“Making Pandemics” Screening | French Science Festival

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Follow French actress Juliette Binoche as she seeks to understand the origins of pandemics in this exclusive documentary! Dengue, Chikungunya, Covid-19, AIDS, Ebola: the number of emerging diseases – previously unknown – has exploded in the last forty years. Most of them are zoonoses, infectious diseases transmitted to humans by animals. Marie-Monique Robin’s new film, with the help of Juliette Binoche and the scientific contribution of Serge Morand (CNRS – French National Research Centre), investigates the new infectious diseases and the workings of the pandemic factory in France, the United States, Mexico, Kenya, Thailand, Gabon and Madagascar.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

This event is part of the French Science Festival, a major annual scientific culture event held in France and around the world aiming to promote science to the general public. Jointly organised by the Consulate General of France, the Science Promotion Unit of the Hong Kong Science Museum, and the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, the 2022 edition of the French Science Festival in Hong Kong, [BIO]diversity, aims to raise public awareness of the challenges posed by the collapse of biodiversity, particularly with regard to human health. Through a series of featured programmes (exhibitions, workshops, lectures, film screening, VR experience, and more), the festival will help the public to understand why protecting biodiversity is protecting our health.