CinemaARC at Glasgow Science Festival 2024
Friday 14 June 2024
Scientific Shorts with Glasgow Short Film Festival
Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW
ARC has partnered with Glasgow Short Film Festival to programme a whole host of exciting short films with a scientific twist.
See Scientific Shorts Programme
Events are free – Reserve a spot at Eventbrite
Outdoor Screening
Family Film -15:30 – 17:00
Lightyear | Angus MacLane | 105 mins | PG

Very special, family-friendly, outdoor screening of Disney Pixar’s Lightyear. Come along to St Mungo Square after school to join Buzz Lightyear on a space adventure.
While spending years attempting to return home, marooned Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear encounters an army of ruthless robots commanded by Zurg who are attempting to steal his fuel source.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Summer Screening – 19:30 – 21:30
Gravity | Alfonso Cuarón | 91 mins | 12

Come along to late-night event in St Mungo Square (Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW) – a screening of Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.
Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. No one younger than 12 may see this 12 rated film at this screening unless accompanied by an adult.
This event is part of the 2024 Glasgow Science Festival, which runs from 6 – 16 June
About this event
The ARC and Glasgow Science Festival have teamed up for this very special outdoor screening event.
Come along to St Mungo Square and catch a mixture of some lovely films throughout the day, all connected to science and advanced research.
Scientific Shorts – 12:00 – 15:30

The ARC has partnered with Glasgow Short Film Festival to programme a whole host of exciting short films with a scientific twist. They’ll also be screening their Spotlight on Research videos made by ARC resident videographer Charlotte Reid.
Events are free – Reserve a spot at Eventbrite
Scientific Shorts Programme
Wridhdhisom Karar – Quantum Computing | Charlotte Reid | 2.5 mins
ROTOR | Ainara Elgoibar | 16 mins
Jude Robinson – Water and Waste | Charlotte Reid | 2.5 mins
Our Ark | Deniz Tortum & Kathryn Hamilton | 13 mins
Tim Barker – Media Technology and Aesthetic | Charlotte Reid | 2.5 mins
Backflip | Nikita Diakur | 12 mins
Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay – Environmental Engineering and Chemistry |Charlotte Reid | 2.5 mins
Polar Bears of Perth | Samuel Shaw, Libby Penman | 15 mins
Fedra Trujillano – Earth Observation | Charlotte Reid | 2.5 mins
Visions of Paradise | Leonardo Pirondi | 16 mins
Marta Vignola – Water Treatment Technologies | Charlotte Reid | 2.5 mins
Zoopticon | Jon Frickey, Thies Mynther & Sandra Trostel | 29 mins
Dean Thomas – Digital Chemistry | Charlotte Reid | 2.5 mins
Atomic Chicken | Thibault Ermenaux, Lucie Lyfoung, Solène Polet, Capucine Prat, Morgane Siriex & Anna Uglova | 5 mins
Lisa Bradley – Creative and Indisciplinary Studies |Charlotte Reid | 2.5 mins
This event is part of the 2024 Glasgow Science Festival, which runs from 6 – 16 June
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