SCREENING
Organised by the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore, the film festival features narrative or abstract films by amateur and professional filmmakers motivated to tell their own stories about quantum physics since 2012.
ArtScience Museum is proud to present the final nine shortlisted films for the festival this year. Catch the films in ArtScience Cinema and vote for your favourite to win the People's Choice prize here – voting ends 27 March 2023!
Visit here to find out more about Quantum Shorts.
Boundary Of Time
Kevin Lucero Less
3 minutes
Using old-school visual effects techniques, Director Kevin Lucero Less creates a metaphor for the arrow of time in this abstract short film.
Clockwise
Toni Mitjanit
3 minutes
Inspired by Zeno’s Paradox and the recursive subdivision of space and time, Director Toni Mitjanit presents an experimental audiovisual piece of colour and tessellation.
Continuum
Claire Bowen
5 minutes
In this audiovisual film, the StoryBursts team, consisting of members from Australia and Singapore, give a creative response to research on gravitational waves by Dr Linqing Wen at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav).
Many Excuses Interpretation
Paul Ratner
2 minutes
In this quantum comedy by Paul, Felix, Alfie, Petra and Ezra Ratner, two brothers argue over broken gadgets and the many worlds interpretation of quantum physics.
Missed Call
Prasanna Sellathurai
3 minutes
A student grapples with his father’s health crisis at a distance in this short by Director Prasanna Sellathurai.
The Heart of the Matter
Betony Adams
5 minutes
Filmmaker Betony Adams presents an atomistic take on the meaning of life while paying tribute to Louis de Broglie’s discovery of the wave nature of electrons.
The Human Game
Dani Alava
4 minutes
Director Dani Alava portrays a dystopian future with quantum machines.
The observer
Alma Llerena
3 minutes
An artistic take on the observer effect through screendance, a hybrid medium of cinematography and choreography, by Director Alma Llerena
What is Quantum?
Michael Dorfman, Emmett Dorfman, Maxwell Dorfman
2 minutes
Using a combination of live action, green screen and stop-motion animation, Michael, Emmett and Maxwell Dorfman give their take on what quantum physics is.
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Things Left Unsaid celebrates the dreamy, intimate worlds of Sofia Coppola, whose exploration of loneliness through an unapologetic female gaze remains especially relevant today.
ArtScience Cinema
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VR Gallery
The Line
Winner of the 2020 Primetime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Programming and Best VR Experience at 76th Venice Film Festival. Narrated by Rodrigo Santoro, The Line is great for first-time VR users.
