The Imagine Science Film Festival (ISFF) is a full-fledged New York Science Film Festival. The objective of the festival is to showcase films that effectively incorporate science into a compelling narrative while maintaining credible scientific groundings.

Imagine Science Films gathers an eclectic selection of films to present at the Imagine Science Film Festival each year. The first ISFF took place October 16-25, 2008, and included screenings in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

ISFF is the first science film festival in New York. It is an environment where filmmakers, artists, scientists and the public can meet, 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.

ISFF 2010 Trailer (official) from Imagine Science Films on Vimeo.

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When does the ISFF take place?

The 2011 festival will take place October 14th – 21st.

Where can I see the ISFF films?

Some films will be available through our website, including the 2008 and 2009 Winners. To see all of this year’s films, however, you’ll have to attend the festival in October!

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The current lineup of 2011 venues is:

• Museum of Moving Image, Manhattan
• NY Hall of Science, Queens
• The Bell House, Gowanus, Brooklyn
• Indie Screen, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
• New York Academy of Science, Manhattan
• Symphony Space, Manhattan
• CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan

From Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhard, Directors of Magnetic Movie (Nature Scientific Merit Award 2009):

We’ve been following the festival all week online and wished we were there to check out all the great films — now we’re totally amazed to have won this prize! We made Magnetic Movie during an incredible opportunity to spend time with space scientists at UC Berkeley, they were so generous with their time and knowledge, and were excited to see the finished result, we can’t wait to tell them the good news! As you send us this great news we are far from civilization deep inside England’s largest forest filming our next project. Thank you, Imagine Science Film Festival.”

Jessica Sharzer, Director of The Wormhole (Nature Scientific Merit Award 2008)

“There is an unfortunate split between science and art, both in school and in popular culture. The Imagine Science Film Festival is groundbreaking in bringing together scientists and filmmakers into a new dialogue which will, hopefully, inspire new representations of science on screen. It is certainly the first time I have ever shown my film to a room full of scientists.”

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QUESTIONS?

email: submit@imaginesciencefilms.com