Goethe-Institut’s annual Science Film Festival returns to the Philippines for the fourteenth edition from 25 October to 01 December 2023. It will reach students and adults alike via online and offline formats in cities across the archipelago. Under the theme “UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration”, this year’s festival brings 34 international science edutainment films accompanied by various demonstrations of scientific experiments. The festival aims to invite students to creatively explore the issues of ecosystem restoration and to engage in science in a fun way.
As an official supporting partner of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the Science Film Festival promotes the theme as a rallying call for the protection and revival of ecosystems all around the world. The festival is committed to highlighting the importance of the ecosystem approach for the integrated management of land, water and living resources and the need to step up efforts to tackle desertification, land degradation, erosion and drought, biodiversity loss and water scarcity, which are seen as major environmental, economic, and social challenges for global sustainable development.
The festival officially opens on October 25, 2023 at the Museo ng Muntinlupa, with a special screening of “Checker Tobi: The Waste Check”, a German produced science film, exploring the waste management system in Germany.
Aside from the online screenings, onsite screenings will soon follow from October 26 to December 01 organized by our venue partners: Museo ng Muntinlupa, National Library of the Philippines, Philippine Science High Schools, DOST Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI), University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI), University of the Philippines Department of Science Communication (UPCDC), University of the Philippines National Institute of Science and Mathematics Education Development (UPNISMED), The Climate Reality Project, The Mind Museum, and VegFest Pilipinas. Screenings in selected public schools and science high schools nationwide are being organized by the Department of Education and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
For more information, visit Goethe.de/ScienceFilmFestPh or send your inquiries to info-manila@goethe.de.
ABOUT THE SCIENCE FILM FESTIVAL
The Science Film Festival is a festival initiated by the Goethe-Institut Thailand in 2005 that has been expanded into many countries in Southeast Asia and beyond. The festival features films that communicate science and technology in an entertaining and comprehensible way for children aged 9-16 years, as well as a wider audience.
ABOUT THE GOETHE-INSTITUT PHILIPPINEN
The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute, promoting the study of the German language abroad, and encouraging international cultural exchange.
