In 2009, ISFF will create a unique program that embeds writers and filmmakers in scientific labs in order to promote creative collaboration and make short films.

A screenwriter working on a script about genetic engineering could, for example, spend a concentrated period of time in a biotechnology lab, observing the research process and talking with research scientists. Rather than being passively interviewed and observed, the scientists would read the film treatment or scenes being worked out by the writer and make an active contribution.

More information will be posted as the project develops. Please check back to find out more about this exciting initiative to further bring science and the arts together.