Through 89 films (5 features & 84 shorts), the 7th annual Imagine Science Film Festival will explore the theme of “TIME”. Topics including time-lapse, evolution, aging, development, time travel and geologic time will be discussed through experimental, animation, visual data, documentary and fiction films. We are thrilled to present films from 20 counties, including 49 premieres and featuring 35 female directors.
Opening night will take place for the second consecutive year at Google New York on October 17th, including a screening, panel and reception. Each night of the festival will take place at a different venue, spanning the tri-state area, ranging from universities to movie theaters to museums in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and New Jersey.
Awards worth $20,000 will be determined by the 2014 ISFF Jury including Dr. James Watson, Marina Abramović, Karen Cooper, Dr. David Chalmers, Rachel Sussman & Dustin Yellin.
The final award ceremony will take place after a screening and music performance by a surprise guest at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn.
Fri 10/17/14: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Opening Night Shorts, Panel & Reception: Exploration in the 4th Dimension
Variations on the power and meaning of time, in science and film @ Google New York
Sat 10/18/14: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Shorts: Time Travelogues
Exploring historical science across the globe @ Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
Sat 10/18/14: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Shorts: A 16mm History of Looking
Vintage documentaries on methods and history of exotic imaging @ Spectacle
Sat 10/18/14: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Feature & Panel: The Creeping Garden
The art & science of slime mold today (New York premiere of The Creeping Garden) @ Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
Sat 10/18/14: 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Feature & Reception: The Infinite Man
A fictional and comedic narrative on time travel, looping and love @ Wythe Hotel
Sun 10/19/14: 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Shorts: Modern Animals
A contemplation of modernity and the nature film, paired with science-themed brunch @ Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
Sun 10/19/14: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Shorts: Modern Animals
A contemplation of modernity and the nature film @ The Liberty Science Center
Sun 10/19/14: 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Shorts & Reception: Time Control & 48 Hour Film Competition Screening
Animation, reanimation and the manipulation of time in science and fiction @ The Made in NY Media Center by IFP
Mon 10/20/14: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Feature: Focus On Infinity
A globe-spanning exploration of the universe and the people who’s lives are devoted to its study (New York premiere of Focus on Infinity) @ The Museum of the Moving Image
Tue 10/21/14: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Feature: Je T’Aime, Je T’Aime (35mm)
A rare 35mm screening of the Alain Resnais’ 1968 time travel classic @ Anthology Film Archives
Tue 10/21/14: 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Shorts: Non-Sequential Recall
Mind, memory, and mental re-arrangement @ Anthology Film Archives
Wed 10/22/14: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Shorts & Reception: Intimate Portraits of Lifespan and Disease
Personal stories of heath and life from birth to death and all the time in between @ The Rockefeller University
Thu 10/23/14: 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Shorts, Gallery, Concert & Awards: We Already Live in the Future
Modernity, retrofuture, and the scientific hyperpresent @ Pioneer Works
Fri 10/24/14: 6:00 pm – 9:45 pm
Screening, Panel & Reception: Closing Night with Margaret Mead
Women in science and film across the globe @ American Museum of Natural History
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