Science fiction promises much -- endless possibilities for thought and invention at the furthest edges of our imaginations. And while many wonderful science fictions do just that, the genre is also all too often reduced to a vehicle for special effects and pyrotechnics. And so, we propose "Scientific Fiction", a genre that aims broadly to inspire and provoke reflection on the scientific world and the edges of knowledge. These films may furnish robots and space shuttles, and plots as impressive as anything in traditional sci-fi, but they also probe into deeper regions of interrogation into our world, ourselves, and our future. Sometimes the stories suggested by facts can be stranger than the wildest fiction.
A description of the decay of mountains in connection to the end of cosmos. Man is described in a geological timescale; they are alien visitors. THE PYRAMIDICAL SILENCE is a geological science-fiction movie describing the decay of mountains in connection to the decay of the entire cosmos, the end of
This is the world of the 99-cent lifeform. Like a social media profile or an online shopping list tailored to our hobbies, we collect genetically modified pets, engineered to look like their owners. You are not unique; this is the post-personal economy.
A weary handyman does his best to maintain order and care for his cybernetic "pet project," a strange mix of machine and flesh. But when a pair of thuggish residents threaten a young girl, the line between human and machine becomes blurred.
The Man Machine features some of the latest robot technology interacting with humans and the built environment.
iGEM or 'the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition' is a worldwide undergraduate Synthetic Biology competition. Each team is "given a kit of biological parts at the beginning of the summer from the Registry of Standard Biological Parts. Working at their own schools over the summer
Childhood trauma and stress can lead to the shortening of the chromosome which eventually shortens your life span.
Based on a text from the novel The Revolution of 2053, by Egyptian writer Mahmoud Osman, and referencing a scene from Chris Marker's La Jet̩e (1962), a time-traveller recounts his vision of the future of the Pyramids area, and by extension Egypt, in the year 2026 - a vision that strains to reach bey
BioFlaneur takes on board the important and emerging topic of personal bio-privacy in the era of big data, social networking and hackers. Recent developments in the field of microbiology and synthetic biology expose facts from the "micro world" which previously were unknown. That means, following sc
An object that appears in a series of recent telescope images will drive a young astronomer and her colleages to a shocking discovery. A new astronomical survey takes wide angle pictures to make a tridimensional cartography of the sky. It will find out position and distances to far galaxies, stars i
A comedic, satirical, sci-fi pop musical based on the theories of Ray Kurzweil and other futurists, PostModem is the story of two Miami girls and how they deal with technological singularity, as told through a series of cinematic tweets.
One night, a young girl gets lost in the lamp shop where she works, there ghosts and visions scares and attracts her at the same time.
Three years after her partner's untimely death, Dr. Lena Thierry, a neuroengineer, has been unable to move on. After years of research and development, she attempts to upload his consciousness into a computer software program. Grief is one of the hardest human emotions to cope with, and certainly a
Courtesy of mec film In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain resides in the cross-section between sci-fi, archaeology and politics. Combining live motion and CGI, the film explores the role of myth for history, fact and national identity. On the brink of the apocalypse, a narrative resistan
The film is voiced by an anonymous group of 'hybrid' machines, from some point in the near future, who look at humans and animals as inefficient machines and consider ways of editing and improving their code. Whilst the work appears to be a piece of science fiction all of the technologies and ideas
A geneticist creates a website that pairs an individual with their ideal genetic partner for children "The Perfect 46 raises disturbing (and critical) questions about the seductive power of technology," comments local author and science writer K.C. Cole, "and features a main character who seems not
The mysterious stranger suddenly appears in the laboratory. He strikes scientists with dismay, but even more surprised himself - he had not planned to be here.
A student, unaware that she is epileptic, tries to get through another day. The film is structured in five sections, after the phases of a seizure.
After a decade of famine and food riots, the Mendelian Corporation feeds (and controls) the world through its genetically modified seeds. Twelve-year old Juan is a member of the Sprouts-the Mendelian corporate youth program in which young boys are trained to be the eyes and ears of local authorities