2017-11-09T16:53:42-08:00 2016-12-31 Gruber Palumberi Raffaele Fried CPAs PC 7 Penn Plaza Suite 310 New York NY 10001 990 2016-01-01 800215101 IMAGINE SCIENCE FILMS CORP IMAG 7185966404 19 MORRIS AVENUE Brooklyn NY 11205 ALEXIS GAMBIS Executive Director 2017-11-09 true ROBERT L MANGER CPA P01593286 2125860800 2016 2018-03-14 21:41:22Z X ALEXIS GAMBIS C/O 63 FLUSHING AVE BROOKLYN NY 11205 254580 false false X http://www.imaginesciencefilms.org X 2008 NY TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE THROUGH FILM 6 6 3 15 0 118215 75116 308568 178967 39 39 458 426822 254580 9500 6500 0 138599 129404 0 9343 185543 143811 333642 279715 93180 -25135 168515 101861 96519 55000 71996 46861 X THE MISSION IS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE THROUGH FILM, THEREBY TRANSFORMING THE WAY SCIENCE IS COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC AND ENCOURAGING COLLABORATION ACROSS DISCIPLINES. false false 219913 6500 179425 THE NEW YORK 9TH ANNUAL IMAGINE SCIENCE FILM FESTIVAL SCREENED 83 FILMS FROM 23 CONTRIES. THE MAJORITY OF EVENTS WERE FULL TO CAPACITY WITH A TOTAL OF 1623 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, 17 VENUE PARTNERS AND 22 OFFICIAL SPONSORS.ON OPENING NIGHT, ISF PRESENTED THE PANEL EYES EVOLVED: NEW WAYS OF LOOKING AT SCIENCE FILM, FEATURING MATTHEW PUTMAN, ERIN ESPELIE, HEATHER BERLIN, AND CALEB SCHARF. Q & A AND DISCUSSION WAS FOLLOWED BY A VR INSTALLATION FEATURING ELIZA MCNITT'S FISTFUL OF STARS AND A RECEPTION.AN AUDIENCE EVENT FAVORITE WAS THE SYMBIOSIS LAB MEETING AT BOWERY POETRY CLUB, IN WHICH SYMBIOSIS PARTICIPANTS PRESENTED THEIR PROGRESS AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE COMPETITION ALONG WITH WORK-IN-PROGRESS VISUALS. THE AUDIENCE WAS ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH SYMBIOSIS SCIENTIST-FILMMAKER PAIRS AS THEY PRESENTED THE CHALLENGES OF THEY PROCESS. THE INTIMATE BAR/LOUNGE SPACE ALLOWED FOR CONTINUED DISCUSSION AMONGST THE CROWD AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS FINISHED.OUR EVENING AT BRIC MEDIA ARTS CENTER EXPLORED CONTEMPORARY AVENUES OF SCIENCE MEDIA DISSEM INATION DURING THE PANEL STREAMING SCIENCE, WHICH FEATURED ALEXIS GAMBIS, NGUYEN KHOI NGUYEN, SONIA EPSTEIN AND ALEX PASTERNACK. THE AUDIENCE WAS TREATED TO VIDIO PREMIERES OF CONTENT FROM SCIENCE MAGAZINE, THE MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE: SLOAN SCIENCE & FILM, AND VICE MOTHERBOARD.WE BROUGHT CLOSING NIGHT HOME TO NEW LAB WITH STORY COLLIDER CO-FOUNDER BEN LILLE AND FOUR STORYTELLERS LEADING THE FIRST HOUR. OUR OWN DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING NATE DORR LIVE VJ'ED THE SCREENS BEHIND THE STORYTELLERS - A NEW ORIGINAL EXPERIENCE WHICH CAUGHT STORY COLLIDER'S INTEREST FOR FUTURE COLLABORATIONS. AFTERWARDS, WE HAD THE FIRST PUBLIC SCREENINGS OF THE 2016 SYMBIOSIS COMPETITION ALONG WITH WINNER ANNOUNCEMENTS. OVER 300 PEOPLE ATTENDED WITH SEVERAL ADORNED IN LIGHT-FESTIVALTHEMED ATTIRE. WE CLOSED THE NIGHT WITH MINGLING AND GRATITUDE TO ALL OUR SPONSORS.WE WERE VERY PLEASED BY THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL AND THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED BOTH VIA QUESTIONNAIRES AND BY WORD ON MOUTH. OVERALL THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN Q & A'S AND LIVELY PANELS. NEXT YEAR, WE'D LIKE TO IMPROVE ON PRESS COVERAGE THREE MONTHS IN ADVANCE AND INVEST IN SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY, SPECIFICALLY BY USING TARGETED DEMOGRAPHIC PROMOTIONS AND SIMILAR TOOLS OFFERED BY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW YORK FESTIVAL, IMAGINE SCIENCE ORGANIZED THE SECOND ANNUAL IMAGINE SCIENCE ABY DHABI FESTIVAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABY DHABI (FEBRUARY 2016), AND THE FIRST IMAGINE SCIENCE PARIS FESTIVAL IN JUNE 2016. FULL SATELLITE EVENTS ARE LISTED AT IMAGINESCIENCEFILMS.ORG/SATELLITEIMAGINE SCIENCE ALSO CREATED ORIGINAL FILM CONTENT FOR WEB DISTRIBUTION AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, NOTABLY THE SYMBIOSIS INITATIVE DURING THE FESTIVAL. THESE SHORT FILMS ARE FREELY AVAILABLE AND SERVE TO EXPLORE AND DEMONSTRATE THE WAYS SCIENCE AND ART CAN COME TOGETHER.OUR MAIN SPONSORS IN 2016 ARE NYU-ABU DHABI, NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, NANOTRONICS, TRIBECA FILM INSTITUTE, CHROMA. 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