How does a shark behave when it hunts? What do we know about the sun? What fossils are hidden among the streets of Pamplona? The answers to these and other questions will be known in the first edition of the #LabMeCrazyScience Film Festival that will take place between September 17 and 20 at the Museum of the University of Navarra and is presented with a varied program of activities and audiovisual projections for all audiences to be passionate about science.

"Among the 2,000 productions submitted to the competition, we will screen a selection of great films on different scientific topics, with which we hope to make good the slogan of the festival and transmit passion for science," says Bienvenido León, director of the event. A total of 1,953 productions from 107 different countries have been submitted to this first edition of the festival.

Tickets for the screenings and the awards gala can be purchased in person at the Museo Universidad de Navarra or through its website. Those wishing to participate in the rest of the activities should reserve their place by sending an email to museociencias@unav.es. 

Urban fauna and fossils of Pamplona

The festival activities begin on Tuesday, September 17 at 11:00 a.m. with a safari through Pamplona to learn about the urban fauna of the city, led by Enrique Baquero, zoologist and professor at the University of Navarra. At 7:30 p.m. at the University of Navarra Museum, the film 700 Sharks will be screened, where five marine scientists will reveal how sharks behave when they hunt in packs.

On Wednesday 18, the film The Sun - Inferno in the Sky will be shown, which shows recent research on the sun. At the end of the screening Javier Armentia, director of the Pamplona Planetarium, will explain the firmament of the day.

Thursday 19 starts at 17:30 with a walk through Pamplona to learn about the fossils of the city, by the expert Rubén Alonso. In the afternoon, at 7:30 p.m., One Day in the Life of Earth will be screened, in which explorers and scientists reflect on the constant changes taking place on Earth.  

In addition to these on-site activities, a selection of the finalist films will be available for viewing online from September 17 to 19 through the festival's website.

On Friday, September 20, the awards gala of this first edition of #LabMeCrazy! Science Film Festival, which will be presented by science journalist América Valenzuela.

University of Alicante professor Francis Martínez Mojica, a pioneer in the study of genetic sequences, will receive the 'Passion for Science' award. The festival will recognize the best documentary, report or television production, fiction short film, documentary short film, video for the web or social networks, production made by students, and work produced or co-produced by a university. The gala will conclude with the screening of the winning film for best documentary.

#LabMeCrazy! Science Film Festival is an international scientific film festival -organized by the Science Museum of the University of Navarra- that aims to bring science closer to society.

Some of the trailers of the festival screenings can be seen at the following link.