Symbiosis 2025

<p>The more she studies dark matter, the more a lonely astrophysics student must confront the gravity of her inner world.</p> <p>The film follows a protagonist (Manuel Elkaslassy Vardi, V.O: Lucia A. Perez) as her subconscious wrestles with understanding her place in the world&mdash;and within the vastness of the cosmos. Features the haunting original musical compositions of Guy Barash, and a special performance by singer Noa Fort of &quot;O Quam Mirabilis Est&quot;, a song composed by Hildegard Von Bingen, a woman prodigy of the High Middle Ages who studied science and had vivid religious visions about space. Shot by Hannah Engelson and Uri Ackerman, the film is an experimental audiovisual odyssey, exploring dark matter both among far-away galaxies and within the shadows of the human spirit.</p> <p><em>This film was created as part of Symbiosis 2025, which took place from May 5 to May 19, 2025. The project was made possible with support from the Simons Foundation.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>In an office in New York City, Dr Carrie Filion makes galaxies sing. Using sonification, she builds up an audible representation of our universe, adding a whole new dimension to how we perceive space.</p> <p><em>This film was created as part of Symbiosis 2025, which took place from May 5 to May 19, 2025. The project was made possible with support from the Simons Foundation.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Far off in the universe, two black holes smash into each other and send waves through space time. Waves that we can&#39;t feel, can&#39;t touch, and are hard to predict. So who cares? Lieke van Son walks through the streets on Manhattan to reveal ways these gravitational waves are already a part of your daily life.</p> <p><em>This film was created as part of Symbiosis 2025, which took place from May 5 to May 19, 2025. The project was made possible with support from the Simons Foundation.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Through the principles of hinge protein design, How to Connect Two Bodies is an experimental documentary exploring the invisible choreography in meaningful connections of objects across various scales.</p> <p><em>This film was created as part of Symbiosis 2025, which took place from May 5 to May 19, 2025. The project was made possible with support from the Simons Foundation.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p dir="ltr">Molecular Duet brings to life the dynamic world of microtubules, the cell&rsquo;s structural filaments that assemble and disassemble in a rhythm scientists call dynamic instability. This is an exploration through the lens of both microscopy and molecular simulations with a poetic visual storytelling.&nbsp;The film invites viewers to witness how even within the smallest scale of life, beauty emerges from instability, and order dances with chaos.</p> <p><em>This film was created as part of Symbiosis 2025, which took place from May 5 to May 19, 2025. The project was made possible with support from the Simons Foundation.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Beyond the 20 is a poetic science essay film that explores the natural boundary between the built environment in New York city and the design challenges in molecular engineering. Shot primarily on Super 8, the film layers nostalgic texture with speculation, imagining a world beyond the canonical 20 amino acids.&nbsp;Layered between stop-motion animation, cyanotypes, and digital renderings, the film explores the keys to shaping molecules with purpose. The film reflects on curiosity, limitations, and what lies just beyond the edges of nature&rsquo;s design.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>This film was created as part of Symbiosis 2025, which took place from May 5 to May 19, 2025. The project was made possible with support from the Simons Foundation.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>