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Scinema Festival of Science Film is an Australian film festival
celebrating international science-related drama and documentary films. It is held annually in August. The festival was founded with the aim of forging links between the sciences and the arts. Scinema accepts entries from all over the world. It is supported by the Australian government's Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research as part of National Science Week
.
(at the Center Cinema) and was well attended, with some sold-out performances. A notable event of the 2000 festival was Sexy Skivvy Science which featured a talk and experiments by Dean and Rob from the 1970s & 80s children’s television
series The Curiosity Show
.
The festival has grown steadily since its inauguration and in 2008 it was screened in 150 Australia cities as well as internationally in India, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
celebrating international science-related drama and documentary films. It is held annually in August. The festival was founded with the aim of forging links between the sciences and the arts. Scinema accepts entries from all over the world. It is supported by the Australian government's Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research as part of National Science Week
National Science Week
National Science Week refers to series of science-related events for the general public which are held in a specific countries during a designated week of the year...
.
Background
Founded in 2000 by Rebecca Scott and Damian Harris, the first festival played only in CanberraCanberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
(at the Center Cinema) and was well attended, with some sold-out performances. A notable event of the 2000 festival was Sexy Skivvy Science which featured a talk and experiments by Dean and Rob from the 1970s & 80s children’s television
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
series The Curiosity Show
The Curiosity Show
The Curiosity Show was an Australian educational children's television show produced from 1972 to 1990, hosted by Prof. Rob Morrison and Dr. Deane Hutton. The show was produced by Banksia Productions in South Australia for the Nine Network. 149 episodes were produced.-History:Banksia Productions...
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The festival has grown steadily since its inauguration and in 2008 it was screened in 150 Australia cities as well as internationally in India, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
2001 awards
| Award | Film | Producer |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Australia: Eye of the Storm | ABC Natural History Unit |
| Best Environmental Film | Silent Sentinels | ABC Natural History Unit |
| Most Innovative Film | Atom Bond: The Bond with the Golden Electron | Classroom Video |
| Best Australian Film | Australia Eye of the Storm | ABC Natural History Unit |
| Excellence in Science | Archmede: Mad Cow | Ex Nihilo |
| Best Education Film | Building Big | The Production Group |
| Best Short | Great Moments in Science: Murphy's Law | Freerange Animation |
| Best Student Production | Sheep Thing Plus Ladder Equals 1 | Nicholas Kallincos |
| Director Choice | The Last Days of Zeugma | Gedeon Programmes |
2005 awards
| Award | Film | Producer |
|---|---|---|
| Best Student Film | What's Happening at Number 99? | Matthew Higgins |
| Best Primary Student Film | Where's the Science in That? | Elliott C.E.C. Primary Science Class |
| Best Secondary Student Film | the Hitch Hikers Guide to Physics | James Hunter |
| Best Tertiary Student Film | Remember the Tritons | Jasper Montana & Danni Lambert |
| Excellence in Science | Archmede: Mad Cow | Ex Nihilo |
| Best Education Film | Building Big | The Production Group |
| Best Short | Great Moments in Science: Murphy's Law | Freerange Animation |
| Best Student Production | Sheep Thing Plus Ladder Equals 1 | Nicholas Kallincos |
| Director Choice | The Last Days of Zeugma | Gedeon Programmes |
2008 awards
| Award | Winner/Film | Director | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Film | The Colour of Sound | Vince Hunter | Karen Smyth |
| Best Director | Richard Smith for Crude | ABC TV Science Unit | |
| Best Cinematography | Rory McGuinness for The Big Blue | Jeni Clevers, ABC TV | |
| Best Experimental or Animation | Expedition to the Brain | Pablo Garcia-Lopez | Pablo Garcia-Lopez |
| Best Student Film | Photosynthesis: How It Works | Kristian Lang, Ascot Vale Primary School | Kristian Lang, Ascot Vale Primary School |
| Best Science Television | Thunderheads | Klaus Toft for ABC TV | Klaus Toft for ABC TV |
| Award for Scientific Merit | Brain Fitness Program | Eli Brown | Lennlee Keep |
| Prix du Jury | Over My Dead Body | Ian Walker | Vickie Guest |