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31 Mar 2023
16:30Pathé Küchlin, Steinenvorstadt 55, 4051 Basel
Interdisciplinary
The Invisible ExtinctionScreening of the Documentary by Sarah Schenck and Steven Lawrence as part of the Global Science Film Festival
(Bild: zvg) This year's Global Science Film Festival will start in Basel on Friday, March 31, 2023. International feature films, documentaries and short films combine current global developments with scientific debates.
At the Basel event, the focus will be on health science topics. After all screenings, the topics will be explored in depth in moderated discussions (exclusively in English) between the audience, the filmmakers and researchers.
The Invisible Extinction
The Invisible Extinction spotlights the extraordinary work and charismatic personalities of renowned scientists Dr. Martin Blaser author of best-selling Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fuelling Our Modern Plagues, and his partner in the lab and in life, Dr. Gloria Dominguez-Bello, as they endeavor to save our vanishing microbes that are essential for our survival.
The film explores promising treatments in the US, Israel and China as well as diving into the gut-brain axis. As the Covid-19 pandemic hits, Blaser pivots to focus on how our microbes may help protect us from the virus and future pandemics, while Dominguez-Bello spearheads the creation of an international microbe vault to safeguard precious bugs that may help cure chronic illnesses.
Podium Discussion: The Future of Antibiotics
- Sarah Schenck, Director and Writer
- Prof. Dr. Pascale Vonaesch, University of Lausanne
- Prof. Dr. Adrian Egli, University of Zurich
Moderator: Dr. Marc Creus, University of Basel
Festival program
- 11:30: SRF Einstein: Expedition Deep Into the Glacier (Documentary, 39 min) + short films, followed by a podium discussion
- 16:30: The Invisible Extinction (Documentary, 80 min) + short film, followed by a podium discussion
- 18:30: Happy Pills (Documentary, 84 min) + short film, followed by a podium discussion
Tickets
- SRF Einstein Documentary: Free of charge
- Ticket for one film (The Invisible Extinction or Happy Pills): CHF 18 / Reduced CHF 13 (Students, AHV/IV, Kulturlegi)
- Day pass (two Films): CHF 28 / Reduced CHF 18 (Students, AHV/IV, Kulturlegi)
Tickets are on sale at Eventfrog.
Global Science Film Festival
The onsite screening in Basel of the Global Science Film Festival is organised by Karger Publishers. The University of Basel supports the festival as a science partner.
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