Medical Conference: Imagine Science: NYAS: Imagine Science Film Festival Kickoff: New York, NY: October 16, 2008 -- October 16, 2008
- By New York Academy of Sciences
- Published 07/9/2008
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Imagine Science Film Festival Kickoff!
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Date: October 16, 2008 -- October 16, 2008
Location:
New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street, 40th floor
New York, NY 10007-2157
Panelists:
•M. Night Shyamalan, writer-director, The Sixth Sense, Signs, The Village, and 2008 release The Happening (invited)
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NYC's Imagine Science Film Festival, October 16-25, showcases films that credibly incorporate science in a compelling narrative. Tonight, NPR's Ira Flatow moderates at the festival kickoff celebration, "Science in Fiction,"—a discussion of the relationship between science and fiction in the cinema followed by a reception.
The Imagine Science Film Festival (ISFF) was born from the Rockefeller Film Series, a science/film series at the Rockefeller University. It has now become a full-fledged New York Science Film Festival. ISFF has special events all-year but the festival is in mid-October and will include panel discussions and screenings in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. The objective of the festival is to showcase films, especially fiction films, that effectively incorporate science into a compelling narrative while maintaining credible scientific groundings.
ISFF is the first science film festival in New York City. It aims to create an environment where filmmakers, artists, scientists and the public can meet. It will be a place where science is exciting and accessible to everyone, regardless of their background. At ISFF, the public will join scientists in learning and imagining science through visual storytelling.
Two awards—a $2,500 Scientific Merit Award and a $2,500 Audience Award—will be made at the end of the festival.
For more information, please visit the ISFF website.
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