Welcome to the 6th edition of #LabMeCrazy! Science Film Festival. On Tuesday, February 25 we celebrated at the Museo Universidad de Navarra the gala of submission awards of the festival.
7:00 p.m.
University of Navarra Museum
The festival awards gala submission a fun show to honor all the winners of this edition. The winners of each category of the contest will be announced and the award Pasión por la Ciencia (Passion for Science) will be awarded to Sara García Alonso. In addition, the scientist and humorist Helena González Burón will present a gala that will be enlivened by the magician Numis.
We encourage you to also participate in the different scientific activities that we have organized for all audiences. We look forward to seeing you!
Of Medicine and miracles
United States, 95 min. 2022. Sean N. Parker Foundation, Randomgood Foundation, network Light Films.
Original Subtitled Version.
7:00 p.m.
Golem Baiona (Pamplona)
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speaker: Sandra Hervas-StubbsPrincipal Investigator of group Adoptive Cell Therapy at Cima University of Navarra.
At the age of six, Emily Whitehead was diagnosed with leukemia. Her life and her parents were suddenly plunged into uncertainty. Through interviews and home videos with poignant authenticity, Of Medicine and Miracles chronicles her family's experience of going from hospital to hospital, trying to remain hopeful in the midst of hopelessness, and their fateful correspondence with a doctor whose research could be the core topic for their survival. But time is of the essence.
Of Medicine and Miraclesan astonishing feat of nonfiction filmmaking, applies a deeply staff perspective to a highly publicized case, allowing Emily's parents to speak candidly about the American healthcare system, experimental cancer treatments, and their immense love for their daughter. Oscar winner Ross Kauffman's documentary is a poignant and moving record of medical history that honors its protagonists and their trauma, while inspiring future generations to attempt the impossible.
Hunt for the Oldest DNA
Canada, 82 min, 2024. Handful of Films, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, NOVA/BGH, DR.
Original Subtitled Version.
7:00 p.m.
Golem Baiona (Pamplona)
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speaker: Javier NovoFull Professor of Genetics of the University of Navarra.
On the Hunt for DNA oldest tells the story of a maverick gene hunter, whose dogged pursuit of an improbable scientific vision would haunt and annoy him for a long time, before ending with an astonishing triumph: a lost world recovered from a spoonful of dirt.
would torment and annoy him for a long time, before ending with an astonishing triumph: a lost world recovered from a spoonful of dirt.
Two decades ago, Eske Willerslev had a radical idea: could DNA, the fragile chemical code of life, survive intact in frozen sediments for millennia? His scientific colleagues called him crazy. But the Danish biologist set out to prove them all wrong, and his perseverance paid off with a historic breakthrough, with huge implications for how we understand the deep past.
Blue Carbon: Nature's Hidden Power
United Kingdom, 85 min, 2023. Make Waves, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios.
Original Subtitled Version.
7:00 p.m.
Golem Baiona (Pamplona)
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speaker: David Elustondodirector scientific Biodiversity and Environment Institute BIOMA of the University of Navarra.
Narrated through the eyes of Grammy-nominated music producer, DJ and environmental biologist Jayda Guy, Blue Carbon: The Hidden Power of Nature is an environmental documentary that unites music and science to uncover what could be one of our greatest weapons in the fight against climate change.
Filmed in the U.S., Senegal, Vietnam, France, Colombia and Brazil, the documentary explores the latest scientific developments around the relatively new potential of coastal ecosystems to help remove carbon from our atmosphere. degree program This "blue carbon," as scientists now call it, can be found in salt marshes, seagrass meadows and mangroves, but once again we are on a race against the clock to protect and restore these vital ecosystems and harness their incalculable power in the battle against global warming.
Accentuated by amazing encounters with the natural world (such as the Florida manatee, humpback whales and the American alligator) and uncovering the unexpected local heroes at the heart of conservation, the documentary provides a much-needed ray of hope in troubled times.
Flyways: The Untold Journey of Migratory Shore Birds
Australia, 85 min, 2023. Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, ZED, Antidote Films, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, ABC, PTS, Storyland.
Original Subtitled Version.
7:00 p.m.
Golem Baiona (Pamplona)
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speaker: Xabier Esparzabiologist and scientific bird bander.
Waders are the world's greatest endurance athletes. They migrate non-stop for up to 9 days without food or water: the longest known migration of any species. They fly thousands of miles along ancient migratory routes, traveling from their feeding grounds in the southern hemisphere to the High Arctic, then back again. But in just 30 years, populations have plummeted. Flyways once teeming with life are falling silent. It's a degree program against time to save them.
In the Americas, Australia, Europe and Asia, scientists are tackling the challenge of wader conservation. For animals that transcend borders, determining why their populations are declining is no easy task. Using cutting-edge science, they hope to decipher their mysterious flyways and save them. Flyways is a captivating film about how waders, through their incredible migrations, bring out the best in humanity and science to try to save them from extinction.