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Quantum Shorts
1 - 28 February
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Quantum Shorts
Quantum Shorts returns with an exciting mix of short films inspired by or related to the theme of quantum physics! 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 ten shortlisted films for the festival this year. Catch the films at ArtScience Museum and vote for your favourite film to win the People's Choice prize at shorts.quantumlah.org/vote – voting ends 28 Feb!
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Shortlisted Films
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Buddy Interference
Trixie Villareal (Philippines)
5 minEllie is grieving her pet dog’s passing. Unexpectedly, attending a physics lecture helps her to cope with her grief. Working with plushies, filmmaker Trixie Villareal presents Buddy Interference, a sweet encouragement to keep alive our spirit of discovery.
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Everett Syndrome
Javier García (Spain)
4 minSomething strange is happening at home. Director Javier García, a finalist from the 2014 Quantum Shorts film festival, returns with Everett Syndrome. This emotive tale turns the simple, familiar game of hide-and-seek on its head.
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Gods
Sitoh Ortega (Spain)
5 minHumans of the future have deciphered the secrets of quantum physics, seeding life in micro-universes, yet face an existential threat in their own universe. Director Sitoh Ortega presents the last message of this civilisation, recorded by one of its inhabitants.
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Leo’s Uncertainty
Paulina Hevia and Gabriel Kauer (Chile)
5 minAfter a long day of study, the physicist Leo imagines himself experiencing life as an electron. Leo’s Uncertainty by Paulina Hevia and Gabriel Kauer offers a dark cinematic take on quantum phenomena such as the uncertainty principle, evoking the intensity of researching something that refuses to be understood.
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Man In A Box
Akash Meel (India)
5 minInviting a friend out for a movie night leads to spiraling scenarios in this short film riffing on the ideas of quantum superposition and Schrodinger’s cat. . Made by Akash Meel and his team in India, Man In a Box uses the lens of everyday life to make us question our perceived reality.
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Quantum SuperImposition
Paul and Felix Ratner (United States of America)
3 minQuantum physics and sibling rivalry intersect in this alternate reality comedy. A family project by Paul, Felix, Petra and Alfie Ratner, Quantum SuperImposition presents a funny and original take on quantum superposition and entanglement.
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Quing Solomon
Réka Deák (Czech Republic)
5 minLady Amplitude and Marquise Interference both claim that a baby is theirs. Quing Solomon, the result of a playful collaboration between two puppeteers, two fine artists and a quantum physicist, translates the story of Solomon's judgement into the quantum world.
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Vacation
Jack Davies (United Kingdom)
4 minA female inventor sends a man through space and time with unplanned results. You’ll be fine, she tells him. It worked for the pot plant. Director Jack Davies and his team present a whimsical take on experiments at the edge of knowledge.
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We are all on the same bus
Nuno Serrão (Portugal)
2 minWe are all on the same bus but some of us are more awake than others, says Portuguese filmmaker Nuno Serrão. In his short film, featuring music by Lonnie Holley, dancing on a bus makes a metaphor for the arrow of time and the concept of the observer in quantum physics.
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Schrödinger Holmes and the Quantum Crimewave
Chris Willoughby (Australia)
3 minCan the detective skills of Schrödinger Holmes tackle the quantum crimewave sweeping London? This animation by filmmaker Chris Willoughby, finalist in the 2018 Quantum Shorts film festival and winner of Quantum Shorts 2012, adds the quantum behaviour of particles into the clues.
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