forthcoming screenings
The Science of Laughter
Friday 30th December 2011 at 21h55 - ARTE
For how long have we been laughing? Are human beings the only one to laugh?
We know that bonobos, chimpanzees and orangutans also enjoy having a good laugh, especially when tickled. There is even a “tickling machine” at the Institute of neurology in London.
This film is about why and how we laugh, a scientific and behavioral approach about laughter.
MAKAY Madagascar
Wednesday 14th December 2011 at 00h20 - Canal + (3D)
Directed by Pierre Stine, this 3D documentary accompany a team of 20 “lost world raiders” (or scientists), giving viewers a breathtaking look at the little-seen Makay region of Madagascar.
- Get the Blu-ray 3D DVD online from december 15th
Darwin's lost paradise
Saturday 03rd December 2011 at 20h40 - arte
Charles Darwin is one of mankind's greatest thinkers. Two hundred years after his birth and 150 years after the publication of his famous book On the Origin of Species, this docudrama reconstructs the naturalist's voyage around the world and asks contemporary scientists why his ideas still play a part in science today.