Sci-fi Contacts:,,Alternate Energies, Future Societies, Imaginary Ecologies

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*Sci-fi Contacts:*

*Alternate Energies, Future Societies, Imaginary Ecologies**__*

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*Film series at*

*Associazione Italo-Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste, 
October-December 2015*

*P.zza S. Antonio, 6, 34122 Trieste*

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*20, 27 October; 17 November; 1, 15 December 2015*

*8 pm*

*Free and Open to the Public according to seating availability*

*films in English with English Subtitles*


A cycle of science fiction movies and TV series on energy sources 
and their relationship with the present and future of our society and 
the environment: "thought experiments", critical reflection through 
fiction, and science fiction fun for everyone!
Exceptional guest speakers will be with us to discuss the theme of the 
evening.Hosted by Giulia Iannuzzi, PhD.
In cooperation with Energia Società Ambiente. Tra passato, presente e 
futuro, lecture series 2015-16 University of Trieste.
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - Shows start at 8 pm.
*Tuesday 20 October*
*Alternate Natural Resources *
*Terra Nova*, pilot, created by Kelly Marcel and Craig Silverstein, USA, 
2011, 86 min.
*Special guest speakers: Vanni Lughi, Alessandro Massi Pavan* (School on 
Energy Giacomo Ciamician, University of Trieste)
The series is initially set in A.D. 2149, when overpopulation and 
declining air quality threatens all life on Earth. When scientists 
discover a temporal rift permitting human transmission, they initiate a 
series of "pilgrimages" to a parallel time stream resembling Earth's 
Cretaceous Period. The colony there, named Terra Nova, is ruled by 
Commander Nathaniel Taylor (Stephen Lang). A new chance for humanity, 
but the untouched nature in Terra Nova is not exactly an ecotopia...

*Tuesday 27 October*
*Energy and the Self*
*Moon*, dir. Duncan Jones, UK, 2009, 97 min.
*Special guest speaker: Edoardo Milotti *(Italian Institute for Nuclear 
Physics - University of Trieste)
In 2035, Lunar Industries have made a fortune after an oil crisis by 
building Sarang, an automated lunar facility to mine the alternative 
fuel helium-3. Helium-3 is used primarily to power fusion reactors and 
other things that run on fusion energy. Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell), the 
astronaut who maintains operations at Sarang, nears the end of a 
three-year work contract as the facility's sole resident...

*Tuesday 17 November*
*Facing the Ecocatastrophe*
*The Day after Tomorrow*, dir. Roland Emmerich, 2004, USA, 124 min.
*Special guest speaker: Filippo Giorgi* (International Centre for 
Theoretical Physics, Trieste)
On an expedition in Antarctica, paleoclimatologist Jack Hall and his 
colleagues Frank and Jason are drilling for ice-core samples on the 
Larsen Ice Shelf for the NOAA when the shelf breaks off. Later, Jack 
presents his findings on global warming at a United Nations conference, 
but fails to convince diplomats or Vice President of the United 
States... Catastrophic climatic effects result in a series of extreme 
weather events that usher in global cooling and leads to a new ice age. 
The film depicts events predicted by scientists, but happening much more 
rapidly and severely than is considered scientifically plausible.

*Tuesday 1 December*

*Terraforming! *
*Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, *dir. Nicholas Meyer, USA, 1982, min. 112.
*Special guest speaker: Giovanni Vladilo* (INAF - Osservatorio 
Astronomico di Trieste - University of Trieste)
Admiral James T. Kirk and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise facing 
off against the geneticallyengineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh (a 
character who first appeared in the 1967 Star Trek television series 
episode Space Seed). When Khan escapes from a 15-year exile to exact 
revenge on Kirk, the crew of the Enterprise must stop him from acquiring 
a powerful terraforming device named Genesis...

*Tuesday 15 December*
*Oil, Water and... Gender*
*Mad Max: Fury Road,* dir. George Miller, Australia-USA, 2015, 120 min.
*Special guest speaker: Claudio Tuniz* (International Centre for 
Theoretical Physics, Trieste - Centro Fermi, Roma - Center for 
Archaeological Science, University of Wollongong, Australia)
Following a nuclear holocaust, the world has become a desert wasteland 
and civilization has collapsed. Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), a survivor, 
is captured by the War Boys, the army of the tyrannical Immortan Joe, 
and taken to Joe's Citadel. Meanwhile, Imperator Furiosa (Charlize 
Theron), one of Joe's lieutenants, is sent in her armored truck to 
collect gasoline. When she drives off-route, Joe realizes that something 
very precious of his is missing and leads his entire army in pursuit of 
Furiosa...

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