Scinema
The SCINEMA International Science Film Festival is an Australian film festival celebrating international science-related drama and documentary films. The festival was founded with the aim of forging links between the sciences and the arts.[1] SCINEMA accepts entries from all over the world. It is a program of The Royal Institution of Australia.
Background
Founded in 2000 by Rebecca Scott and Damian Harris, the first festival played only in Canberra (at the Center Cinema) and was well attended, with some sold-out performances. Originally hosted by CSIRO, the festival grew steadily over the 2000s.
After a brief hiatus (there was no festival in 2014-15), SCINEMA found a new home with the Royal Institution of Australia. The 2016 Festival received over 1,300 submissions from over 80 countries,[2] and premiered in cities around Australia on 18 June 2016. The festival also hosts a community screening program as part of National Science Week, where community groups and schools can register to run their own screening program. In 2016 over 240 events were held around Australia, with a screening even held on the Davis Station in Antarctica.
Past Award Winners
| Film Title | Filmmaker | Year | Category Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARATUS | Simon Cunich (Australia) | 2016 | Best Film |
| Hilleman – A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children | Donald Mitchell (US) | 2016 | Best Documentary |
| The Amazing Life Cycle of the European Eel | Sofia Castello y Tickell (UK) | 2016 | Best Short Film |
| Metamorphosis of Plants | Urszula Zajączkowska (Poland) | 2016 | Best Experimental/Animation |
| Corpus | Marc Héricher (France) | 2016 | Award for Technical Merit |
| Wonders of Life – Size Matters | Paul Olding (UK) | 2016 | Award for Scientific Merit |
| Stem Cell Revolutions | 2013 | Best Film | |
| Clouded Leopard Kill | 2013 | Best animation | |
| Night of the Crysal Mutants | Animator and sound by Dr Claire Pannell | 2013 | Best Experimental |
| Critical Thinking Series | James Hutson | 2013 | Best short film |
| The Measure of Things | Series directed by Mike Cunliffe | 2013 | Award for Technical Merit |
| Into The Gyre (USA) | Director: Scott Elliot
Producer: Scott Elliot |
2012 | Best FIlm |
| Out of Our Minds (USA) | Director: Director Kate Webbink | 2012 | Best Director |
| Centrefold (UK) | Director: Ellie Land
Producer: Siobhan Fenton |
2012 | Best Animation |
| Coffee Ring Effect (USA) | Director & Producer: Kurtis Sensenig | 2012 | Best Experimental Film |
| Reflector (USA) | Director: Dave Hill | 2012 | Best Short Film |
| Robot Quadrators Perform the James Bond Theme
(USA) |
Director: Kurtis Sensenig | 2012 | Award for Technical Merit |
| The Polar Explorer (Canada) | Director: Mark Terry | 2012 | Award for Scientific Merit |
| Australia: A Time-Travellers Guide
(Australia) |
Director: Richard Smith
Executive Producer: Chris Hilton for Essential Media and Entertainment |
2012 | Best Television Series |
| The Lightbulb Conspiracy | Director: Cosima Dannoritzer
Producers: Alexandre Piel and Joan Ubeda |
2011 | Best Film |
| The City Dark | Director: Ian Cheney | 2011 | Best Director and Award for Technical Merit |
| Wonders of the Solar System | Producer: Paul Olding | 2011 | Award for Scientific Merit |
| Where the wild things were | Director: Amber Cherry Eames | 2011 | Award for Cinematography |
| Do you know what time it is? | Director Paul Olding | 2010 | Award for Scientific Merit |
| Honeybee Blues | Stefan Moore | 2010 | Festival Director’s Award |
| Whatever! The Science of Teens | D. L. Faber, D. Ortega, A Delaney. | 2010 | Best Television Series |
| [null Breu] | D. Jeronimo Rocha. | 2010 | Award for Technical Merit. |
| An Eyeful of Sound | Canada, Netherlands, UK. D. Samantha Moore. | 2010 | Best Animated Film |
| Nano You | Spain, UK. D. Tom Mustill. | 2010 | Best Short Film |
| How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer | D. Annamaria Talas. | 2010 | Best Film |
References
- ↑ "Scinema - About Us". scinema.com.au. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
- ↑ "Film festival showcases the best of scientific filmmaking". Cosmos Magazine. Retrieved 2016-08-18.