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Better video abstracts, more citations
10 September 2021

Video abstracts help researchers to attract the attention of their peers, a study from Portuguese researchers says. They also identified some important success factors.

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Gathering dust: the Web of Stories
4 September 2021

An archive of films that feature famous scientists looks deserted for about two years now. Only a twitter account sends last vital signs. What a pity that this valuable collection will not be continued.

EURASF Video recommendation What's up?

Short films inspired by science
2 September 2021

The annual film festival CineGlobe at the European research center CERN now lets you watch its films online for free, until September 23, 2021.

Upcoming event What's up?

“Culture has a more lasting memory”: New (literature and) film festival about climate change
14 July 2021

A new festival in Berlin will focus on climate change in literature and film. Its aim is to bring together local "climate cultures" from all over the world, to connect their knowledge and fight the crisis collectively.

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Watch alone, but join the live discussion on another day
24 June 2021

How can streaming a science film turn into a collective experience? The University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany combines it with a subsequent panel discussion about the harassment of women in science.

EURASF What's up?

A “collective experience”: watching movies in an online science film club
14 June 2021

It is great to watch science movies on demand. But isn't it much better to participate online in a live film screening to share the experience with a group of like-minded people? The Dutch science film festival InScience recently gave it a try and started an online film club.

EURASF What's up?

Aviation, disease and anthropology – voting for the European Science Film of the year has started
6 June 2021

In September, the European Academy of Science Film, EURASF, based in Vienna, will award the European Science Film 2020/2021. The submissions are highly promising.

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Where’s the best place to be trained in filmmaking?
6 May 2021

Samer Angelone from the University of Zurich conducts film workshops for scientists not in seminar rooms but in the inspiring environment of film festivals – with impressive success.

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Complexity vs unambiguity
25 March 2021

A series of 5-to-10-minute videos produced by a public broadcaster report on the problems that arise when complex scientific contexts are reduced to short statements as they are needed for films and TV.

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The cosmos in a journal and on screen
17 March 2021

Successful science communication: Antikythera researcher Tony Freeth published not only a fascinating scientific paper about the famous astronomical mechanism but also – at the same time – a 30-minutes documentary about his team's work.

Research paper What's up?

How does YouTube handle fake news in times of pandemic?
23 February 2021

YouTube's recommendation algorithms have a bad reputation. Did they do a better job when serious information was most needed?

Research paper

How to use video to bridge ideological divides
15 February 2021

After having watched impressive and awe-inspiring nature documentaries people turn out to be less dogmatic. This effect is beneficial for social cohesion.

Reading recommendation

“Guided tours of researchers’ ideas” – How to acquire research funds with videos
9 February 2021

The future of grant proposals is video, some scientists suggest. They expect more efficient review processes and better funding decisions.

Research paper

How well do videos succeed in conveying knowledge?
30 January 2021

Three German media scientists carried out an extensive study about audiovisual science communication on TV and YouTube.

Video recommendation

Sloan funded science short films, ready to stream
10 January 2021

An inspiring media library presents selected movies.

Reading recommendation

Cinematic close-up of a billion euro project
10 December 2020

Nature correspondent Alison Abbott reviews a new documentary on the European Commission's flagship neuroscience programme, which has fallen far short of what it had promised.

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Top-trending on YouTube Germany: a coronavirus video
8 December 2020

Famous German YouTuber Mai-Thi ranks first in the charts with her 2020 video "Corona is just getting started".

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How a Max Planck institute helped developing the fictional TV film “Ecocide”
30 November 2020

Did Germany deal adequately with climate change? This case is heard, in the year 2034, before the International Court of Justice.

Video recommendation

Winners of video competition FFS announced
17 November 2020

One of the winners of FastForwardScience is a YouTuber who became successful thanks to a TV production company.

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German science news service starts channel for science videos
7 November 2020

idw's initiative aims at promoting the use of videos in science communication.

Research paper

Read: How to convince Republicans about climate change
6 November 2020

A new study provides evidence, once again, that films need to tell effective narratives. Then they are even able to overcome ideological gaps.

Video review

Watch: Videos to escape (from lockdown)
3 November 2020

Looking for good video stuff from collaborative research centers? You'll be disappointed. But there are alternatives.

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Read: Why video isn’t on academic platforms (and how to change that)
29 October 2020

The CEO of a video hosting platform dedicated to scholarly information explains why "video" is not yet well established in academia – and proposes measures to change this.

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Science videos for exchange between academic peers and professionals
26 October 2020

A promising model in it's early stages: The international science publisher Springer Nature offers scientists to produce videos instead of writing academic books.

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Watch: Sci-Fi movie “Exit” plus AI expert panel
21 October 2020

What if you could talk with the deceased, at least with a perfect digital copy of them? Before you watch the movie: Join a panel discussion about the impact of AI.

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European Science Film Festivals

(upcoming and past, in chronological order)

Nov 19 – Nov 28, 2021: Global Science Film Festival, Zurich/Bern/Basel, Switzerland

Nov 10 – Nov 14, 2021:  InScience - International Science Film Festival Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Sept 15 – Sept 19, 2021: Silbersalz, Halle, Germany

Past events:

August 2021: CineGlobe, Meyrin, Switzerland

May/June 2021: Krakow Film Festival, with doc+science section

Apr/May 2021: Academia Film Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic

March 2021: Rencontres Internationales Sciences & Cinémas (RISC), Marseille, France

Nov 2020: ROS Film Festival, Alicante, Spain

Nov 2020: trieste science+fiction festival, Trieste, Italy

Oct 2020: Bergen Internasjonale Filmfestival (BIFF), Bergen, Norway

Oct 2020: Pariscience, Paris, France

All festivals are members of the European Academy of Science Film (EURASF).

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