LabMeCrazy Science Film Festival! It concludes its fourth successful edition

The award for best documentary went to ‘Carbon – Unauthorized Bioan 89-minute Australian production that focuses on the importance of carbon in our lives: in the food we eat, in the clothes we wear, in the electricity we consume, when a baby is born, in the exhaust pipe of a car, in the wind, in machines, in a falcon, in the stars, In photosynthesis, in DNA, in the temperature of the earth, in the cells of our bodies, etc.

In the same way that carbon is an element that has the ability to bond with others to create – connectivity and diversity are traits that define this component -, it also has the less friendly facet of being destroyed, for example, through the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the presence of plastics In the oceans, forest fires, or the production of weapons or tanks for wars.

Narrated in the first person on the element carbon itself – with the testimony of a large group of scientists – the documentary allows us to reflect on the origin of the universe, the stars and the human race, as well as on the consequences. of our actions. , as well as the responsibility we assume in connection with the use of the protagonist in this documentary.

The best television program went to the production of the Spanish channel RTVE “El cazador de cerebros – Pinceles y pipetas en el Prado”; The award-winning student production was the British “The Caretakers”; The best work produced by universities and research centers is for “Luminus”. While the best video on the web or social networking made in the Philippines was “I was just a kid”.

Mathematician and publisher Clara Grima She was awarded the “Passion for Science” award for her scientific career and her excellent work in teaching mathematics and spreading it to society in general. The jury also awarded a special mention to the documentary Make People Better, for its excellent and original treatment of genetic editing, a transcendent issue in the scientific, ethical and cinematic realm.