Movies are often based on strange and fantastic science, leaving the audience to wonder how much of what they are seeing is possible and how much is pure fiction.
Enter AHFMR's "Science in the Cinema" program, an initiative to help illuminate the science in popular cinema and provide a venue for the general public to learn about current research.
Science in the Cinema provides FREE screenings (free popcorn included) of selected movies related to health or biomedical issues. A researcher who works in a related field introduces each film. Following the presentation, the researcher discusses new areas of research related to the science highlighted in the movie with time for audience questions and discussion.
Upcoming Events
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The Sea Inside (Edmonton) Saturday, March 13, 2010 4:00 p.m. Location: Garneau Theatre 8712-109 Street Speakers: Dr. Vivian Mushawar and Dr. Laura Shanner |
This Academy Award winning movie focuses on the true story of Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, a quadriplegic, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. Despite his wish to die, Ramón taught everyone he encountered the meaning, value and preciousness of life.
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Shine (Calgary) Saturday, May 15, 2010 4:00 p.m. Location: Garneau Theatre 8712-109 Street |
This Oscar winning film tells the true story of Australian pianist, David Helfgott, and the traumatic early years that shape his life. As a young man, David suffers a breakdown that causes him to enter a mental institution. A truly inspirational movie, David demonstrates that there truly is light at the end of the tunnel.
Please stay tuned for updates on our new season beginning Fall 2010! Join our facebook group for more information.
Past Events
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The Sea Inside (Calgary) Thursday, February 4, 2010 6:30 p.m Location: Plaza Theatre 1133 Kensington Road, N.W. Speakers: Dr. Patrick Whelan and Dr. Ian Mitchell |
This Academy Award winning movie focuses on the true story of Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, a quadriplegic, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. Despite his wish to die, Ramón taught everyone he encountered the meaning, value and preciousness of life.
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Philadelphia (Edmonton) Saturday, January 16, 2010 4:00 p.m. Location: Garneau Theatre 8712-109 Street Speaker: Dr. Chris Power Philadelphia (Calgary) Thursday, December 3, 2009 6:30 p.m. Location: Plaza Theatre 1133 Kensington Road, N.W. Speaker: Dr. Guido Van Marle |
In this Oscar-Award winning movie, Tom Hanks stars as Andrew Beckett, a Philadelphia lawyer who keeps his HIV/AIDS diagnosis from his conservative bosses. When he is abruptly fired, he suspects it is because he has HIV/AIDS.
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I Am Legend (Edmonton) Saturday, November 14, 2009 4:00 p.m. Location: Garneau Theatre 8712-109 Street Speakers: Drs. Mary Hitt & David Evans I am Legend (Calgary) Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:30 p.m. Location: Plaza Theatre 1133 Kensington Road, N.W. Speaker: Dr. Daniel Muruve |
This movie tells the story of a “cure” for cancer that goes horribly wrong, killing most of humanity and transforming the rest into monsters. Will Smith stars as the sole survivor in New York City who struggles valiantly to find a cure for the new virus.
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Away From Her (Calgary) Thursday, June 18, 2009 6:30 p.m. Location: Plaza Theatre 1133 Kensington Road, N.W. Speaker: Dr. David Hogan |
This award winning movie is a moving adaptation of an Alice Munro short story about a woman (Julie Christie) falling into the fog of Alzheimer’s, and the painful process that her husband (Gordon Pinsent) must go through to let her go.
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Edmonton) Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:00 p.m. Location: Garneau Theatre 8712-109 Street Speaker: Dr. Ken Butcher The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Calgary) Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:30 p.m. Location: Plaza Theatre 1133 Kensington Road, N.W. Speaker: Dr. Michael Hill |
This 2007 Golden Globe winner for Best Picture of the Year depicts the true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, leaving only his left eye and eyelid mobile. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world.
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Gattaca (Calgary) Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:30 p.m. Location: Plaza Theatre 1133 Kensington Road, N.W. Speaker: Dr. Randal Johnston |
This Oscar nominated film tells the story of Vincent (Ethan Hawke), one of the last “natural babies” born in the not-too-distant future, where genetic engineering of humans is common and DNA plays the primary role in determining social class.