2019 Edition
In this first edition of #LabMeCrazy! Science Film Festival 1,953 productionsfrom 107 countries participated. These were the winners and finalists in each category:
Winning documentary:
→ My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond.
United States, 57 min, 2017.
Luna Productions.
→ 700 Sharks. France, 92 min, 2018. Le Cinquième Rêve ( See video).
→ The Sun - Inferno in the Sky. Austria, 50 min, 2018. Terra Mater Factual Studios (See video).
→ David Attenborough's Light on Earth. Austria, 51 min, 2016. Terra Mater Factual Studios (See video).
→ The Nature of Things: "A Day in the Life of Earth". UK, 44 min, 2018. YAP Films and Screen Glue (Watch video).
→ A Dangerous Idea. United States, 102 min, 2016. Paragon average. (Watch video)
Winning short film:
→ The Auxiliary
Belgium, 9 min, 2018.
Frédéric Plasman.
→ Lift Off. Ireland, 7 min, 2018. Kevin Hughes (See video).
→ Carlos Q.D.W. United States,10 min, 2018. Miguel A Rueda-Gonzalez (Watch video).
→ A Scratch on a Sponge Cake. Russia, 12 min, 2019. Alexander Harlamov.
→ Ant Sisters. United States, 4 min, 2018. Anna Lindemann (See video).
→ iRony. Australia, 8 min, 2018. Radheya Jegatheva (Watch video).
→ Mrs Somerville's Monument. United Kingdom, 7 min, 2017. Wisterlitz Productions(See video).
Winning report:
→ The Python Code
Germany, 29 min, 2017
ZDF
→ The Battle Between Environment and Progress. Argentina, 16 min, 2018. Argentine Public Television ( See video).
→ The Chimps that Play with Dolls. United Kingdom, 4 min, 2016. Pomona Pictures (See video).
→ The Last Neanderthal. United Kingdom, 16 min, 2017. Pomona Pictures.
→ Arsenic - The Creeping Killer. Germany, 29 min, 2016. ZDF. (Watch video)
→ Talking About Maths. Spain, 28 min, 2018. Sintregua Comunicación (See video).
Winning production:
→ Now or Never
United Kingdom, 25 min, 2018
Matt Senior
→ Saturn in Leo. Croatia, 5 min, 2018. Anna Šagadin (Watch video).
→ Primitive. China, 4 min, 2018. Zeyi Zhang (See video).
→ "Hatikva" Hospital. Israel, 9 min, 2018. Roi Minster (Watch video).
→ Mosquito Metamorphosis. United States, 6 min, 2018. Celestina Wright (See video).
→ Owsia (Darkened Water) Islamic Republic of Iran, 30 min, 2017. Alireza Dehghan (Watch video).
Winning video:
→ Jeremy the Lefty Snail and Other Asymmetrical Animals.
United Kingdom, 15 min.
University of Strathclyde
→ On being a Scientist. Netherlands, 56 min, 2016. Leiden University (See video)
→ Smart Slime? United Kingdom, 10 min, 2019. National Film and Television School (See video).
→ A E O N. United Kingdom, 24 min, 2019. National Film and Television School (Watch video).
→ Artificial Creativity. Spain, 12 min, 2016. University of Zaragoza (See video).
Winning video:
→ Why Conserve Biodiversity?
Spain, 5 min, 2018
University of Vigo
→ Cowboy Astrophysicist. United States, 3 min, 2019. Mark Kiefer (See video).
→ Under the Shell. Spain, 5 min, 2018. Daniel Morcillo (See video).
→ To Bee, or Not to Be. United States, 1 min, 2018. B. R. Tatalovic.
→ CNIO - Women in Science. Spain, 2 min, 2019. CNIO (See video)
→ Twins Undivided - The Two-Headed Calf. Italy, 2 min, 2018. Gabriele Clementi (Watch video).
→ network Glory. United States, 5 min, 2018. Avinu Films (Watch video).
→ Ebro Resilience. Spain, 6 min, 2019. Eduardo Berián (See video)
Winning documentary short film:
→ A New View of the Moon
United States, 3 min, 2018
Alex Gorosh
→ Think Like a Scientist: Natural Selection in an Outbreak. United States, 8 min, 2016. Day's Edge Productions (See video).
→ The Anomalies: Venom Race. United States, 8 min, 2018. Day's Edge Productions (See video).
→ The Snow Guardian. United States, 5 min, 2016. Day's Edge Productions (See video).
→ Genes As Medicine. United States, 17 min, 2017. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (See video).
→ A Gem of Bacterium. Spain, 5 min, 2019. Alberto José Redondo Villa.
→ Weather and Chaos: The Work of Edward N. Lorenz. United States, 12 min, 2018. Josh Kastorf (Watch video).
The award "Passion for Science" recognizes the professional career of scientists and researchers in the different branches of knowledge. In the 2019 edition the awardee was Francisco J. Martínez Mojica.
Francisco J. Martínez Mojica is researcher of the University of Alicante. Mojica was a pioneer in the study of repeated genetic sequences in bacteria. His team was the first to show that these sequences are related to bacterial immunity to virus attack. His finding proved to be essential for the development of the CRISPR-Cas technology that allows genome editing and has led to a revolution in biomedicine and biotechnology.
in biomedicine and biotechnology. This technology is now used in laboratories all over the world.
Mojica's research is of unquestionable relevance and, in recent years, his name has been proposed as a possible candidate for the award Nobel Prize in Medicine. In addition, Martínez Mojica has garnered national and international recognition and awards, including the award Rey Jaime I to the research, and the Albany Medical Center Prize, award , the most important prize in the United States in the field of biomedical research .