It has been half a century since astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of NASA’s Apollo 11, set foot on the moon and uttered those famous words that changed the course of history. “One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” It’s reported that around...
Scientists have found the elusive gene responsible for lefty snail shells, and have even managed to produce 'lefty' offspring. Jeremy the Lefty Snail and Other Asymmetrical Animals looks at the fascinating story of Jeremy, a one in a million snail. His shell coiled to the...
Hear what our SCINEMA judges have to say about the importance of presenting science on the big screen. SCINEMA is all about putting the science in cinema. But science in film is about more than entertaining audiences; it’s about creating conversations. For cancer biologist Darren Saunders, science...
The creator behind Smart Slime? explains why, out of all the things she could film, she chose slime. Winner of SCINEMA’s Award for Scientific Merit, Smart Slime? is the work of first-year film student Juliette Martineau, who is studying at the National Film and Television School,...
The team behind The Face of a Stranger talks about how their lives were changed by filming a face transplant. Winner of SCINEMA’s best film award, The Face of a Stranger presents a tale of risk and triumph. The film follows the story of two men: Maurice Desjardins...
SCINEMA 2019 judge Alison Leigh tells us about some of the films that have stuck in her mind over the past two years. I’ve had the privilege of being on the jury of SCINEMA for the last two years. These are my top three stand out...
There’s a reason why 700 Sharks took out the SCINEMA award for Technical Merit. For director Luc Marescot, his vision wasn’t just to explore the hunting tactics of 700 starving sharks, it was about creating a story of an epic adventure with stunning backdrops. And while...