Edition 2022
The third edition of #LabMeCrazy! Science Film Festival 1,371 productions from 104 countries participated. These were the winners and finalists in each category:
#LabMeCrazy! Science Film Festival 2022
Photo galleries of the 2022 edition
Winning documentary:
→ The Reason I Jump
UK and US, 82 min, 2020.
The Ideas Room, Metifilm, Volcun Productions, Runaway Fridge, BFI.
→ After Antarctica. United States, 104 min, 2021. Tasha Van Zandt(see video).
→ Apollo 11. United States, 93 min, 2019. CNN Films, Neon Films, Statement Pictures. (watchvideo).
→ Jim Allison: Breakthrough. United States, 90 min, 2019. Uncommon Productions. (watchvideo).
→ My Voice Will Be With You. Belgium, 86 min, 2020. Wrong Men and Supermouche Productions. (watchvideo).
→ Nature's Fear Factor. United States, 54 min, 2020. HHMI Tangled Bank Studios(see video).
→ The Creativity Delusion. Romania, 37 min, 2020. Copy-Me.(see video)
Winning TV program:
→ World of Viruses
Germany, 29 min, 2021
ZDF
→ What an animal! Seafarers. Spain, 28 min, 2020. RTVE (see video)
→ Changing Seas: "Peru's Desert Penguins." United States, 27 min, 2021. South Florida PBS.(see video)
→ War on resistant bacteria. Spain, 30 min, 2020. Elhuyar (Teknopolis - EiTB)(see video).
→ Órbita Laika - A world beneath our feet. Spain, 53 min, 2020. RTVE and K 2000(see video).
Winning production:
→ Moon Landing
Costa Rica, 7 min, 2020
Melany Mora
→ Boomerang. India, 7 min, 2020. Sanjai Chandrasekaran(see video).
→ Living on the Edge. United Kingdom, 24 min, 2021. Henry Frankel(see video)
→ My Life - Presentation. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7 min, 2021. Esma Saric. (seevideo)
→ Q: Ghostly Remote Effect. Germany, 20 min, 2020. Marcus Hanisch.(see video)
→ Shift. Canada, 3 min, 2021. Zach Fenlon.(see video)
→ Subject. Israel, 9 min, 2020. Renen Adar and Neta Zaidel(see video).
work winner:
→ The Artificial Revolution
United States, 9 min, 2021
Elyas Masrour
→ Celtiberian particles. Spain, 5 min, 2021. Luis G. Juanes(see video).
→ Cuckoo. Czech Republic, 4 min, 2020. Daniela Hýbnerová(see video).
→ Frames. Canada, 11 min, 2019. Farhad Pakdel. (watchvideo).
→ GastroScience. Spain, 10 min, 2021. University of Murcia (seevideo)
→ The Cell Factory. United Kingdom, 5 min, 2021. Sean Elias and Samantha Vanderslott(see video).
Winning video:
→ The Science of an Extreme Animal Athlete
United States, 11 min. 2020
Day's Edge Productions
→ Does time exist? Mexico, 8 min, 2020. Tonatiuh Moreno(see video).
→ Humpback Whale Communication and the Search for Alien Intelligence. United States, 13 min, 2020. Richard Sergay.(see video)
→ In the Blink of an Eye: Space in an Instant. United States, 3 min, 2021. John Boswell(see video)
→ Without an Ecological Footprint. Spain, 21 min, 2020. RTVE. (seevideo)
→ The incredible (and forgotten) lymphatic system. Spain, 14 min, 2020. Sandra Ortonobes(see video).
→ The origin of the elements in the universe. Spain, 18 min, 2021. Elena Denia and Juan Miguel Aguilera(see video).
→ The Skin Sleuth. France, 5 min, 2019. Clément Debeir. (seevideo).
→ Water Pump. Turkey, 5 min, 2021. Caner Menemencioğlu(see video).
→ Whaat! how do you see it? - Environment. Spain, 18 min, 2020. RTVE (see video)
The award "Passion for Science" recognizes the professional career of scientists and researchers in the different branches of knowledge. In the 2022 edition, the winners were Luis Enjuanes, Mariano Esteban and Vicente Larraga.
The three researchers from the committee Superior Center for Scientific Research (CSIC) have been working for decades on development vaccines against infectious diseases. Now, they have returned to the laboratories to, together with their corresponding teams, contribute to the development of new vaccines against COVID-19.
Luis Enjuanes has worked in the field of Virology for more than 40 years and has published more than 220 articles in international journals and 58 book chapters. He is currently Professor of research and Head of the Coronavirus laboratory at the National Center of Biotechnology of CSIC where he studies the mechanisms of replication, transcription, virulence and virus-host interaction of coronaviruses. Enjuanes teaches teaching at the Autonomous University of Madrid and at the high school Pasteur in Paris. Among his most important recognitions are the appointment as member of the National Academy of Science of the United States; academician of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, and academician of the North American Academy of Microbiology; medal to the Merit in the research and in the University Education granted by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain; distinguished virologist by the Spanish Society of Virology; consultant of the World Health Organization; and publisher chief of the journal "Virus Research".
Vicente Larraga is Professor of research and manager of laboratory of Molecular Parasitology and Vaccines at the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-Margarita Salas of CSIC where he has been researching, for 30 years, on the development of DNA vaccines against leishmaniasis, and currently against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. With more than 130 articles in books and prestigious journals, he is a member of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; the New York Academy of Sciences; the Spanish Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health; and the Spanish Society of Parasitology. Some merits pointed out in Professor Larraga's career: he was board member of the General Section of the National Plan of research and development (1987-89), vice-president of CSIC (1989-92) and director of the Center for Biological Research (2005-2012). Member of the Royal National Academy of Pharmacy.
Mariano Esteban is Professor of research of the CSIC and head of group of Poxviruses and vaccines of the National Center of Biotechnology. His research has focused on the knowledge of the molecular biology of pathogens such as viruses to develop procedures for the control of infectious diseases. Professor Esteban's scientific contributions represent 240 papers published in international journals, 250 communications presented at national and international congresses and six patents. Lecturer and professor in different countries and member of numerous international scientific associations such as the British association of Microbiology, the New York Academy of Sciences, or the American association for the Advancement of Science. Esteban has obtained several scientific distinctions such as the award of the committee of Health of New York or the appointment of Academician of issue of the Royal National Academy of Pharmacy.