DIR. Laura Nix
YEAR. 2018
COUNTRY. USA
RUN-TIME. 87 mins
RATING. 12
£6.00 (£4.50 conc.)
Doors 7.30PM
Film 8.00PM
INVENTING TOMORROW follows young scientists from Indonesia, Hawaii, India and Mexico as they tackle some of the most complex environmental issues facing humanity today – right in their own backyards. Each student is preparing original scientific research that he or she will defend at ISEF, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Framed against the backdrop of the severe environmental threats we now face, we immerse the audience in a global view of the planetary crisis, through the eyes of the generation that will be affected by it most.
Considered the Olympics of high school science fairs, ISEF is the largest gathering of high school scientists in the world, attracting approximately 1,800 finalists from over 75 countries, regions and territories. All the finalists want to do a good job, but the heart of the story isn’t about whether they go home with an award. As they take water samples from contaminated lakes, dig up the dirt in public parks, board illegal pirate mining ships, and test their experiments in a lab, we see each student display a tenacious curiosity, and a determination to build a better future. Motivated by the desire to protect their homes, these young people are asking questions about the issues they observe in their communities, and proposing innovative solutions to fix them.
“The film turned out to be one of the most engaging and entertaining education documentaries I have seen in a while”
“An empowering celebration of an oft-mocked high school science nerd...the optimism of INVENTING TOMORROW is quite uplifting”