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The 2011 edition of Vedere la Scienza Festival, XV International Film, Video and Documentary Festival, will take place in Milan from the 2nd to the 8th of May.

As usual the Festival Programme embraces every scientific fields (astrophysics and cosmology, life sciences, natural sciences, chemistry, environment and climate, history of science, environment and energetic resources, …). A special focus will be given to the themes linked to 2011 - International Year of  Chemistry and the celebrations for the centenary of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Marie Curie: chemistry, physics, women in science. In the occasion of the Orticola event, a special session will be devoted to botany, botanical gardens and parks.

Participation is open to televisions and media production companies, independent producers, research institutes and universities, museums, schools, organizations and agencies.
Different categories are eligible, according to the film genre and the applicant.
An International Jury will assign an award for each category. A special Award will be assigned by Orticola Association to the best botanical title.

All the Festival sessions are open to the public, journalist, experts, students; the admittance is free.
Morning sessions (monday to friday) are reserved to schools.

Info: vederelascienza@unimi.it

PROGRAMME

VEDERE LA SCIENZA FESTIVAL 2011

Milano, Spazio Oberdan, 2nd-8th May 2011

MONDAY 2nd May 2011

10:00-12:00 - Spazio Oberdan
OPENING - Marie Curie and 2011 International Year of Chemistry

- Institutional greetings

- Film
• Marie Curie (France, 1995, 90 min)

Debate and closing

ORE 10:00-18:00 - Mediateca Santa Teresa. Postazione RAI
PROGRAMS ON-DEMAND! Workstation
Selection of programs, documentaries and films on the following topics: “Science and Scientists since the Unification of Italy” and “A Tribute to the International Year of Chemistry”, from RAI Teche Archive.

14:30-16:30 - Spazio Oberdan
LIFE SCIENCES - HEALTH SCIENCES

Documentaries and videos:
• Immortal (Australia, 2010, 53 min) *
• A Brief History of Sterility in Italy (Italy, 2010, 5 min) *
• Great Ormond Street: Pushing the Boundaries (Great Britain, 2010, 59 min) *

16:30-18:00 - Spazio Oberdan
LIFE SCIENCES - HEALTH SCIENCES

Documentaries:
• NDE. Near Death Experience (Italy, 2010, 34 min) *
• Hunting for Viruses and Bacteria (Germany, 2010, 43 min) *
• Arsenic Free (Argentina, 2010, 7 min) *

TUESDAY 3rd May 2011

10:00-12:00 - Spazio Oberdan
ASTRONOMY - SOLAR SYSTEM

Documentaries:
• Wonders of the Solar System - Life or Death (Great Britain, 2010, 59 min) *
• The Pluto Files (USA, 2010, 55 min) *

Debate

10:00-18:00 - Mediateca Santa Teresa. Postazione RAI
PROGRAMS ON-DEMAND! Workstation
Selection of programs, documentaries and films on the following topics: “Science and Scientists since the Unification of Italy” and “A Tribute to the International Year of Chemistry”, from RAI Teche Archive.

14:30-16:40 - Spazio Oberdan
PIONEERING TECHNOLOGIES: Background and Outlook

Documentaries:
• The Future on the Wire (Italy, 2010, 52 min) *
• Quants, the alchemists of Wall street (The Netherland, 2010, 48 min) *
• When the Wells Run Dry - Visions for the Gulf: Ecological Oasis (Germany, 2010, 26 min) *

16:45-18:30 - Spazio Oberdan

PIONEERING TECHNOLOGIES: Background and Outlook

Documentaries:
• The Light Bulb Conspiracy (Spain, 2010, 75 min) *
• Thermoelectricity (Italy, 2010-’11, 25 min)

21:15 - Spazio Oberdan

FILM SHOW. A Tribute to 2011 International Year of Chemistry

Film:
• Monkey Business (by H. Hawks, USA, 1952, 97 min)

WEDNESDAY 4th May 2011

10:00-12:00 - Spazio Oberdan
NATURAL SCIENCES: THE SEAS AND THE EARTH Between Past and Future

Proiezione dei documentari
• Active Mediterranean (Italy, 2010, 53 min) *
• Tipping point (France, 2010, 54 min) *

Debate

10:00-18:00 - Mediateca Santa Teresa. Postazione RAI
PROGRAMS ON-DEMAND! Workstation
Selection of programs, documentaries and films on the following topics: “Science and Scientists since the Unification of Italy” and “A Tribute to the International Year of Chemistry”, from RAI Teche Archive.

14:30-17:15 - Spazio Oberdan
ASTRONOMY/COSMOLOGY/SPACE EXPLORATION

Documentaries:
• Inside the Milky Way (Great Britain, 2010, 94 min) *
• Is the Magnetic Pole about to Flip? (France/Canada, 2010, 52 min) *
• Two Italians Among the Stars (Italy, 2010, 15 min) *

17:20-18:30 - Spazio Oberdan
THE APPEARANCE OF MAN ON EARTH

Documentaries:
• Along the Devil's Trails (Italy, 2010, 37 min) *
• The Three Minutes of Man (Italy, 2011, 42 min) *

19:00 - Spazio Oberdan

FILM SHOW. A Tribute to 2011 International Year of Chemistry

Film:
• Lavoisier. Assunptions on the Scientist's Sentence (by A Giannarelli, L. Lombardo Radice, Italy, 1976, 60 min)

21:15 - Spazio Oberdan

FILM SHOW. A Tribute to 2011 International Year of Chemistry

Film:
• L’oeuvre au noir (by A. Delvaux, Italy, 1988, 120 min)

THURSDAY 5th May 2011

10:00-12:00 - Spazio Oberdan
RENEWABLE ENERGIES AND PIONEERING RESEARCH

Documentaries:
• The Wings of the Sun (France, 2010, 53 min) *
• Planes Go Green (Belgium, 2009, 26 min) *

Debate

10:00-18:00 - Mediateca Santa Teresa. Postazione RAI
PROGRAMS ON-DEMAND! Workstation
Selection of programs, documentaries and films on the following topics: “Science and Scientists since the Unification of Italy” and “A Tribute to the International Year of Chemistry”, from RAI Teche Archive.

15:00-17:00 - Spazio Oberdan
SCIENCE ON CLICK! A WORKSHOP ON SCIENTIFIC PHOTOGRAPHY AND SCIENTIFIC VIDEOS

Young students present their scientific images taken with a digital camera. Scientific and aesthetical discussion with experts from the University of Milan, the Museum of Contemporrary Photography and Scienza under 18.

17:30-18:30 - Spazio Oberdan
SPECIAL SESSION: MUSEUMS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES

Documentaries:
• RESINA Museum Network: nature in Lazio Museums (Italy, 2010, 18 min) *
• The Beauty and the Popularization of Science. The Unexplored World of Scientific Collections (Italy, 2009, 18 min) *
• The Challenge of the Calendar (Italy, 2009, 10 min) *
• Protein expressions (Italy, 2010, 5 min) *

19:00 - Spazio Oberdan

FILM SHOW. A Tribute to 2011 International Year of Chemistry

Film:
• Irène and Fred (by R. Kahane, France, 1984, 93 min)

FRIDAY 6th Mai 2011

10:00-18:00 - Mediateca Santa Teresa. Postazione RAI
PROGRAMS ON-DEMAND! Workstation
Selection of programs, documentaries and films on the following topics: “Science and Scientists since the Unification of Italy” and “A Tribute to the International Year of Chemistry”, from RAI Teche Archive.

14:30-16:15 - Spazio Oberdan
ENVIRONMENT, NATURE AND THE PLANET

Documentaries:
• Tracking their Silent Voices (Germany, 2009-2010, 44 min) *
• The Zambezi, Source of Life (Austria, 2010, 50 min) *

16:15-17:15 - Spazio Oberdan
THE MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Documentaries:
• Don't Call Me Earthquake (Italy, 2010, 30 min) *
• Marco Polo: Genes and Tastes along the Silk Road (Italia, 2010, 27 min) *

19:00 - Spazio Oberdan

FILM SHOW. CINEMA AND FLOWERS, PARKS AND GARDENS

Film:
• Lemon Tree (by E. Riklis, Israel, 2008, 106 min)

21:15 - Spazio Oberdan

FILM SHOW. CINEMA AND FLOWERS, PARKS AND GARDENS

Film:
• Being There (by H. Ashby, USA, 1979, 130 min)

SATURDAY 7th Mai 2011

10:00-13:30 - Mediateca Santa Teresa. Postazione RAI
PROGRAMS ON-DEMAND! Workstation
Selection of programs, documentaries and films on the following topics: “Science and Scientists since the Unification of Italy” and “A Tribute to the International Year of Chemistry”, from RAI Teche Archive.

CINEMA, FLOWERS AND GARDENS - Competition

Documentaries:
• Gardening drama (Italy, 2010, 6 min) *
• In the Mind of Plants (France, 2009, 52 min) *
• Paradise Found (Italy, 2009, 52 min) *
• Plant Secrets. The Lotus, from spirituality to Hi-tech (France, 2009, 52 min) *

18:00-19:30 - Spazio Oberdan

AWARD CEREMONY

Films and documentaries 2010 and 2011 editions

With master class by Francesco Ferrini, botanist

in "The role of the trees in the cities of the future "

19:00 - Spazio Oberdan

FILM SHOW. CINEMA AND FLOWERS, PARKS AND GARDENS

Film:
• The Draughtsman's Contract (by P. Greenaway, Great Britain, 1982, 106 min)

21:15 - Spazio Oberdan

FILM SHOW. CINEMA AND FLOWERS, PARKS AND GARDENS

Film:
Dreams (by A. Kurosawa, Japan, 1989, 120 min)

SUNDAY 8th Mai 2011

11:00-13:00 - Spazio Oberdan
CINEMA, FLOWERS AND GARDENS

Films and documentaries:
• First Flower (USA, 2007, 57 min)
• The Private Life of Plants (Great Britain, 2005, 52 min)

15:00 - Spazio Oberdan
THE SESSION FOR KIDS AND YOUNG PEOPLE
FILM SHOW. CINEMA AND FLOWERS, GARDENS AND FORESTS

Films:
• Linnea in Monet's Garden< (by J. Adner, Svezia, 1992, 30 min)
• The Living Forest (by A. De La Cruz, Spagna, 2001, 83 min)

17:30 - Spazio Oberdan

FILM SHOW. A Tribute to 2011 International Year of Chemistry

Film:
• The Oil Route (by B. Bertolucci, Italy, 1967, 133 min)

21:15 - Spazio Oberdan

THE SHOW. CINEMA AND FLOWERS, PARKS AND GARDENS

Film:
• Vatel (by R. Joffe', France/Great Britain, 2000, 117 min)

Info: vederelascienza@unimi.it