Edition 2024
The fifth edition of #LabMeCrazy! Science Film Festival 1,442 productions from 108 countries participated. These were the winners and finalists in each category:
#LabMeCrazy! Science Film Festival 2024
Photo galleries of the 2024 edition
→ Nuclear energy in the face of climate change: solution or problem?
→ Identity staff in a hyperconnected world from social networks to digital twins.
Winning documentary:
→ Nuclear Now
United States, 105 min, 2022.
Abramorama and Everest Communications Limited
→ Asteroid Rush: Exploration. France 52 min, 2022. Saint Thomas Production(see video)
→ Deep in the Heart. United States, 100 min, 2022. Fin and Fur Film. (seevideo)
→ Everything Will Change. Germany, 92 min, 2021. Flare Film and Windmill Film(see video).
→ Maa-yiem, the Extraordinary Story of Jordi Sabater Pi. Spain, 59 min, 2022. Turkana Film(see video)
→ Made to Measure. Germany, 52 min, 2021. Laokoon and WDR(see video).
→ Ocean Odyssey. Australia, 40 min, 2021. Wild Pacific average and Gin Clear Film. (seevideo).
Winning TV program:
→ Wild Hope: The Beautiful Undammed
United States, 28 min, 2023. HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, Part 2 Pictures and Wild Elements.
→ Changing Seas: "Humpbank Health. " United States, 27 min, 2022. South Florida PBS(see video).
→ Go Go Go Giwas: Sowing Dream Seeds. Taiwan, 14 min, 2020. NTHU, USC, Engine Studios. (watchvideo).
→ The last days of the glaciers. Spain, 28 min, 2023. Elhyar. (seevideo)
→ Laika Orbit: Light. Spain, 55 min, 2022. RTVE. (seevideo)
→ Reduce your footprint - Doñana, the bird sanctuary. Spain, 56 min, 2022. RTVE (see video)
→ The Truth in the Blood. Argentina, 20 min, 2022. TEC TV and CONICET Documentary(see video).
Winning production:
→ U' Scogghiu Chiama (The Rock Calls).
United Kingdom, 23 min, 2023
Kitty Fixsen
→ District Rice - Coconut and Bacillus - Chewing gums, allies or enemies of the bacteria in your mouth? Spain, 6 min, 2023. Luis Amigó Curiosity(see video).
→ Echoes From The Blue Meadow. Mexico, 12min, 2023. Héctor Hernández.(see video)
→ Exoskeletons. Hungary, 18 min, 2022. Doc Nomads Joint Masters(see video).
→ Fascinating World of Wood Ants. United Kingdom, 11 min, 2022. Siddique Salim Kahn(see video).
→ Maronii. France, 5 min, 2022. Dimitri llonneau, Maxime Guitet, Lucas Plata, Mai Ngoc Nguyen, Guilian Matuszczak, Flore Argentier, Hugo Courtel.(see video).
→ Saving Santa Cruz. United Kingdom, 22 min, 2023. National Film and Television School.(watch video).
→ Statement. Egypt, 1 min, 2022. Nia Mahran, Maged Michel Seha(see video).
→ The Guardians. United States, 6 min, 2023. Jharia Morris(see video)
→ The Unpredictable Factor. Germany, 51 min, 2022. Be Wild Film(see video)
work winner:
→ The Symphony of the Brain
United Kingdom, 14 min, 2022
Oxford Sparks
→ Anamnesis. Brazil, 14 min, 2021. Tiago Lipka(see video)
→ ANS - The First Dutch Adventure in Space. Netherlands, 50 min, 2022. Stichting Beeldlijn, Nationaal Ruimtevaartmuseum. (seevideo).
→ Bone stories. Italy, 7 min, 2023. Gabriele Clementi(see video).
→ Fields of Devotion. United States, 29 min, 2022. Rutgers University, One Earth Films(see video).
→ Islands of Discovery: The Dry Tortugas. United States, 23 min, 2023. Hyatt L Mamoun (seevideo).
→ On the Edge of Existence: Rediscovering a Lost Coral UK, 15 min, 2022. Oxford Sparks(see video)
→ The Future of the Ocean Spain, 52 min, 2022. Mario Cuesta Hernando - Spanish Institute of Oceanography - CSIC (see video).
Winning video:
→ Antarctica: At the Intersection of Technology and Climate Action.
United States, 10 min, 2022
Mike Libecki, Keith Ladzinski
→ 33421. Brazil, 3 min, 2021. Bruno Martins(see video)
→ Gravity. Pakistan, 4 min, 2023. Shahmir Mughal(see video).
→ Home. Islamic Republic of Iran, 1 min, 2021. Hamed Azizi(see video).
→ Savory - What is Holistic Management? Israel, 3 min, 2023. Lynn Polyak.(see video)
→ Star Gazers: "The Gold Mirrors of James Webb Space Telescope". United States, 2 min, 2023. South Florida PBS(see video)
→ Tech Attack - Online Dating. Germany, 2 min, 2023. Monströös Animation Studio(see video).
→ The Mystery of the Disappearing Lymphocytes. UK, 3 min, 2023. Charlotte Stoddart, Jules Bartl & Dog and Rabbit, Yvonne Bordon, Dan Fox. (seevideo).
→ TIK TOK DIVULGACIONCIENCIA_UNAM: Golden Eagle the True Inspiration for our Shield?. Mexico, 1 min, 2023. UNAM.(see video)
The award "Passion for Science" recognizes the professional career of scientists and researchers in the different branches of knowledge. In the 2024 edition, the winner was Juan Luis Arsuaga.
Juan Luis Arsuaga (Madrid, 1954) holds a PhD in Biological Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid, where he is Full Professor of Paleontology at School of Geological Sciences. He currently directs the Joint UCM-Carlos III Health Institute Center for Human Evolution and Behavior; is Director Scientist of the Museum of Human Evolution in Burgos; and co-directs the excavations of the Neanderthal sites of Pinilla del Valle (Madrid). Most of his scientific work at degree program has been carried out at the Atapuerca sites, project , which was awarded the award Príncipe de Asturias de research Scientific and Technical Award in 1997.
Dr. Arsuaga has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the award Castilla y León, award of the Community of Madrid, the Cross of Environmental Merit of Spain, award Antonio de Sancha of the association of Editors of Madrid, award COSCE for the Dissemination of Science, and award of Scientific Journalism Concha García Campoy of the TV Academy, among others.
Arsuaga is a member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain and of the Royal Academies of Medicine of Zaragoza and Eastern Andalusia. He is also life vice-president of the Atapuerca Foundation, president of the Gadea Science Foundation and honorary doctor for the universities of Burgos, Polytechnic of Valencia and Zaragoza.
The paleontologist from Madrid is the author of a large issue of scientific publications, and author and partner of numerous books such as "La especie elegida", "El collar del neandertal", "Los aborígenes", "Al otro lado de la niebla", "Amalur. From the atom to the mind", "Mr. Darwin's watch", "The first journey of our life", "Brief history of the Earth with us inside", "The indelible seal", "Life. The great story", "Life as told by a sapien to a Neanderthal", "Death as told by a sapien to a Neanderthal" and "Our body".