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Film & Animation
A film on the science, art and impact of digital cinematography.
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4 Feb 13
From Nothing, Something trailer
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
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Film & Animation
A documentary on the creative process.
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4 Feb 13
Waste Land trailer
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Art & Photography
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Film & Animation
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Interaction Design
A film following contemporary artist Vik Muniz as he changes the lives of people living in the world's largest landfill.
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4 Feb 13
Design & Thinking trailer
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Design Thinking
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Film & Animation
A film exploring the concept of "design thinking" and its ability to solve global problems.
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4 Feb 13
Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present trailer
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Art & Photography
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Film & Animation
The story of an artist pushing herself beyond limits.
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4 Feb 13
The Honor Code
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Design Thinking
If we change the way we think about honor, could we make the world a better place? Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah proves we can.
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26 Oct 12
Heart Stop Beating
FilmFestFriday
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Information Design
In March 2011 two visionary doctors from the Texas Heart Institute successfully replaced a dying man's heart with a "continuous flow" device.
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26 Oct 12
Hilary's Straws
FilmFestFriday
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Design Thinking
A moving portrait of Hilary Lister, a quadriplegic champion sailor.
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19 Oct 12
Good Bread
FilmFestFriday
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Creative Economy
Bread can be considered many things: warm; delicious; sustaining. It’s also slang for money.
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19 Oct 12
The Bionic Eye
FilmFestFriday
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Design Thinking
Dr Joseph Rizzo and Prof John Wyatt have pioneered a technology for restoring sight to patients who suffer from degenerative blindness.
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12 Oct 12
Newtown Creek Digester Eggs: The Art of Human Waste
FilmFestFriday
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Urban & Landscape Design
An unusual marriage of form and function energises the jaw-droppingly beautiful Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn, New York.
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12 Oct 12
Remote Area Medical
FilmFestFriday
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Urban & Landscape Design
Remote Area Medical, the pioneers of “no-cost” health care clinics, treated nearly 2 000 patients in just three days.
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5 Oct 12
The Invisible Bicycle Helmet
FilmFestFriday
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Film & Animation
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Urban & Landscape Design
Fredrik Gertten profiles two idealistic young female entrepreneurs who created a revolutionary 21st century design object.
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5 Oct 12
The Landfill
FilmFestFriday
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Industrial Design
Trash becomes energy at a small New York landfill where people are thinking differently about garbage.
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1 Oct 12
Meet Mr Toilet
FilmFestFriday
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Design Thinking
For those without access to a simple toilet, poop can be poison...
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1 Oct 12
Urbanized trailer
FilmFestFriday
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Film & Animation
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Urban & Landscape Design
"Urbanized" is the much-anticipated final instalment of the Gary Hustwit design film trilogy.
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12 Feb 12
Vigilante Vigilante Trailer
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Film & Animation
Vigilantes take to the street to rid the world of graffiti.
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6 Feb 12
Dive! trailer
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Film & Animation
Living off America's waste.
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13 Jan 12
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