Title: Arrival
Date: Tuesday 11 February
Time: 19:00 – 22:00
Venue: Cinema Room, Spazju Kreattiv
Time: 19:00 – 22:00
Venue: Cinema Room, Spazju Kreattiv
Have you ever tried to learn a language in a day?
What if the planet’s future depended on it? CineXjenza uses the medium of film to inspire discussions on science. The film Arrival will be screened, in collaboration with the student organisation ALLT, at 19:00 on 11 February 2020 at Spazju Kreattiv.
The film ‘Arrival’ is based on the short story (1998) by Ted Chiang called 'Story of Your Life'. When 12 massive spaceships land around the world , Linguistics Professor Louise Banks is recruited by the US army to communicate with the aliens in an attempt to prevent global war.
After the movie there will be a discussion with Dr Claudia Borg, a lecturer at the University of Malta, who will also be attending the discussion, is a researcher in Artificial Intelligence with a special interest in natural language processing and computational linguistics. Snacks and refreshments will be served during the discussion.
CineXjenza is supported by the STEAM project. It is run by the Malta Chamber of Scientists and S-Cubed, in collaboration with Spazju Kreattiv.
Price: Free entrance
Duration: 116 minutes