SWISS
SCIENCE FILM ACADEMY
Program 2023
Scientists-as-Filmmakers
Only films from this category are now ONLINE
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Saturday 1 April, 11:00
ONE TABLE 50 YEARS
SWITZERLAND 2022, 3 min, No dialogue
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Pia Seimetz
University of St. Gallen
Claudine Brändle
University of Zurich
Tobias Hobmaier
University of Ludvig-Maximilians in Munich
Geena Gasser
Filmmaker
STORY
In this movie, we travel through time and visit festive food and beverage trends of the past 50 years. It does not impose norms, but rather leaves the audience with individual points of connection that trigger food for thought.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Saturday 1 April, 14:00
PACK-BODY: A GAME OF MOBILITY
SWITZERLAND 2022, 3 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Eda Elif Tibet
University of Bern
Eleonora Dallorto
University of Turin
Sarah Hartmann
University of Bern
Laura Kmoch
University of Kassel
Zeynep Köylü
University of Basel
Sandra La Rota
University of Antwerp
STORY
There are too many factors at play for people to have a successful mobility experience. Some of these are quite random, like in a video-game. Pack Body pictures the story of a successful and unsuccessful attempt at moving cross-borders.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Saturday 1 April, 16:30
WHAT GOES AROUND
SWITZERLAND 2022, 2 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Flavian Tschurr
ETH Zurich
Marieke Behlen
University of Ludvig-Maximilians in Munich
Laura Schütz de Rivera
FiBL
Mina Stanikic
University of Zurich
Albert Blanch
Filmmaker
STORY
From zero to hero, or from shit to pasta. Circularity can render food systems more environmentally friendly while producing sufficient healthy food. However, thinking out of the box of the current system, considering radical changes are needed to come to circular redesigns.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Saturday 1 April, 19:30
SEWING SOULS
SWITZERLAND 2022, 4 min, No dialogue
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Célestin Mutuyimana
University of Zurich
Nataliya Borys
University of Geneve
Yinyin Ma
ETH & EAWAG
Surangika Jayarathne
University of Bern
Yumo Cheng
Filmmaker
Eda Elif Tibet
University of Bern
STORY
In communities where people have experienced man-made trauma, silence about the trauma and mistrust is high, while the culture of sharing their trauma is low. Despite some beliefs that marriage should heal, this can lead to family problems.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Sunday 2 April, 11:00
50 SHADES OF GREEN
SWITZERLAND 2022, 4 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Julia Joswig
University of Zurich
Roya Afshari
University of Basel
Ilaria Ghia
University of Turin
Daniela Campanini
University of Zurich
Lara Pretz
Zurich University of the Arts
STORY
The plants that inhibit our planet are immensely diverse. They collaborate, interact with their environment and face challenges in their own unique way. Here we show some examples of how the fauna works and why we should appreciate and protect it more.
Basel (Cinema Pathe Küchlin)
Friday 31 March, 19:30
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Sunday 2 April, 14:00
THE SCIENCE OF FULFILLMENT IN LIFE
SWITZERLAND 2022, 3 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Katrina Obas
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Sarah Luo
Zurich University of the Arts
Doris Baumann
University of Zurich
STORY
People not only want to live a long life, but also to live a meaningful life at any age. This explanatory film reveals what scientists have found out about a fulfilled life.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Sunday 2 April, 19:20
TWENTY WORDS
SWITZERLAND 2022, 2 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Bastien Ruols
University of Lausanne
Duriya Charykphan
University of Zurich
Maurizio Grassano
University of Turin
Lisa Groenner
University of Zurich
Silvan Spiess
University of Zurich
Halil Kesselring
Filmmaker
STORY
Many animals like birds have only a very limited repertoire of calls to express themselves, what if we humans would have to reduce ours to twenty words?
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Sunday 2 April, 19:20
UNCOVERING THE UNKNOWN
SWITZERLAND 2022, 5 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Emanuele Aucone
ETH Zurich & WSL
Niklas Frost
Ludvig-Maximilians-Universität München
Luca Girardi
ETH Zürich & WSL
Tatiana Keller-Drozhzhova
University of Bern
Flurin Leugger
ETH Zurich & WSL
Gian Marco Palamara
EAWAG
STORY
Equipped with the newest technologies, a scientist solves a mysterious appearance in the forests of Graubünden (Switzerland). Uncovering the Unknown is a film about new biodiversity monitoring methods and how the combined efforts of passionate researchers can help us to better understand the (bio)diversity of our planet.