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Bristol Science Film Festival returns for 2022
Not even covid could stop the Bristol Science Film Festival, which migrated online to dodge the virus. Founded in 2016, the annual festival returns in person this month with two selections of shortlisted titles from its annual short science film competition. Each film is less than 10 minutes in duration and the final 29 have been whittled down from 56 entries by a panel of judges whose ranks include Malcolm Love, science communicator and lecturer at the University of the West of England; Andrew Glester, host of The Cosmic Shed podcast; and Bristol-based, multi-award-winning filmmaker Gabriela Staniszewska.
Technology and Us
Once again there’s a chance to see the films and meet some of the filmmakers in two packed programmes. These are showing at the Bristol Improv Theatre on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 August. The first programme is entitled Earth and Environment and the second one Technology and Us. Gongs will be dished out after the Sunday screenings.
So what kind of films can you expect to see? This year’s diverse selection of shortlisted titles includes the informative animation What Is Schizophrenia?; the topical Coronavirus Variants: What You Need to Know (probably not suitable for crazed conspiracy theorists); ’70s sci-fi satire Juno; For the Love of Whales, shot on location in Iceland; The Bat Man and Woman of India, telling the uplifting story of a pair of Chiropterologists; and the provocative Survivers (correct title): “Natural selection says that only those who adapt survive. What if humans are too stupid?”
Earth and Environment
If you can’t make it in person, there are also online screenings on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 August. Go here for further information and to buy tickets (£8/£5 concessions per evening) for either/both of the Bristol Improv Theatre events.
All images: Bristol Science Film Festival
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