Pariscience 2018

<p><em>The Most Unknown</em> is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity&rsquo;s biggest questions. How did life begin? What is time? What is consciousness? How much do we really know?<br /> <br /> By introducing researchers from diverse backgrounds for the first time, then dropping them into new, immersive field work they previously hadn&rsquo;t tackled, the film pushes the boundaries of how science storytelling is approached. What emerges is a deeply human trip to the foundations of discovery and a powerful reminder that the unanswered questions are the most crucial ones to pose.</p>

<p>Searching for Hope - The New Forests of Uganda is a short film created by Ecosia, the search engine that plants trees. It showcases the reforestation project implemented with the Jane Goodall Institute to restore ecosystems and protect the 5,000 chimpanzees still living in Uganda.</p>

<p>While 3,000 exoplanets have already been identified, an extraordinary odyssey that will take humanity to the edges of the Universe is taking shape. But how can we find life in other systems? For the first time, humanity possesses sufficient scientific knowledge to explore exoplanets.</p>

<p>Capturing CO2 from the atmosphere using artificial tree forests, reflecting sunlight by creating a particle shield in the stratosphere... Scientists are testing new technologies that they believe could limit the effects of global warming or even cool the planet. What are these processes? Is it truly feasible yet? What are the risks involved?</p>

<p>The incredible diversity of the oceans offers invaluable resources applicable to the fields of medicine and technology. Yet, we know only a tiny fraction of the ocean&#39;s potential, and its vastness opens new horizons in the face of rising sea levels and the depletion of hydrocarbon reserves.</p>

<p>The film traces the journey of a mother at the heart of Lendeng, the only market gardening area in Rufisque. A true &quot;green lung,&quot; this 57-hectare zone faces significant urbanization and pollution due to its proximity to the SOCOCIM cement factory.</p>

<p>An employee at a radioactive waste treatment center witnesses the implementation of a new law and a curious arrangement: from now on, everyone will be responsible for the radioactive waste generated by their electricity consumption and must store it at home.</p>

<p>This&nbsp;short documentary focuses on the research of acclaimed Dutch neuroscientist Floris de Lange. In his &#39;Prediction lab&rsquo; he explores what predictions do with our perception. Inspired by the film &#39;Robocop&#39; in his teens, De Lange became interested in the human brain and the question of whether you could reproduce it. But when he realized that no one has ever succeeded to create artificial intelligence that can perceive as well as humans do, this became his first step in his research to understand our brain.</p>

<p>An instant in the universe: a few seconds up in space, a few minutes back down here below for a man, and how much for the plant staring at him&hellip; Little by little, these three journeys overlap, fuse with one another and plunge into the heart of matter.</p>

<p>When marine wildlife has to adapt to the pollution surrounding it, the rules of survival change...</p>

<p>Can we go beyond the limits of the observable universe? In 2015, scientists discovered seven planets, 40 light-years from Earth, potentially capable of hosting life... Paleo-artist Marc Boulay imagines forms of life poss...</p>

<p>Life on Earth was partly destroyed by a global catastrophe. Two men traverse the scorched desert in search of the former military robot that was present during the collapse. It is of crucial importance for the survival of humanity&#39;s last stronghold.</p>

<p>1957, New York. A Tibetan monk rents an automatic sequence computer. The monks seek to list all of the&nbsp;names of God, and they hire two Westerners to install and program the machine.</p>

<p>May 1968 set French society into turmoil. On every street corner, everywhere, protests fuel conversations, motivate occupations, and cover the walls. Within the scientific community, people also begin to dream, protest, and reinvent their practices: universities are blocked, hospitals go on strike, psychiatric practices are denounced. In laboratories, the &quot;mandarins&quot; are challenged, while others sing, &quot;Do you know the animal that invented integral calculus?&quot;</p>

<p>This virtual reality documentary series offers a unique immersion into the heart of Fakarava Atoll... Day and night, join Laurent Ballesta&#39;s expedition to understand the hunting techniques of one of the largest marine predators: the shark.</p>

<p>Discover the world of freediving with three great names in the discipline, including Jacques Mayol, the pioneering freediver who left a lasting impact on an entire generation. Dive, explore, breathe... The digital experience invites the viewer to share a sensory experience of deep-sea diving.</p>

<p>Fly over an ocean of ice and crystal-clear water, dive beneath glaciers, and get close to emperor penguins as if you were there! These three immersive programs filmed alongside explorers will let you share their emotions, experiences, and the sensitivity of photographers&#39; images.</p>

<p>Through this 360&deg; video web creation, we are immersed in the daily life of a premature infant in a neonatal care unit. Inside the incubator, surrounded by his parents and hospital staff, the newborn struggling for survival allows us to experience, through his perspective, his first moments of life.</p>

<p>Petit Malabar is an animated series that invites young children to explore space and the great natural objects surrounding us. Eight episodes will help them better understand and discover planets, stars, and comets.</p>

<p>Chewing gum is often made from petroleum and consists largely of plastic. How can we address the issues this raises? A young English designer collects used gum to recycle it, while Austrian scientists produce natural chewing gum.</p>

<p>Evrard Wendenbaum seeks to protect unknown territories that are already threatened by humans. With his team of scientists and eco-volunteers, he travels to the heart of Makay in Madagascar, a majestic primary massif that must be protected at all costs.</p>

<p>The new generation is determined not to remain idle in the face of the ecological emergencies the planet is facing. The film features nine individuals under the age of twenty who are working to find a concrete solution to a given environmental issue.</p>

<p>The best athletes achieve remarkable feats and push the limits of the human body. Science has always sought to understand why some are stronger than the majority. Today, it aims to uncover these mysteries on all playing fields.</p>

<p>A low-tech is a simple and inexpensive system with the sole goal of benefiting humanity and the planet. These solutions are accessible to all, easy to make, and emphasize the use of local resources and knowledge while minimizing environmental impact. Each episode is dedicated to a low-tech, developed and implemented during a stopover or at sea by inventors from around the world encountered during the journey.</p>

<p>A low-tech is a simple and inexpensive system with the sole goal of benefiting humanity and the planet. These solutions are accessible to all, easy to make, and emphasize the use of local resources and knowledge while minimizing environmental impact. Each episode is dedicated to a low-tech, developed and implemented during a stopover or at sea by inventors from around the world encountered during the journey.</p>

<p>Discovered in 2012, CRISPR-Cas9 allows for cutting, correcting, and replacing the genetic material of any living organism to treat currently incurable diseases. Between genetic revolution and ethical debate, what limits should we set on genome modification?</p>

<p>A three-part documentary that examines how Silicon Valley has managed to stay on the cutting edge of innovation for so long and why its success has been so difficult to duplicate.</p>

<p>Some fungi will save us, others will threaten us, and we are just beginning to understand which is which. The great, untold story of how fungi shaped all life on land.</p> <p>This is the incredible story of how fungi made life on land possible. Neither plants nor animals - fungi represent a third mode of life and belong to their own kingdom. By looking at fungi in the context of evolution and natural history, scientists are making discoveries that will change our lives. Some fungi will save us, others will threaten us and we are just beginning to understand which is which.</p>

<p>In Polynesia, a pack of 700 sharks rules the pass of the Fakarava atoll. Do they have survival strategies? The scientific team led by Laurent Ballesta decides to conduct an unprecedented study... in the heart of the pack.</p>

<p>USSR, 1920s: The methods for feeding the people divide researchers. Vavilov, a defender of biodiversity, and Lyssenko, a proponent of genetic manipulation, clash in an unrelenting political machine, leading to a major scientific controversy.</p>

<p>Unable to provide love and kindness, &quot;toxic mothers&quot; leave behind broken adults. Through several testimonies, doctors and psychologists question the myth of unconditional maternal love, revealing that the harm is not irreversible.</p>

<p>How is the human body prepared today for the interplanetary journeys of tomorrow? This documentary gives a voice to 12 astronauts, including Thomas Pesquet, and reveals how space medicine is working to adapt the human body for long-duration space travel.</p>

<p>Black holes are the most enigmatic and exotic objects in the universe. They&rsquo;re also the most powerful, with gravity so strong it can trap light. And they are destructive, swallowing entire planets, even giant stars. Now, astrophysicists are realizing that black holes may be essential to how our universe evolved&mdash;their influence possibly leading to life on Earth and, ultimately, humans.</p>

<p>For two years, the scientists of the ScanPyramids mission attempted to uncover the secrets of Khufu (Cheops). This documentary recounts the adventures, successes, and challenges in discovering a 4,500-year-old mystery: a gigantic cavity at the heart of the pyramid.</p>

<p>The film meets young researchers who explore the perspectives of evolution for humanity offered by new technologies. From controlling objects with thought to &quot;human-machine&quot; hybridization, it questions the limits and risks of these discoveries.</p>

<p>A strong opponent is a dream come true for every sports champion. It&#39;s a chance to take your art even further and face off against a never-before-seen threat. But what if your opponent isn&#39;t someone you can look in the eye, shake hands or watch their reactions? In March 2016, multiple world champion and current top Go player Lee Sedol faced such a challenge. He took on Google&#39;s DeepMind invention, the AlphaGo computer, in five matches. What was supposed to be a celebration of human intuition beyond the reach of machines turned into an alarming statement about the potential power and creativity of artificial intelligence. The match Sedol vs. AlphaGo soon turned into a game of humans vs. machine, whose documentary processing evokes strong emotions.</p>

<p>On November 17, 2016, Thomas Pesquet embarked on his first mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). For 6 months, 450 kilometers above Earth, he became a witness to a planet in evolution and became aware of its vulnerabilities.</p>

<p>In 1973, five men and six women drifted across the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientific experiment studying the sociology of violence, aggression and sexual attraction in human behavior. Although the project became known in the press as &lsquo;The Sex Raft&rsquo;, nobody expected what ultimately took place on that three month journey. Through extraordinary archive material and a reunion of the surviving members of the expedition on a full scale replica of the raft, this film tells the hidden story behind what has been described as &rsquo;one of the strangest group experiments of all time.&rsquo;</p>

<p>To predict a future crime scene and to prevent a murder seems like something from a sci-fi movie. It is, but it&rsquo;s also real - and happening right now. To make this possible, powerful computers and omnipresent cameras capture data from all sources, which is then evaluated and analyzed with the help of algorithms. At the same time, we, the citizens are transformed into carriers of recorded data - our every move, message and purchase tracked and mapped. Ratings of how likely we are to commit a crime are attached to our personae. Computers spit out lists of tomorrow&acute;s criminals. But what if it&acute;s you who ends up on this list? What if the data is wrong? Or biased?? How can we be guilty of things we haven&rsquo;t done?</p>

<p>Using a trove of never-before-seen footage, the film tells the story of Jane&#39;s early explorations and research in Tanzania, focusing on her groundbreaking field work, her relationship with her cameraman and husband Hugo van Lawick, and the chimpanzees that were the subject of her study.</p>

<p><em>More Human Than Human</em>&nbsp;is a documentary that explores what it means to live in the age of intelligent machines. In this personal, playful and at times dramatic quest, the filmmaker finds out how much of his creativity and human values are at stake as he builds a robot to replace himself as a filmmaker. Will AI, infinitely smarter, interconnected and possibly self-aware, render humanity obsolete?</p>

<p>The film observes the harsh and dangerous life of so-called mammoth hunters on the remote New Siberian Islands in the far north of Siberia. The archaic landscape in which these people are looking for the tusks of extinct mammoths looks like primordial earth. There is a kind of gold rush fever in the air, because the prices for this white gold have never been so high. But the thawing permafrost unveils more than just precious ivory. Sometimes the hunters find an almost completely preserved mammoth carcass with fur, liquid blood and muscle tissue on which arctic foxes gnaw.</p> <p>Such finds are magnets for high-tech Russian and South Korean clone researchers in search of mammoth cells with the greatest possible degree of intact DNA. Their mission could be part of a science-fiction plot. They want to bring the extinct woolly mammoth back to life &agrave; la &ldquo;Jurassic Park&rdquo;, and resurrect it as a species. And that&rsquo;s just the beginning. Worldwide, biologists are working on re-inventing life. They want to learn the language of nature and create life following the Lego principle. The goal of synthetic biology is to produce complete artificial biological systems. Man becomes the Creator.</p> <p>The resurrection of the mammoth is a first track and manifestation of this next great technological revolution. An exercise. A multi-million dollar game. The new technology may turn the world as we know it completely on its head ... and all of this has its origin in the unstoppably thawing permafrost at the extreme edge of Siberia.<br /> <br /> Genesis two point zero.</p>

<p>Legend has it that at the end of the 1920s the Soviets built a research center in Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, with the aim of crossbreeding humans and apes. The theoretical being never saw the light of day, similar to the failure of Marx&rsquo;s communist New Man ever to appear. Yet in the derelict wings of the Sukhumi institute man and monkey live together still, the former limited by the pressure of turbulent sociopolitical changes, the latter exposed to the merciless testing of new drugs and medical procedures. In a disputed territory on the shores of the Black Sea, permanently marked by the collapse of the Soviet Union and subsequent Georgian-Abkhaz conflicts, they share something in common: They have become dismal relics of a series of unsuccessful experiments from the past. This documentary essay ponders the relationship between humans and primates &ndash; the most similar of the mammals &ndash; in order to point out the destructive influence of ideological dogmas and the essential role of faith and ethics in all scientific research</p>

<p>Research in psychology and neuroscience has shown how power and stress influence behavior. Inseparable elements of the presidential role, the film examines the effects of political power on the brain through portraits of heads of state.</p>

<p>The documentary profiles four physicists, pioneers of atomic research, who are credited with the creation of atomic batteries and the construction of CERN and its famous particle accelerator, between France and Switzerland.</p>

<p>Driven by the desire to improve living conditions in their countries, scientists from Syria, Yemen, and Iraq share their stories. With universities bombed and colleagues assassinated, they have dedicated their lives to research but are now refugees in search of asylum.</p>

<p>In 1979, Abdus Salam became the first Muslim scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics. Between modernity and tradition, science and religion, war and peace, anonymity and fame, the documentary revisits the life of this man, considered heretical by his homeland.</p>

<p>Human beings love telling stories and pushing away an unbearable reality to indulge in the delights of imagination... at the risk of confusing the two. The videographers of La Tronche en biais attempt to unravel the human psyche and investigate with sociologists and scientists.</p>

<p>&quot;Bill Nye: Science Guy&quot; is a 2017 biographical documentary that follows television personality Bill Nye as he strives to restore the importance of science in a world increasingly skeptical of evidence and reason. The film highlights his efforts to combat anti-scientific thinking and promote scientific literacy.</p>

<p>Will neuroscience make it possible to build another school, less unequal and more adapted to the challenges of tomorrow? Since the 2000s, thanks to progress in brain imaging, neuroscience has made a giant step forward. Researchers are trying to use it to revolutionize school, hence the emergence of a new discipline, &quot;neuroeducation&quot;. This consists, in particular, of optimizing the brain mechanisms allowing us to learn better.</p>

<p>It is the story of an epic journey that humanity will likely embark on in the next century: a journey to other planets in search of life beyond our solar system. At NASA, the greatest exploration of all time has already begun.</p>

<p>The sperm whale, the great white shark, and their ancestors, masters of the oceans, fascinate researchers. This film follows the work of scientists who study and seek to protect these giant marine predators, unfortunately threatened by intense human activity.</p>

<p>From analyzing the phenomenon of glacial tsunamis in Iceland to harnessing local natural forces for energy production, this film reveals how the Icelanders have learned to live with 130 active volcanoes and coexist with them sustainably.</p>

<p>French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American scientist Jennifer Doudna developed the molecular scissors CRISPR-Cas9 in 2012: an invention that revolutionizes genetics. They allow for cutting, correcting, and replacing DNA segments with unprecedented ease.</p>

<p>After revisiting the history of Artificial Intelligence, this film seeks to decipher the concept of deep learning. This recent revolution is shaking the very core of engineering and bringing AI research back into the spotlight in various fields.</p>

<p>For the past 30 years, a quest has mobilized scientists from around the world: the search for the volcano responsible for the most violent eruption in the past 7,000 years. In 2013, geographer Franck Lavigne and volcanologist Jean-Christophe Komorowski finally identified the culprit.</p>