Science New Wave Fund III - Now open since March 1.
Apply today.
Deadline: April 15
For its third cycle, the Science New Wave Fund supports film projects of all forms and scales — from shorts to features — including documentary, fiction, hybrid works, performance, research projects, and more.
The SNW fund supports singular cinematic visions that explore science’s place in culture, celebrating bold storytelling and interdisciplinary collaborations where film and science converge in research-driven and compelling ways.
The SNW Fund is an initiative that takes place every two years, presented by The Brandt Jackson Foundation in partnership with its sister production company, Things in Motion.
Learn more + apply: sciencenewwave.com/open-calls/snw-fund
#sciencenewwave #snwfund #filmfund #filmmakers #opencall #filmgrant #scienceandart #hybridcinema #experimentalfilm #documentaryfilm #artandscience #indiefilm #researchbased #cinematicresearch #filmcommunity #labocine
Science New Wave Festival — XIX (19th Edition)
Presented by Labocine
Film Submissions are Now Open. Submit early.
For nineteen years, the Science New Wave Festival has showcased films from around the world that expand and challenge the language of scientific storytelling. This October, the 19th edition (XIX) returns to New York—bringing together filmmakers, scientists, and audiences in a bold celebration of science, cinema, and experimentation. #labocine #snw19 #sciencenewwave #sciencecinema #experimentalcinema #artandscience #cinemaandscience #newnarratives #newyork #octoberfestival #filmsubmissions @filmfreeway
Labocine is much more than a platform—it is a living ecosystem, lab, and archive supporting independent artists, scientists, and researchers. We’re grateful to be shaping the Science New Wave community as it continues to grow, and in many ways, the platform itself has been shaped by observing you—our contributors and our audience. We will keep evolving carefully, consciously, and inclusively—toward “endless forms most beautiful.”
2026 brings us into our 10th year at Labocine.
Happy New Year. To more experiments, in all shapes, forms, and sizes, from around the world.
#labocine #sciencenewwave #happynewyear #10thanniversary
Call for Entries: SNW Fund III! 📢
Looking for bold storytelling where film and science converge. We support projects of all forms and scales—from experimental shorts to feature-length narratives.
🗓 Deadline: April 15
🔗 Learn more + apply: [Link in Bio]
#labocine #fund #filmmakers #scientist
Pick of the day"The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing" directed by Theo Panagopoulos.
The Flowers Stand Silently received an Honorable Mention at the 18th Annual Science New Wave Festival.
When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender essay film questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and land.
#experimentalcinema #archivefilm @scottishdocinstitute #foundfootage #PalestinianCinema #wildflowers #LandAndMemory #labocine #sciencenewwave
As we close the year, here are the winners of the 2025 Science New Wave Luminary Awards.
🏆 Messengers — Science New Wave Award (dir. Jeffrey Zablotny)
🎨 Suspicions About The Hidden Realities Of Air — Avant-Garde Award (dir. Sam Drake)
🧬 Vox Humana — In Vivo Award (dir. Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan)
The Science New Wave Luminary Awards honor films that re-envision science through cinema—bold, diverse, hybrid works rooted in experimentation and new forms of storytelling.
This year’s sequence draws from the 18th Annual Science New Wave Festival, Labocine Originals from Symbiosis and our residency, along with a selection of noteworthy works. Winners are voted on by our Science New Wave Luminaries.
#sciencenewwave #labocine #sciencecinema #experimentalfilm #hybridcinema #artscience #newforms #luminaryawards
Thank you all for joining us at this year’s festival!
As we wrap up, Imagine Science Films now enters a hibernation phase, diving into the currents of the Science New Wave.
Over the years, designers, artists, and scientists have channeled a few genetic expressions of this wave, showcased in this slideshow. To stay part of this ongoing genetic drift, where scientific ideas and experimentation persist and evolve, visit @labocine and become a Science New Wave Member.
Featured work by SNW Luminaries: @marind@vargergo Gb Kim Ringo
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Science New Wave Festival - XVII Edition
Awards / Honorable Mentions / SNW 7th Traits
The Science New Wave XVII Festival took place from October 18-25. This 17th edition showcased 64 films from 28 countries, with 46 premieres and over 8 days in New York and on our Labocine platform.
Our awards include the Science New Wave Award, Theme-Sensitive Award, In Vivo Award and Symbiosis Award
Swipe to see the winners and special mentions of the Science New Wave Festival XVII. We also share the suggestions for a 7th trait to the Science New Wave manifesto below.
Congratulations to all filmmakers who have been selected this year! We are indebted to our team, partners, and the 1,000 + SNW Luminaries
@simonsfoundation@sciencesandbox@imaginescience@cinemavillage@dctvny@eugenelang@movingimagenyc Brandt Jackson Foundation @caveatnyc@ibm@cultureireland@wythehotel
The 17th Annual Science New Wave Festival has come to a close!
We’re still tallying the votes for the Luminaries and will be in touch soon about the awarded films.
A huge thank you to our incredible team, volunteers, and partners for making the 17th edition truly beautiful! From here on, you’ll find our genetic traces within the Science New Wave on Labocine.
Lomography @cinemavillage@labocine #sciencenewwave
The runner-up for the Symbiosis competition is _unquantifiable_
presents a nine-month observational study of Homo sapiens, focusing on individual H.2218, a human being in an urban setting.
A film by Elodie Freymann & Phillip Gladkov
All the symbiosis films are available to watch now on the Labocine platform. Supported by @simonsfoundation
The winner of the Symbiosis competition is NOUMENON
(noun) a “thing-in-itself” — an objective reality that will always be inaccessible to human perception.”
– Immanuel Kant
A film by Janna Kyllästinen & Maya Theresia Laughton
All the symbiosis films are available to watch now on the Labocine platform. Supported by @simonsfoundation
Tonight we celebrate the completion of a week-long collaboration between six pairs of scientists and filmmakers, each charged with making an original short film. We’ve seen the results, and they are ✨amazing✨
The results will be streamed at 7pm ET on @labocine and screened to a sold out crowd at our closing night and reception! With special thanks for support from @simonsfoundation and @labocine
To watch the films online, renew your Labocine subscription or sign up online at the link in our bio!
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