Shorts: Small Travels, Big Journeys

Butterflies and moths comprise 12% of all species known to man (180,000 species!), and their seemingly endless biodiversity is visually translated on their wings through color and pattern variation. Shot at two cutting-edge research labs which specialize in the evolution of butterflies and moths, BIopixels is an animated short exploring the world of evolutionary biology on the microscopic scale.

Making the invisible, visible! Images of butterfly wings at the microscopic scale are stunning, and at the nanoscopic scale they become otherworldly. These images were taken with light and electron microscopes at magnifications up to 50,000x. Nanoscapes is an artistic reimagining of exciting new research focused on how butterflies actually build these remarkable, infinitesimal landscapes.

Chemical Somnia is a visual exploration of phase transition, fluid dynamics, and chemical reactions. Timelapse and high speed photography were used to capture these elemental relationships in less than a square inch of a petri dish.

Between the microscopic and the macroscopic, the most remote past and the future, this short film investigates the observation practices of the scientists that participated in the exhibition Synapse at the Museum of the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm. The scientists interviewed are: Javier de Felipe, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Casiana Muñoz, and María Blasco.

Growing up on the Numberline, variable X struggles to fit in with other numbers and one day sets off on a journey to discover their true value.

The limits of intrusion in the peaceful life of the local folk in the island of Ikaria are being tested in a group of scientists’ quest to find the secret for long and healthy life. A comedic clash of energies between locals and perplexed scientists, leaving no stone unturned, in an attempt to understand frozen time and intriguing idiosyncrasies.