SWISS
SCIENCE FILM ACADEMY
Program 2021
Scientists-as-Filmmakers 2020-2021
Only films from this category are screened online on 19-25 November, then in the Filmpodium Cinema on 26-28 November
Now online: Films 2021 & Films 2020
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Friday 26 November,15:00
SWITZERLAND 2020, 3 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Dilsad Dagtekin
University of Zurich
Thais Guillen Otero
University of Zurich
Nathalie Leutenegger
University of Zurich
Marion Nyffennegger
Filmmaker
STORY
Climate change and humans are destroying habitable spaces for animals every day. Wild Utopia tells the story of Dan, a teenage deer who is searching for his own patch of forest. A journey full of challenges begins. Will he make it?
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Friday 26 November,15:00
SWITZERLAND 2021, 3 min, German/English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Fabienne Frey
University of Bern
Frederik Baumgarten
WSL
ETH Zurich
Matthias Santschi
ETH Zurich
Valentina Huwiler
University of Basel
Isabella Sedivy
Filmmaker
STORY
Infrastructure planning in Switzerland is primarily focused on human needs. Nature as a habitat for a variety of animals and plants is often forgotten. This film shows solutions for a sustainable coexistence.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Friday 26 November,18:00
SWITZERLAND 2020, 4 min, English/German
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Kristina Eiviler
University of Zurich
Monika Molnar
University of Zurich
Petra Sidler
FHNW & NCCR – on the move
STORY
Appearances may lead to curiosity about where someone is from, oblivious of how such a curiosity may label me different from you and thus may impinge on personal belonging.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Friday 26 November,18:00
SWITZERLAND 2021, 4 min, German/English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Sara Lynch
University of Bern
Christoph Neuenschwander
University of Bern
Inez Derkx
University of Zurich
Jeannine Oberli
Filmmaker
University of Zurich
STORY
The documentary explores what it means for women to have a voice, where they do not feel heard, and which changes should be made in order to amplify their voices in honour of the 50th anniversary of women’s right to vote in Switzerland.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Saturday 27 November,11:00
SWITZERLAND 2020, 3 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Florence Steiner
University of Zurich
Huw Swanborough
University of Zurich
Gwen Schönfeld
University of Zurich
Martina Conti
PHSZ
Halil Kesselring
Filmmaker
STORY
Everyday communication requires our brains to perform multi-facetted signal processing of highest complexity. In this video we follow the intricate subconscious processes it takes to make even a simple conversation work successfully.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Saturday 27 November,11:00
SWITZERLAND 2021, 3 min, English/German
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Bo Cheng
University of Zurich
Christoph Markus Häfelfinger
University of Basel
Cristina Bellotti
University of Zurich
Dominika Zielinska
University of Zurich
Julia Kamml
ETH Zurich
Kajetana Bevc
ETH Zurich
Nicole Friedli
University of Zurich
STORY
Molly, Ecstasy, MDMA. Different names, same party drug. Let’s have a look at a pill’s journey and at its effects on our body.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Saturday 27 November,14:00
SWITZERLAND 2020, 4 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Braida Thom
ETH Zurich
Claude Müller
ETH Zurich
Dila Suay
University of Zurich
Hélène Iven
ETH Zurich
Geena Gasser
Filmmaker
STORY
The bitter story of sweetness is taking the audience on a journey from the darkness inside a cocoa pod to the darkness of a stomach.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Saturday 27 November,14:00
SWITZERLAND 2021, 2 min, No dialogue
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Marion Nyffennegger
Filmmaker
Sigrid van Grinsven
Eawag
Melanie Grütter
ISEK
Alison Pouliot
Photographer
STORY
All life interacts. We are kin.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Saturday 27 November,16:30
SWITZERLAND 2020, 3 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Christian Horvat
University of Bern
Satyajeet Rao
University of Zurich
Rita Saleh
ETH Zürich
STORY
In machine learning, we try to learn how data is generated. In this short video, we show how this could actually look like from the perspective of the data-points.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Saturday 27 November,16:30
SWITZERLAND 2021, 3 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Johanna Gollnhofer
University of St. Gallen
Chiara Potenza
University of Bern
Agnes Rameder
University of Zurich
Maja Schneider
University of Bern
Halil Kesselring
Filmmaker
STORY
Material Darwinism is the story of a consumer that faces the challenge of decluttering her home.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Saturday 27 November,19:30
SWITZERLAND 2020,1min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Patrick Valeri
EPFL
Valérian Zeender
University of Zurich
STORY
While concrete is seen as a monotonous voracious green-space eater, it is still one of the central actor of our modern infrastructures. But did you realise that concrete is more than a material and that its quality depends on the use we make of it?
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Saturday 27 November,19:30
SWITZERLAND 2021, 7 min, English/German
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Tatiana Drozhzhova
University of Bern
Eashan Saikia
ETH Zurich
Holly Larson Capelo
University of Bern
ETH Zurich
STORY
All of us are made from stardust. But how where the first small space bodies formed out of space dust? Rushing to the examination, Dave asks for help from his pocket artificial intelligent HAL-IE with this last exam question, but to receive an answer Dave should pass through her puzzles.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Sunday 28 November,11:30
SWITZERLAND 2020, 3 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Pranitha Kamat
University of Zurich
Gayatri Muthukrishnan
PSU
Dance Your Science
Sharmila Bansal Rao
University of Zurich
Dance Your Science
STORY
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN is a human endeavor. It took over two decades and 35000 people globally to unravel how the smallest building blocks of all matter receive mass. In this film, we use Bharatanatyam, an Indian Classical Dance, to illustrate the journey of protons in the LHC.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Sunday 28 November,11:30
SWITZERLAND 2021, 3 min, English/German
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Gabriel Jorgewich Cohen
University of Zürich
Lilly Jorgewich Cohen
Filmmaker
Geena Gasser
Filmmaker
STORY
Humans and other animals use sounds as a way of communicating in their daily lives. It is a mystery how/when this ability appeared, but the answer might be hidden in a group of animals no one would suspect.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Sunday 28 November,15:30
SWITZERLAND 2020, 4 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Bennet Schwoon
University of Zurich
Nazek Noureddine
University of Zurich
Francesco Giardina
ETH Zurich
Daniela Ivan
University of Bern
Kristina Berve
University of Bern
STORY
`NO DENIAL` highlights a recent discovery by a team of Swiss Scientists studying the mechanisms behind SARS-Covid-19 viral infection and underlines the necessity of a closer collaboration between scientists and the media to fight against misinformation.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Sunday 28 November,15:30
SWITZERLAND 2021, 4 min, English/German
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Jan Schulte
University of Bern
Lia Katharina Dahl
University of Bern
Monica Dragan
ETH Zurich
Barbara Jozef
EAWAG
Valerie Bugmann
Filmmaker
STORY
The story of a novel technology leaving its mark on laboratory experimentation. We follow the work of two friends in biological science, each with different approaches on the technological scale. How do conventional in vitro models perform against Organs on chips?
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Sunday 28 November,15:30
SWITZERLAND 2021, 4 min, No dialogue
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Catalina Chaparro
EAWAG
Melina Jobbins
University of Zurich
Carlos Ramirez
University of Bern
Sabrina Stettler
Filmmaker
Tobias Wechsler
WSL
University of Bern
STORY
THE TIP TRIGGER is an analogy that demonstrates tipping points through the story of a friendly frog that sees its habitat being slowly destroyed as its neighbours ignore the issue.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Sunday 28 November,19:15
SWITZERLAND 2020, 2 min, English
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Özhan Özkaya
University of Zurich
Alizée Le Moigne
University of Zurich
Ekaterina Koleva
ETH Zurich
Allen Puente-Urbina
ETH Zurich
STORY
An environmentally depressed man gives up fighting for the environment then wakes up in green utopia after an accident.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Sunday 28 November,19:15
SWITZERLAND 2021, 4 min, Kinyarwanda/English/German
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Céléstin Mutuyimana
University of Zurich
Céline Nauer
University of Zurich
ETH Zurich
Yinyin Ma
ETH Zurich
Eawag
Eda Elif Tibet
Filmmaker
University of Bern
STORY
The post-traumatic symptoms of survivors often go beyond the individual level. Survivors continue to suffer from the overlooked cumulative, collective and intergenerational long-term effects of trauma, now known as Historical Trauma.
Zurich (Filmpodium Cinema)
Sunday 28 November,19:15
SWITZERLAND 2021, 2 min, English/German
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SCIENTISTS-AS-FILMMAKERS
Tatiana Alonso Amor
SwissTPH
Lita Palomares
University of Basel
Jagannath Biswakarma
Eawag
Albert Blanch
Filmmaker
STORY
DECISIONS is a short story of a young woman going through her everyday life and making decisions.