Imagine Science Film Festival

The Science New Wave Festival Heads Into Its 17th Edition. It Embraces The Idea(L)S Of The Science New Wave, Celebrating Films Where Scientific Pursuit Is Free To Co-Exist And Blend Freely Across Disciplines And Cultures. From Documentary To Fiction To Data, We Hope To Always Challenge The Way You Understand, Interpret, And Appreciate Scientific Ideas And Perspectives.

Schedule Of Events:

Political Empiricism
3:00pm
Featue Film Program
Firehouse: Dctv's Cinema For Documentary Film
87 Lafayette Street, New York, Ny 10013

A Double Feature Of Two Mid-Length Pieces That Gather Data To Construct Political Arguments And Prise Apart Historical Narratives Constructed Of Faulty Data.

The Diary Of A Sky Unfolds An Atmospheric Symphony Of Violence Over Beirut, Revealing The Haunting Fusion Of Incessant Israeli Military Flights And The Hum Of Generators During Blackouts. This 45-Minute Video Essay Plunges Viewers Into A Chilling Chronicle Of Daily Life Transformed By The Weaponization Of The Air, Where The Terror Of Repeated Incursions Becomes A Disconcertingly Banal Backdrop.

My Want Of You Partakes Of Me Interrogates Digestion As The Fundamental Condition For Being In The World, A Process Of Physiological, Psychological, Spiritual, Literary And Political Dimensions. Multiple Storylines Trace The Poetics Of Incorporation As A Matter Of Metamorphosis And Decay, The Philosophy Of Matter And Imperial Conquest, Industrialization And Annihilation, Poetry And Parenting, Love And Citation.

The Soldier's Lagoon
5:00pm
Featue Film Program
Firehouse: Dctv's Cinema For Documentary Film
87 Lafayette Street, New York, Ny 10013

Scientists, Environmentalists, Indigenous Activists, And Miners Reflect Upon The Spectral, Fog-Swept Expanses Of Colombia's Páramo Ecosystem, A Unique Region Of The High Andes That Feeds Its Major Rivers And Was The Site Of A Hazardous Crossing By Simón Bolívar In The War For Independence 200 Years Ago. La Laguna Del Soldado Retraces The Liberator’s Journey Across The High-Altitude Marshlands While Searching For Glimpses Of His Ghost Still Present In This Historically Contested Territory. Reflecting On The Construction Of Historical Narratives And Their Environmental Repercussions, La Laguna Del Soldado Traverses The Living And Elusive Archive Of The Páramo, Navigating Through The Dense Fog Suspended Between Simon Bolivar’s Past And Colombia’s Present.

Symbiosis Premiere + Closing Reception
7:00pm
Symbiosis Film Screening + Reception
Wythe Hotel Screening Room
80 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, Ny 11249

Be The First To See The Films Of This Year's Weeklong Art-Sci Collaboration In The Symbiosis Competition. Learn More About Symbiosis 2024 - Participants, Rules Of The Game And More.