How to create a symbol that travels through time? Nuclear waste lasts for millennia but stone, symbols and language can fade beyond recognition. In 1981 semiologists proposed the idea of a cat genetically engineered to change colour in the presence of radiation. The myth is taking hold, and science may follow...
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Directed and edited by BENJAMIN HUGUET, Animation director DEBANJAN NANDY, Sound designer ROB MALONE, Music Composer ANTONIO NARDI
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*AWARDS*
Astorias d'Or - Documentary / Innovation film Category - Deauville Green Awards 2016 (Deauville, France)
*OFFICIAL SELECTION*
Le Mois du Documentaire 2016, France
The Paris International Environmental Film Festival 2016, France
Imagine Science Film Festival 2016 at the NYU Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York, USA
The London Short Film Festival 2017, London, UK
The DokuBaku International Film Festival 2018, Baku, Azerbaijan
The Innovate Arnhem film festival, Arnhem 2018, The Netherlands
Pariscience 2015 - Festival International du film scientifique, France
Webprogram Film Festival 2016, France
Deauville Green Awards 2016, Deauville, France
Fest'Yves Arts 2015, Bretagne, France
Pelicam International Film Festival, Tulcea, Romania
Eco Cup Environmental Film Festival 2016, Saint-Petersbourg, Russia
Terra Festival 2016, Guadeloupe, France
Busters Film Festival 2016, Paris, France
Imagine Science Film Festival 2016 at La Paillasse, Paris, France
Inscience - Dutch International Science Filmfestival 2016, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Innsbruck Nature Film Festival 2016, Innsbruck, Austria
International Uranium Film Festival 2017, Berlin, Germany
Festival "Les Rendez-Vous de l'Histoire" 2017, Blois, France
Festival de films pour l’environnement 2017, Saint-Casimir de Portneuf, Canada
Cineglobe 2019, Film festival at CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
“Bye Bye Future!” - A 2020 Exhibition exploring the future at the Musée Royal de Mariemont (Belgium)
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