FILM SCREENINGS
Inspired by this generative mode of enquiry, the programme explores the curious intersection of quantum and cinema through a series of experimental short films, wildly imaginative feature films and engaging documentaries.
Created by artists, filmmakers and researchers, these moving image works examine how reality, shaped by invisible connections, unfold in strange ways through a quantum lens.
Daily Screenings – Free Admission
This programme is rated PG (Some Drug References)
Short Film Programme on Friday After Hours – Free Admission
This programme is rated NC16 (Some Mature Content)
Weekend Screenings – Ticketed
*Please note the cinema will be closed on the following dates:
1, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 29, 30 Sep
1 – 5 Oct, 11 – 22 Oct
This programme is part of In the Ether — A Festival of Quantum Science and Technology, a festival at ArtScience Museum that brings together leading scientists, artists, technologists, and educators to explore the transformative potential of quantum science.
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The Secrets of Quantum Physics: Einstein’s Nightmare (2014) by BBC
59min | English
Free admission, first-come-first-served basis.
Showtimes
Mon – Fri: 11.00am, 1.30pm, 4.00pm
Sat & Sun: 11.00am, 1.30pm
Hosted by the ever-curious and engaging Professor of physics Jim Al-Khalili, this two-part series is an accessible gateway into the weird and wonderful world of quantum.
The first episode ‘Einstein’s Nightmare’ dives into the mind-bending mysteries that baffled even Einstein. Using playful analogies, it illustrates how quantum particles defy logic and communicate faster than light.
The Secrets of Quantum Physics: Let There Be Life (2014) by BBC
60min | English
Free admission, first-come-first-served basis.
Showtimes
Mon – Fri: 12.00pm, 2.30pm, 5.00pm
Sat & Sun: 12.00pm, 2.30pm
The second episode ‘Let There Be Life’ takes a wild turn into nature, showing how life itself may be shaped by quantum effects such as quantum entanglement in bird navigation, quantum vibrations in human smell, and the role of uncertainty in evolution.
The Future with Hannah Fry: Quantum Arms Race (2024) by Bloomberg Originals
24min | English
Free admission, first-come-first-served basis.
Showtimes
Mon – Fri: 1.00pm, 3.30pm, 6.00pm
Sat & Sun: 1.00pm, 3.30pm
Hannah Fry investigates the global race to master quantum computing—a technology with the power to revolutionize encryption, communication, and intelligence.
From IBM’s cutting-edge systems in New York to satellite quantum networks in Singapore, Fry explores both the promise and peril of this transformative, ultra-powerful tech frontier.
Emmy Award for Outstanding Science and Technology Coverage, 2025
Special thanks:
Henry Fraser, Jenny Hogan and Centre for Quantum Technologies Singapore
Image: Bloomberg Originals
20Hz (2011), a Semiconductor work by Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt | 5min
Free admission, first-come-first-served basis.
Showtimes
Friday: 7pm, 7.40pm, 8.20pm
An audiovisual experience that visualises a geomagnetic storm with audio data from Earth’s upper atmosphere, 20Hz is an experiment in moving image and scientific observation. The sounds from solar wind are captured at 20 Hertz, which in turn generate sculptural forms that are at once both wave and particle, revealing a strange, tangible quantum world.
Audio Data courtesy of CARISMA, operated by the University of Alberta, funded by the Canadian Space Agency. Special thanks to Andy Kale.
Screened with Harakiri and In the Atom as a short film programme. This programme is rated NC16 (Some Mature Content).
Harakiri (2023) by Dagomir Kaszlikowski
24min | Mandarin and English with some Cantonese (with English subtitles)
Free admission, first-come-first-served basis.
Showtimes
Friday: 7pm, 7.40pm, 8.20pm
A mind-bending short film with Wong Kar-wai-inspired visuals, Harakiri is an imaginative take on quantum, chance and memory. Directed by Dagomir Kaszlikowski, an Associate Professor of Physics at the National University of Singapore by day and a ‘film experimenter’ by night, Harakiri is about a quantum physicist who is haunted by childhood memories, killing time by playing an unwinnable game with a mysterious woman.
Screened with 20Hz and In the Atom as a short film programme. This programme is rated NC16 (Some Mature Content).
In the Atom (2024) by Sebastian Orbell & Hanae Utamura
9min | English
Free admission, first-come-first-served basis.
Showtimes
Friday: 7pm, 7.40pm, 8.20pm
A dialogue between British Quantum physicist Sebastian, Japanese artist Hanae, and future beings - In the Atom explores the strangeness inherent in both the human condition, and within the structure of reality.
Through chimeric visuals and poetic dialogue, the film examines the arcane role of observation in both our understanding of reality and our experience of mortality.
Screened with 20Hz and In the Atom as a short film programme. This programme is rated NC16 (Some Mature Themes).
Quantum Cowboys (2022) by Geoff Marslett | 99min | Rating TBA
Ticketed admission
Singapore premiere
Each screening begins with a video introduction by director Geoff Marslett.
Showtimes
Sat 6 Sep: 7.00pm
Sun 7 Sep: 4.45pm
Sun 14 Sep: 4.45pm
Sun 21 Sep: 4.45pm
Sat 27 Sep: 7.00pm
Sun 28 Sep: 4.45pm
A genre-bending Western adventure that follows Linde (Lily Gladstone) and two hapless drifters, Frank (Kiowa Gordon) and Bruno (John Way), on a trek across 1870s Southern Arizona to recover her land and find an elusive frontier musician.
Quantum Cowboys blends twelve unique live-action and animation styles, and philosophical musings on quantum theory in this wildly imaginative, wholly original and visually inventive indie gem.
2022 Winner for Prix du Public Award | Champs-Élysées Film Festiva
2022 Nominee for Contrechamp Best Film | Annecy
2022 Winner for Best Original Music | Annecy
The Universal Theory (2023) by Timm Kröger | 118min | NC16 (Some Nudity and Disturbing Scenes)
Ticketed admission
Showtimes
Sat 25 Oct: 4.45pm
Sat 25 Oct: 7.00pm
Sun 26 Oct: 4.45pm
Switzerland, 1962: A young physicist attends a quantum mechanics conference, only to become entangled in mysterious events. As paranoia, romance, and unexplainable phenomena unfold in the Alps, parallel realities and slippery truths begin to emerge.
Inspired by the cinematic styles of Hitchcock, Lynch and Lang, Timm Kröger’s atmospheric black-and-white noir thriller, accompanied by a soaring score by Diego Ramos Rodriquez, is an ambitious, multiverse journey that collapses the strange and generative worlds of quantum and cinema.
2023 Winner Bisato d’Oro Best Film | Venice Film Festival
2023 Winner Special Mention: International Competition| Athens International Film Festival
2023 Nominee for Best Film | Chicago International Film Festival, Stiges Film Festial
2024 Winner for Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects | German Film Awards
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) by Peyton Reed | 125min | PG (Some Violence)
Ticketed admission
Showtimes
Sat 6 Sep: 4.45pm
Sat 27 Sep: 4.45pm
Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) are Ant-Man and The Wasp. Together, they explore the Quantum Realm, interact with strange new creatures and embark on an adventure that pushes them beyond what they thought possible.
Some flashing-lights scenes in this film may affect photosensitive viewers.
Image: © 2023 MVL Film Finance LLC. All rights reserved.
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