Program sections

International Competition

The International Competition features the best popular science documentaries from all around the world. The films presented stand out not just for their educational potential but also their exceptional formal execution, directorial input and creativity.

Czecho&Slovak Competition

This section gives the spotlight to a wide selection of the best popular science documentaries the Czech Republic and Slovakia have to offer. The audience can look forward to a varied selection of topics, forms and styles.

Short Film Competition

Even short documentaries can do their part to popularise science in a complex and playful manner. That’s why you can expect a competition with a selection of the best popular science short films.

Chronos

The Chronos programme section borrows its name from Greek philosophy, where it represents the personification of time itself.

Cha-Ching!

Why is economic inequality growing? Why do both individuals and nations face growing debts? Where does money come from? And how to recognise an economic crisis when we see one?

Adaptation

Adaptation is perhaps one of the most important abilities of humankind. AFO once again dedicates an entire section to Adaptation. However, it is approached from a different angle then in the previous years.

Quiver

Quiver– one of the sensations and physical symptoms that you may experience during and after a traumatic event. Trauma has many causes, triggers and forms. How to deal with it?

Sound Is Science

Documentary films dealing with the sound component in film or eco-acoustics, exploring also the field of field recording and soundscapes.

Music is Science

Experiencing the sound of the present and the future, dancing all night long, and enjoying musical (rising) stars from Czechia and abroad. Music is Science at AFO58!

Identity

At least once in our lives, each of us ponders the crucial question of who we are and how that reflects in the world around us.

450 Years of UP

This panel aims to celebrate the jubilee of Palacký University. It focuses primarily on its history and follows the ideals and everyday life events taking place hundreds of years ago.

Archive Fever

In cooperation with the National Film Archive, we are continuing the last year’s non-competition programme section exploring the important tradition of Czechoslovak popular science documentaries.

Science in Pop Culture

We encounter science quite often in fictional films, so the question of how science influences content that is not primarily perceived as educational remains an attractive topic. And how these films affect science.

Science on Czech Television

One of this year’s novelties is a section about the popularisation of science on Czech Television, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year.

AFO Junior

Popularising science can also bring scientific knowledge to child audiences. That’s why we have the AFO Junior section, which not only through films, but also workshops and other activities engages the little ones in the programme.

Industry 4Science

Industry 4Science has been a crucial part of the AFO Festival since 2013. Czech and world-renowned experts in popularising science will discuss how to communicate scientific discoveries and findings in the most attractive and understandable way.

VR Zone

In cooperation with Crossover Labs, AFO has prepared a VR Zone section for you. Through virtual reality, you will be able to experience an interactive tale of the inner conflict between Love and Fear playing out in our minds, explore the concept of quantum entanglement, peer into the “dark night of the soul”, and find hope and a way to cope with depression. The latest VR work is inspired by Stanislaw Lem – a futurist who knew well how fictional worlds can often interfere with reality.

Accompanying Programme

Please accept an invitation to the accompanying programme of AFO, where queues will disperse and we will light the way with a headlamp.

Tribute: Sonya Pemberton

In the section associated with the award for outstanding contribution to the communication of science, we will show films that Sonya Pemberton has directed.

Talent in Science

This section brings a colorful offer of panels, workshops and healthy confrontation of experience with the goal to contribute to the better future of Czech science.

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Contacts

25. – 30. 4. 2023

58TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE DOCUMENTARY FILMS

Films, lectures, workshops, music, guests, fans and most of all SCIENCE. Once again, we want AFO58 to become the best festival in the galaxy! Follow our social sites and explore our web to find out more about the programme. We will supply you with science dose by dose until the climax comes – AFO58.

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