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Join us for a special screening of Neutrino at FabCafe Tokyo featuring a Q&A session with film directors Hannie van den Bergh and Jan van den Berg, in Japan for a limited time from the Netherlands.
Embark on a profound exploration of the interconnectedness between science and spirituality, nature and technology. See how the elusive elementary particle ‘neutrino’ manages to bridge the gap between scientific research and village life in this rare opportunity to see this groundbreaking film in Japan.
Sat, July 6, 2024 UTC+09:00
17:30 – 20:00 *Doors open at 17:10
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About Neutrino
Neutrino is a poetic-philosophical documentary showing the interconnectedness of an elementary particle, ‘countless gods’, picking chestnuts, pixels on a computer screen and the art of tofu making. In encounters with colourful scientists and villagers, the film shows how the elusive elementary particle called ‘neutrino’ manages to bridge the gap between scientific research and village life, between the invisible quantum world and tangible reality, and between the will to know and the magic of not-knowing.
Fascinated by an eccentric elementary particle, the filmmakers embark on a research journey to the Super-Kamiokande Neutrino Detector, a prestigious physics experiment at a depth of more than a thousand metres deep in a mountain in Japan. In the village on that mountain, international scientists live and work alongside the local people and their spiritual leaders. Thus, two worlds come together that at first glance have nothing to do with each other. The living world of the elderly residents of a former mining village, and the research world of international physicists conducting scientific research inside that same mountain. While one group focuses on the visible nature they live with – the mountains, trees, animals, water, and wind – the other looks only at the ‘invisible nature’ of the neutrino; because of the question of whether the so-called ghost particle can explain the origin of the universe.
What starts as a personal journey of discovery for physics knowledge transforms into a universal, existential quest.
Film language: English, Japanese, and Dutch. Japanese subtitles on screen, with English handout provided.
After the screening there will be a Q&A with the filmmakers.
※This event will be held in both English and Japanese with live interpretation.
Trailer
Watch the full trailer for the film here:
Hannie van den Bergh and Jan van den Berg made their debut as filmmakers in 2008 with the award-winning documentary Higgs – into the heart of imagination, about the search for the legendary Higgs particle. The works they create, individually and jointly, can be characterised as adventurous dialogues between art and science, with special attention to their social relevance.
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Hannie van den Bergh
Director
Hannie van den Bergh is a visual artist, graphic designer, filmmaker, researcher, educator, innovator, activist, and connector. She uses these qualities to explore radical imagination. She develops methods and gives courses to scientists and artists to broaden their horizons and open new, creative perspectives. She is regularly invited, by national and international art institutions and scientific organisations, to shape future scenarios, develop community art projects, and exhibit her work.
Hannie van den Bergh is a visual artist, graphic designer, filmmaker, researcher, educator, innovator, activist, and connector. She uses these qualities to explore radical imagination. She develops methods and gives courses to scientists and artists to broaden their horizons and open new, creative perspectives. She is regularly invited, by national and international art institutions and scientific organisations, to shape future scenarios, develop community art projects, and exhibit her work.
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Jan van den Berg
Director
Jan van den Berg is an independent documentary theatre- and filmmaker who creates work in the borderland of performing arts and science. He created a large variety of theatre shows about scientific topics such as i.a.particle physics, nano science, genomics, and the history of anatomy. He teaches at the Department of Theatre Directing of the Academy of Theatre and Dance (Amsterdam University of the Arts).
Jan van den Berg is an independent documentary theatre- and filmmaker who creates work in the borderland of performing arts and science. He created a large variety of theatre shows about scientific topics such as i.a.particle physics, nano science, genomics, and the history of anatomy. He teaches at the Department of Theatre Directing of the Academy of Theatre and Dance (Amsterdam University of the Arts).
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17:10 – 17:30
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Doors open
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17:30 – 17:45
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Event begins; film introduction
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17:45 – 19:00
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Film screening
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19:00 – 19:45
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Question and answer session with the directors
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19:45 – 19:50
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Closing
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Date & Time
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Sat, July 6, 2024 17:30 – 20:00 *Doors open at 17:10 UTC+09:00
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Venue
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FabCafe Tokyo
150-0043 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 1-22-7 Dogenzaka Pier 1F
tel. 03-6416-9190
https://fabcafe.com/jp/tokyo/
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Fee
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1500 *One drink included
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Capacity
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30
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