SCINEMA

Event date: Saturday 13 August 2011 - 01:30pm to 05:00pm
Program: Science Outside the Square, Film Club, Science Outside the Square 2011.
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Science Outside the Square: family matinee screening

RiAus were delighted to present a matinee screening of the 2011 SCINEMA Festival of Science Film. This festival of science film, video and multimedia showcased science dramas, docos, animations and shorts. In 2011 SCINEMA received over 400 entries from 35 countries, and featured entries from professional filmmakers, amateurs, and student-groups, making it one of the foremost science film festivals in the world.

This free screening featured prize winning entries and some of the most acclaimed selections of science film, video and multimedia from this year’s festival. Film subjects included space, industrialisation and the environment, and were all suitable for the whole family.

RiAus will also showcase the best films from the 2011 SCINEMA Film Festival on Wednesday 17 August during RiAus Film Club. The screenings will be introduced Cris Kennedy, Director of SCINEMA, and will feature some of the harder-hitting entries from this year’s festival.

Program Highlights:

Climatedogs Graeme Anderson – Australia – 2010
WINNER – Best Short Film
Victoria is well known for its variable climate. From year to year, four global climate processes vary their behaviour, potentially resulting in wetter or dryer seasons.

Where the Wild Things Were Amber Cherry Eames – United Kingdom – 2010
WINNER – Jury Award for Cinematography
Set in the Scottish Highlands, this film explores the history of deforestation and its effect on today’s remaining Caledonian pine forests. We travel with several species, exploring behaviours that are now considered essential for the regeneration of Scotland’s ancient Caledonian pine forests.

Worm Hunters Randall Wood – Australia – 2011
WINNER – Jury Prize
In a Turkish headquarters the world’s top earthworm scientists concoct a plan to find and name their ultimate discovery. Nothing will stop them as they travel to all corners of the world with spades, GPS worm locators and secret worm outing fluids to unearth their prize.

Looking at SKA Australia – 2010
Brian Boyle, Director of Australia’s bid to host the world’s largest telescope, the Square Kilometre Array, talks about the exciting scientific challenge of re-writing astronomy history.

In association with SCINEMA and COSMOS Magazine