07/04/2012
We’ve just returned from an extraordinary trip to Cineglobe International Film Festival at CERN, where Rich Pickings was presenting two programmes of short film and discussion, which you can read all about here.
Cineglobe is one of those festivals which has to be experienced to be believed. Held in and around The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (home of the Large Hadron Collider), the festival team consist of a hugely enthusiastic crew of cineastes organising the event as a labour of love around their day job as particle physicists investigating the secrets of the first milliseconds of the Universe.
The programme is ‘inspired by science’ and allows for films with very loose science associations – after all, what film can’t be linked to science and technology? The opening night however was a treat for fans of science: Cinémathèque Suisse presented a programme of vintage science documentary from the ’50s and ’60s, including those tracking CERN’s early experiments.
Another festival highlight was a live original soundtracking of the captivating Out of The Present by British Sea Power (in association with Branchage). The film follows a group of cosmonauts on a Russian Space Station, floating above the world while the Soviet Union collapsed far below them.
You can see some photos fron the festival on our Facebook page.
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20/12/2011
We’re thrilled to bits about what’s coming up in 2012, and particularly pleased to announce a fantastic partnership with Cineglobe International Film Festival at CERN. We’re teaming up with the science-inspired festival to present two short film and discussion events, exploring the giant and frankly fascinating subjects of time travel, parallel universes and crowd-sourced creativity. The festival’s theme this year is Infinitely Interconnected and the programme is looking stunning, to keep your eyes on the website for updates and start planning your trip.
We’re still accepting short film submissions, so if you have a short dealing with time travel or parallel universes please get in touch
We’re also seeking shorts looking at short film productions and predictions around crowd-sourced creativity – be it open source software, creative commons content or shared intelligence leading to something greater than the sum of its parts. If you have a project which could be of interest please drop us a line
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25/06/11
Rich Pickings was delighted to contribute to the 65th Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Reel Science strand, supported by Wellcome Trust. This exciting programme of films and events looked at various scientific themes, from AI to pandemics and much in between.
In addition to programming Disappearing Act, an event examining aspects and experiences of dementia, Rich Pickings is publishing links to online reading materials suggested by the scientists to provide contextual infomation for and from each event. Keep an eye on it here.
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30/05/11
On a sunny bank holiday Monday, 18 Hewett Street played host to an epic, electric evening of short film and discussion around the themes of games and gamification. The event was organised by Rich Pickings as part of East End Film Festival‘s Movie Mayday. Thanks to our wonderful speakers – Adrian Hon, Holly Gramazio, David Morgan and Joan Thompson – and to the brilliantly opinionated audience. You can read all about the event in Den of Geek‘s review here.
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20/01/11
Rich Pickings and the Institute of Psychoanalysis screened WALKABOUT at The Science Museum’s Dana Centre, following a day of short film and discussion around the theme of identity. We were pleased to welcome lead actress Jenny Agutter and psychoanalyst David Morgan to introduce the film, as well as a written introduction from Director Nicholas Roeg. You can read Nicholas Roeg and David Morgan’s insights into the film here.
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