Scientific storytelling is increasingly and fearlessly experimenting in form and style. Scientific stories are becoming more personal and hybrid, tackling issues pertaining both to the individual and the world at-large. How are artists, scientists and educators working together to create singular narratives? The boundaries between scientific data and cinema magic are dissolving. Similar to developing organisms, science films are emerging with new traits and new forms. The Science New Wave is born. _____
The Science New Wave Fund provides support to singular film projects that challenge and expand the role of science in the current cultural discourse and celebrate adventurous interdisciplinary collaboration across disciplines.
The Science New Wave was established on August 26, 2016 in Lairoux, a commune in the Vendée department on the west coast of France.
It was initially mapped out by a committee of scientists and artists attending a town hall meeting on the devastating impact of human activity on the local bat population.
The Central Dogma have since evolved but kept faithful to these essential traits: