Short

David Murawsky | 3 min | USA | 2012 SYNOPSIS 18 Things You Should Know About Genetics is an animated film that presents fundamental background information about genetics, as well as offering some quirky but interesting facts about DNA, genes and genetics. It was created to be an upbeat, fun educational short film to initiate [...]

Darragh O’Connell | 10 min | Ireland | 2011 SYNOPSIS An old explorer close to freezing in the Arctic re-lives the events that brought him there in the first place. He recalls his student days at Trinity College in Dublin when he studied under the enigmatic Professor Orit, the professor who was driven to madness [...]

Jana Minarikova | 12 min | Slovakia | 2011 SYNOPSIS An alchemist draws on the power of lightning to create splendid jewels. SCREENING SCHEDULE Avant-Garde Science, 5th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival 9:00pm | Saturday, November 10, 2012 THE WOOLY PRODUCTION CREDITS Production Credits: producer: almostar director: Jana Minarikova screenplay: Jana Minarikova camera: Laco Janostak [...]

Kangmin Kim | 8 min | USA/South Korea | 2011 SYNOPSIS A man enters an old bathhouse where, induced by the intense heat and steam, he relives a memory of his father, and their past relationship ignites. SCREENING SCHEDULE Death, Diseases & Devotion, 5th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival 7:00pm | Monday, November 12, 2012 [...]

Barry Gibb | 31 min | United Kingdom | 2012 SYNOPSIS “Are you normal? What does it mean to be normal? Is it a good thing, or does it mean you’re just plain dull. Is being abnormal more fun, does it make us seem more kooky, quirky, individual – or could it mean we’re cut [...]

Markos Kay | 8 min | United Kingdom | 2012 NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE SYNOPSIS aDiatomea is an artificial life system that uses various methods and notions of a-life research. The basic principle of aDiatomea is that every aspect of it is entirely mathematically generated and thus it is not created purposefully as an art piece [...]

Cristina de Middel | 5 min | South Africa, Spain | 2012 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE SYNOPSIS In 1964, still leaving the dream of their recently gained independence, Zambia started a space program that would put the first african on the moon catching up the USA and the Soviet Union in the space race. Only a [...]

Jim Lo Scalzo | 3 min | USA | 2012 WINNER: 2012 IMAGINAL DISC VISUAL SCIENCE AWARD, 5th ANNUAL ISFF SYNOPSIS Deep in the desert of southern California sits one of the worst environmental sites in America—a former tourist destination that has turned into a toxic soup: the Salton Sea. The sea was born by [...]

Jen DePlour | 3 min | USA | 2012 SYNOPSIS Amygdala is a one-minute stop motion short in the surrealist vain utilizing puppet, object, and clay animation. Dark in it’s vision with an ambient soundscape, it explores notions of the cast aside, and unattainable emotional and intellectual states. SCREENING SCHEDULE Imagine Consciousness: Brain Mise-En-Scene, 5th [...]

Kids from New York Hall of Science | USA | 2012 SYNOPSIS A collection of animations generated by young visitors of the NY Hall of Science. With topics ranging from nanotechnology to optical illusions, space travel, and the alphabet, there is plenty to entertain the inner child in all of us. These animated and educational [...]