SCINEMA has hunted the globe to bring you fresh films exploring the world of science.
The following film programs are screening at a venue near you.
‘Sustainability’
102mins
Waste = Food
After Us The Heavens Can Fall
France. 50mins. French and English with English subtitles
Holland. 52mins. Dutch & English with English subtitles
Natural resources are being
depleted on a rapid scale while
production and consumption are
rapidly rising in nations like China
and India. With their enormous
waste production, are we looking at
our natural resources being turned
into one big landfill.
‘The Human Brain’
Over the past two centuries, men
have released enormous quantities
of carbon in the atmosphere carbon which had taken millions of
year to develop in the ground. Faced
with the facts of climate change,
what objectives do we need to set
ourselves to attain sustainable
development?
‘Animal Kingdom’
A humourous short film featuring over 400
Ochrogarter Lunifer processionary catterpillars
Echidnarama Australia. 15mins
Take an intimate journey into the secretive bush lives
of these intriguing Australian native animals
A Wild Beetle Chase USA. 13mins
What drives entomologists to look for creatures that seem so insignificant?
The Wilds of Tasmania Australia. 44mins
115mins
‘Origins of Man’
96mins
A gorgeous animation charting the regions of the brain
Mungo Man Australia. 6mins
Unravelled USA. 57mins. English
Who was Mungo Man and where did he come from?
Unravelled combines memoir with scinetific investigation to tell you a
story of family ties, inheritence and Alzheimer’s disease.
The Brain Fitness Program USA. 52mins. English
Based on the copncept of neuroplasticy, the Brain Fitness Program
shows the power of the brain to change, adapt and rewire itself.
Who are your Next of Kin?
Iceland. 38mins. Icelandic & English with English subtitles
A film about Icelandic family relations and the search for
the filmmaker’s own roots on the island.
So Where Do We Come From? Germany. 52mins
Discover the fascinating routes that South Africa’s
diverse population has followed.
‘Under the Sea’
94mins
17mins. Turkish &
When the Ice is Broken Turkey.
Kurdish with English subtitles
Is life above the ice or below it? We follow a local
community living traditionally on the ice.
Ice People
Polaris Terarum
77mins
I Use The Word State USA. 7mins
Australia’s largest bird of prey, the Tasmanian
Wedge-tailed Eagle, has lived in the forests of Tasmania
for millenia, but its habitat is undergoing rapid change
Expedition to the Brain USA. 7mins. English
‘Life on the Ice’
SCINEMA presents a special event to
celebrate National Science Week around Australia
USA. 77mins
The hit film from the recent
San Francisco Film Festival,
Anne Aghion spent four
months ‘on the ice’ with
modern-day polar explorers,
to find out what drives dedicated
researchers to leave the world behind in pursuit of science, and to capture
the true experience of living and working in this extreme environment.
A science multimedia
tour by Canadian artist
Peter McLeish
130mins
Cinequarium UK. 7mins
Cinema and aquariums are suggested to be similar in their ability to impress
with the beauty of nature
Symbiosis USA. 6mins Cleaner shrimp and fish interactions in PNG
The Windows of Life Belgium. 19mins
Eyes are the windows of the soul - this film explores the underwater world
through the eyes of its many inhabitants
Jellyfish: A lethal beauty Germany. 43mins
With a history pre-dating the dinosaurs, jellyfish have conquered every
underwater habitat from the poles to the tropics
The Big Blue Australia. 55mins
Learn the secrets of the planet’s largest living creature, the Blue Whale
‘To the Moon and Back’
Catch Peter’s talk at the following locations
99mins
‘Making Sense of the World Around Us’
102mins
Lunacy USA. 10mins Part animation, part archival exploration, this film
explores madness linked to phases of the moon.
Bigger Than Big Australia. 7mins
How big is big? And what’s bigger than that? Journey form the moon to the
far reaches of the solar system.
The Wonder of it All USA. 82mins
Polaris Terarum (from the Latin, Stella Polaris,
meaning ‘Pole Star’) explores the psychological
aspects of atmospheric & climate change in the Polar
regions. Multimedia artist Peter McLeish collaborated
with teams flying high altitude aircraft and even the
Space Shuttle, using their imagery to chart the
shrinking size and changing color of the polar region
as seen from views from up above.
Seven of the surviving moonwalkers, including Buzz Aldrin & Edgar
Mitchell, reflect on the monumental quest to have a man walk on the moon.
Seeing-Feeling Germany. 3mins. German language
The Colour of Sound UK. 55mins
An exploration of the crucial role sound plays in our lives
Thunderheads Australia. 55mins
Clouds are the sleeping giants of climate
change. Follow a dare-devil experiment trying to better understand clouds
and thunderstorms and their role in global warming.
Visit www.scinema.com.au to find the venue closest to you. All films are suitable for all ages.
Visit www.scinema.com.au/study to download the education notes that accompany each program
Aug 12th - University of New South Wales, Sydney - 6:30pm
Aug 13th - University of Melbourne- 9:30am
- RMIT, Melbourne - 1.30pm
- LaTrobe University - 4.30pm
Aug 15th -Discovery Science & Technology Centre, Bendigo - 6.30pm
Aug 18th - University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba - 11am
Aug 19th- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane - 5.30pm
Aug 20th- College of Art at Griffith University, Brisbane -12:00pm
Aug 21st - Amazing World of Science’ - Canberra- 11.15am
- ANU School of Art - Canberra- 1:00pm
- The Australian Museum - Sydney- 6:30pm
Aug 23rd - South Australian Museum - Adelaide- 2:00pm
Visit www.scinema.com.au for more details
Also screening for SCINEMA during
National Science Week
www.scinema.com.au
SCINEMA congratulates the finalists in our
National Student Short Film Competition
SCINEMA screens in
ges.
A day in the life of a worm d. Blue Gum Community
School, ACT
Finalist entries screening at
CSIRO Discovery Canberra
Wed 20 August at 5pm
ENTER YOUR SHORT FILM IN SCINEMA 2009
Announcing an International Student Short film
Competition celebrating
2009 International Year of Astronomy
Make a short film with the theme
‘reaching for the stars’
Download your entry form now at
www.scinema.com.au
SCINEMA is proud to be
screening exclusive footage
from the new Disney Pixar film
Admission to SCINEMA screenings is free of charge although
some venues (museums) may charge a general admission to
their facilities. Individual venues reserve the right to restrict entry
to any person(s) they choose, according to their own policies.
The films in SCINEMA are rated C for Children’s Programming.
Please check with your local venue or visit our website for
session details at www.scinema.com.au
Our festival would not be possible without the kind support of a
number of people - the good folk at CSIRO, Luna Media, DIISR,
our volunteers and film screeners, the National Science Week
committees around the country, our filmmakers, teachers and
venues around the country, and of course, to our wonderful
sponsors for their wonderful money.
All enquiries, comments etc to:
[email protected] or phone 02 6276 6225.
All care is taken to ensure information in this program is correct...
but we are only human!
WITH THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
screening with
‘TO THE MOON AND BACK’
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Wall.E watches visit
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Taking you places - National Science Week Aug 08
Vale School, Vic
ACT Canberra NEW SOUTH WALES Albury Ballina
Batemans Bay Coffs Harbour Dunrabbin Griffith Newcastle
Dorrigo Dubbo Scone Sydney Wagga Wollongong
VICTORIA Bendigo Ballarat Castlemaine Echuca
Geelong Gippsland Melbourne Mornington Peninsula
Queenscliff Shepparton Warrnambool Wodonga
TASMANIA Devonport Hobart Launceston
QUEENSLAND Brisbane Bundaberg Mackay
Maryborough Rockhampton Toowoomba Townsville
NORTHERN TERRITORY Alice Darwin Tennant Creek
SOUTH AUST Adelaide Pt Lincoln Pt Pirie Renmark
WESTERN AUST Geraldton Kalgoorlie/Boulder Perth
INDIA New Delhi NEW ZEALAND Dunedin
UNITED KINGDOM London Cambridge
Festival of Science Film 2008
Trash Tragedyd. Weetangera Primary yr 3, ACT
Ngalakgan d. Urapunga school, NT
Looking for Green Plumb d. Bulman School, NT
Looking for sugar bag d. Barunga School, NT
Colour Me Green d. Radford College yr 6, ACT
Snakes Alive d. Robyn Lawrence, ANU, ACT
Mungo Man d. Kristian Lang. Ascot Vale School, Vic
Photosynthesis: How it works d. Kristian Lang. Ascot
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