Science Film Festival – programme screenings (Novigrad)

The Science Film Festival 2026 takes place from 2 to 15 November in 10 Istrian towns. Theme of this year’s edition: artificial intelligence and a sustainable future. Organiser: Udruga tehničke kulture “Galileo Galilei”. Programme: 🎬 Nine and a Half – ChatGPT in the Classroom (10 min) Director: Antía Martínez Amor · Germany · 2024 AI text-generation tools can summarise books, interpret poetry and write an essay in a few seconds. But can they really replace students’ homework? In a classroom experiment, one student secretly uses an AI tool while the others work on their tasks on their own. The results raise questions about authorship, accuracy and academic honesty. The episode explores both the benefits and the risks of learning with the help of AI, encouraging students to think critically about when technology supports understanding and when it undermines it. 🎬 I Love You, from the Sea to the Sky (10 min) Director: Fundación Por El Mar · Argentina · 2025 A mother and daughter look up at the sky and set off on an imaginary journey linking the Moon, the tides and the underwater kelp forests that fill the oceans with oxygen. Through simple images and gentle storytelling, the film invites children to notice what is often invisible and to feel curiosity and affection for nature. Drawing on the landscapes of Patagonia, it portrays the sea as a living, interconnected system that deserves care and respect. The story encourages an emotional bond with nature from the earliest age. 🎬 Nine and a Half – Every Insect Counts (10 min) Director: Diana Peßler · Germany · 2024 Insects form the foundation of ecosystems and are essential for pollination and food production, yet their populations are declining worldwide. The episode explores the causes and consequences of insect loss and explains why biodiversity depends on these small creatures. Taking part in a citizen science project, young volunteers help count insect species while experts share practical ways to support pollinators. The programme shows how individual actions can contribute to protecting key ecosystems. 🎬 The Show with the Mouse – How Does an AI Write Texts? (6 min) Director: Ralph Caspers (scenarij); Ralph Caspers, Anna Gold, Alfred Rehbach (izrada) · Germany · 2025 Writing a text in a few seconds may look like magic, but artificial intelligence relies on a completely different process. By counting words, letters and their countless combinations, AI systems analyse huge amounts of data and recognise patterns in language. These patterns allow the system to put together new sentences that seem almost as if a human had written them. With a clear and playful explanation, the programme introduces young viewers to the basic principles of AI-generated text. festival-znanstvenog-filma.eu