THURSDAY OCTOBER 16

Opening Night Panel | Science in Fiction

7 PM | The New York Academy of the Sciences

NPR's Science Friday host, Ira Flatow, moderates a discussion on the relationship between science and fiction in the cinema. With panelists Darcy Kelley, Ari Handel, Sidney Perkowitz, and Billy Shebar.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 17

Short Film Program | Diseases, Discoveries, and Devotion

7 PM | Rockefeller University | Caspary Auditorium

Muerto Canyon, Jen Peel, 1998, USA, 30 min
Jornada Del Muerto, Matthaeus Szumanski, 1999, USA, 28 min
The First Vampire, Jason Todd Ipson, 2004, USA, 24 min
In Vivid Detail, Dara Bratt, 2007, USA, 18 min

SATURDAY OCTOBER 18

Short Film Program | Paris - New York / New York - Paris

2 PM | New School | Tishman Auditorium

Films selected by the 2008 Pariscience Film Festival.

L2i, Jean-Jacques Beineix, 2008, France, 15 min
CosmicConnexion, Denis Van Waerebeke, 2006, France, 10 min
A Biometric Tale, Nicolas Jacquet, 2005, France, 11 min
The First Men in Space, Daniel Muenter, 2007, France/Germany, 52 min

SUNDAY OCTOBER 19

Short Film Program | The Diversity of Film and Science

7 PM | NYU Tisch | Kanbar Institute of Film and Television

The Wormhole, Jessica Sharzer, 2002, USA, 17 min
The Aviatrix, Toddy Burton, 2007, USA, 10 min
Conflation, Stephanie Joalland, 2007, USA/France, 14 min
Transgressions, Valerie Weiss, 2006, USA, 15 min
California King, Eli Akira Kaufman, 2008, USA, 22 min

MONDAY OCTOBER 20

Feature Film Program | Disappearing Acts

7 PM | Rockefeller University

The Un-Gone, Simon Bovey, 2006, UK, 9 min
Fermat's Room, Luis Piedrahita, 2008, Spain, 88 min

TUESDAY OCTOBER 21

Short Film Program | Portrait of a Scientist

7 PM | Rockefeller University | Caspary Auditorium

Semmelweis, Jim Berry, 2001, USA, 17 min
The Visionary, Joel Shapiro, 2005, USA, 22 min
Paprika, Kati Anguelov, 2005, USA, 8 min
Great Genius and Profound Stupidity, Benita Raphan, 2008, USA, 27 min

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22

Short Film Program | Otherworldly Classrooms

7 PM | Union Hall

In partnership with the Secret Science Club.

A Fruit Fly in New York, Alexis Gambis, 2007, USA/France, 12 min
Chip Kick, Volker Hahn, 2008, Germany, 3 min
Séance of Maths, Andrew Gori & Jackie Goss, 2007, USA,11 min
Thirteen Ways to Die at Home, Lee Lanier, 2007, USA, 3 min
Conservation, Ian Harnarine, 2008, USA, 9 min
Senate Hearing on the Coral Bleaching, Randy Olson, 2008, USA, 3 min
Teratoma, Rupert Glasson, 2003, Australia, 9 min

THURSDAY OCTOBER 23

Feature Film Program | Going Forward in Reverse

7 PM | CUNY Graduate Center

Apollo 10 1/2, Lance Gambis, 2008, USA, 11 min
BLAST!, Paul Devlin, 2008, USA, 81 min

Followed by a Q&A with BLAST! director Paul Devlin.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 23

Feature Film Program | Expect the Unexpected

8 PM | Museum of the Moving Image

Lone, Andrew Nowrojee, 2008, Australia, 18 min
Sleep Dealer, Alex Rivera, 2008, USA / Mexico, 90 min

Followed by a conversation between Sleep Dealer director Alex Rivera and David Schwartz, chief curator of the Museum of the Moving Image.