Directed by Alexis Gambis and starring Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Son of Monarchs is a delicate yet gripping film that is characteristically riding the Science New Wave. It follows the story of Mendel, a Mexican scientist named after the pioneering geneticist Gregor Mendel, who moves between his hometown Michoacán in Mexico…

‘WANDERLUST’ reflects on travel memories in the first person. The human being is sedentary to survive and nomadic to reinvent itself. Where are we moving to? How do we tell? What do we feel when we look at the unknown? …

What does it mean to be an island? What does it mean to live on one? Labocine’s April issue explores the notion of “island” and invites us to reflect on the many wonders that islands and island life present, from rich resources to diverse cultures and traditions which might be…

The ability to begin something new, from growing new skin over an injury to remodelling of tissues by plants to new societal beginnings. This month’s issue will take you on a journey in “Regeneration.” Explore different cinematic forms, ideas and understanding of birthing, rebirthing and new beginnings through cinema. Hunger …

La Movida was a countercultural movement that took place mainly in Madrid during the Spanish transition after post-Franco’s death in 1975. Here we explore science films that emerged in this period inspired by this the movement that coincided with economic growth and scientific progress. …

If you love film festivals where you can appreciate the efforts of independent filmmakers, it’s hard to beat the yearly Sundance Film Festival, organized by the Sundance Film Institute and held in Utah. This is the biggest, most prestigious such event in the US. As a place where Hollywood deals…

It is no coincidence that the inventors of photography were well-versed in scientific research and chemistry was substantial for the improvement of photographic techniques. Until the digital age at the turn of the 21st century, film-based photochemical methods remained indispensable for photographic practices — same goes for cinema. …

Take a visit to the factory to see the nuts and bolts of how chocolates are made, and learn how melting a bar of chocolate was involved in the invention of the microwave. …

When Alexis Gambis founded Imagine Science Films over a decade ago, he could not have foreseen that its 13th annual film festival would occur during a pandemic that underlines exactly what ISF wants to do: that is, make people aware of what science means in our lives, an understanding heightened…