GE FOCUS FORWARD - Short Films, Big Ideas, a partnership between GE and cinelan, is a series of 30 three-minute nonfiction films, inspired by GE’s vision of innovative people being the catalyst for world change. Produced by leading documentary filmmakers, the films explore the incredible human power of ideas and invention and are screening at prestigious film festivals globally, followed by day-and-date distribution online to millions of viewers. this specially curated programme for UCD Science Expression showcases some of the worlds best documentary filmmakers responses to the challange of making three-minute films that would mark the ways in which creative ingenuity in science, medicine, and the arts can have a significant, positive impact on humanity. For most, the short format was challenging: How do you tell a powerful story about world-changing solutions in 180 seconds?
Post-screening Q and A with Damon Smith.
Damon Smith is a New York–based curator and independent film producer. He is a co-founding partner at cinelan, a strategic media company specializing in documentaries, VP/Story Consultant at Thought Engine | Media Group, and curatorial director of GE FOCUS FORWARD – Short Films, Big Ideas.
- See more at: https://www.ucdscienceexpression.ie/events/ge-focus-forward-1
