Sam Kaufman
From Something To Nothing
Michael Heindl
Orbites
Sarah Seené
Katabasis
Martin Moolhuijsen
L'eau était là (The Water Was Here)
Sophie Sherman, Némo Camus
Drift
Tessa Garland
Detritus
Zuzanna Marczak, Deborah S. Phillips
Welcome to Set
Cyan Bae
Estados generales (General States)
Mauricio Freyre
Reality Looks Back
Anne Jeppesen, Omid Zarei
The Boys And The Bees
Arielle Knight
Flow Attachment
Tijana Petrovic
Habitation
Karly Noetzel
An Uncertain Eternity
Ella Morton
Subtropical Herb
Cheng-Hsuan Hsieh
Computadora (Oh Be a Fine Girl Kiss Me)
Alice dos Reis
Martian Memories
Jakob Roston
The day the sun stopped shining
Maria Stuut, Frederik Stuut
Flood
Katy Scoggin
Yrupẽ
Candela Sotos
toward a fundamental theory of physics
Victor Van Rossem
Phytophonics
Karel Doing
The Phalanx
Ben Balcom
Les Sanglières (She Boars)
Elsa Brès
Jülapüin Yonna (Jülapüin Yonna / The Dream of Dancing)
Luzbeidy Monterrosa Atencio
Les héritiers (The Inheritors)
Serge-Olivier Rondeau
We Could Have Never Met
Colin Rosemont
Artefacts of Accumulation
Carolien Schippers, Locument (Romea Muryń + Francisco Lobo)
Growing Together: A Journey in Agriculture
Preston Sam, Adam Koperqualuk
EX-tract
Marcel Barelli
Seen From Here, I Feel Like Belonging
Leon Emonds-Pool, Emilia Auhagen-Kuoppamäki
Organized Forgetting
J.M. Martínez
météores... (meteors...)
Ghada Sayegh
Ghost Lands
Zachary Garmoe
Fog Eaters
Kyle Baker
Daughters of the Forest
Otilia Portillo Padua
A Spider's Lunch & Other Sounds
Liberty Smith
Winter of Machines
Jan Locus
The Atom's Tale
Lena Kuzmich
And If the Body
Toby Lee
A Solidão dos Lagartos (The Loneliness of Lizards)
Inês Nunes
四散 (Afternoon Hearsay)
Peng Zuqiang
Esa otra selva blanca (That Other White Jungle)
Teresa Arredondo
Duckweed
Matthew Berka
ouarda ouarda: yet another flower film
Samy Benammar
A Sense of Limit
Ruby Seresin
A Circle as the Center of the Whole
Utkarsh
A Planet Painted by Hand
Martí Madaula
Henry is a Girl Who Likes to Sleep
Marthe Peters
XTENDED RELEASE
Joshua Gen Solondz
LEVEL
Anna Berkhof, Carlos Mora Fuentes
Desert Passages
Kevin Brennan, Laurence Durkin
Chiaroscuro
Maria Sticotti

Films from 23 countries

United States21 Belgium7 United Kingdom7 Canada5 Spain5 France4 Germany4 Portugal4 Netherlands3 Colombia2 Italy2 Taiwan2 Argentina1 Austria1 Chile1 China1 Denmark1 India1 Ireland1 Lebanon1 Mexico1 Peru1 Switzerland1

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Science New Wave Festival XIX

Oct 16–23, 2026 · Online

The Science New Wave Festival returns for its nineteenth edition: eight days, fully online, on Labocine. 64 films from 23 countries compete for the Science New Wave Luminary Awards.

There are no showtimes and no queues. From October 16 to 23, every film in the lineup plays for subscribers, at any hour.

No jury decides the awards. The winners are voted by Luminaries — yearly members with a public Habitat profile — across three prizes: the Science New Wave Award, for film that expresses the six combined traits of the Science New Wave Manifesto; the In Vivo Award, for a daring yet realistic portrait of a scientist and/or other organism; and the Avant-Garde Award, for film best expressing hybrid aesthetics and experimentation.

How voting works: sciencenewwave.com/awards

“endless forms most beautiful” — Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species

Founded in New York in 2008 as the Imagine Science Film Festival. Nineteen editions since.