Films
Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys
One year in the life of reindeer herders in Finnish Lapland illuminates the joys, complexities, and contradictions of living close to the land in the modern age.
Infinitely Polar Bear
In Boston, a bipolar father takes over sole responsibility for his two spirited daughters while his wife attends graduate school in New York.
Her
A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need.
The Great Flood
After the Mississippi River flood in 1927, many rural Southern black people migrated north and created new music.
The Unbelievers
Renowned scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss cross the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world.
Azul Intangible
A journey over and about the sea that portrays the diversity and charm of the seas of the Mexican northwest.
As I Lay Dying
Based on the 1930 classic by William Faulkner, it is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.
The Illness and the Odyssey
Filmmaker Berry Minott searches for the cause and cure of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, and other neurological disorders.
Walter: Lessons from the World's Oldest People
Hunter Weeks and his fiancé set out on an adventure to meet the oldest people in the world and discover their advice for living life to the fullest.
Gravity
A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.
Tim's Vermeer
Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.
Particle Fever
As the Large Hadron Collider is about to be launched for the first time, physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time—or perhaps their greatest failure.
Upstream Color
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of their wrecked lives.
Physics and Fastballs: The Science of Baseball
Why is a curveball curved? What makes the sweet spot so sweet? Why do outfielders instinctively run in an arc instead of a straight line? And why have some physicists stated that, at least on paper, hitting a home run is impossible?
Europa Report
An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.
Short Films, Big Ideas: The Science of Science Fiction
The Seattle Science Festival presents five favorites from Seattle's own Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival, introduced by a pair of scientists delving into the facts behind the sci-fi.
Star Trek Into Darkness
After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
El Ingeniero (The Engineer)
Israel Ticas is the only criminologist working in one of Latin America's most dangerous countries.
Free the Mind
Dr. Richard Davidson, a brain specialist, experiments with meditation and yoga as a means of helping soldiers with PTSD and children with ADHD.
Kon-Tiki
Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl makes an epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.