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Founded in 1934, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit grant making institution based in New York City. Sloan's program in Public Understanding of Science, Technology & Economics supports various media to commission, develop, produce, and distribute new work mainstreaming science and technology to reach a wide, non-specialized audience. Watch award-winning Sloan short films here.

Daniela Forever

Daniela Forever

A soulful bereaved man enrolls in a clinical trial for a drug that allows him to reunite with his lost lover through lucid dreams.

    Computer Chess

    Computer Chess

    A 1980s-set story centered around a man-versus-machine chess tournament.

    Coded Bias

    Coded Bias

    An exploration of the implications of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that racial bias is written into the code of facial recognition algorithms.

    Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

    Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

    This documentary reveals the Hedy Lamarr hidden behind the famously beautiful Hollywood star's glamorous image: a technological trailblazer whose inventions form the basis of modern WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth systems.

    BlackBerry

    BlackBerry

    The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

      Beneath Hill 60

      Beneath Hill 60

      In 1916, the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company is tunneling beneath German fortifications and bunkers to detonate massive explosive charges.

      Bat Boy

      Bat Boy

      One day, when his beloved bats go missing, Andre enlists the help of a jaded biologist to find out what happened.

        Basmati Blues

        Basmati Blues

        A scientist creates genetically modified rice and is sent India to sell it to rural farmers.

        Another Earth

        Another Earth

        On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar System, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.

        Ammonite

        Ammonite

        Acclaimed paleontologist Mary Anning works alone selling common fossils to tourists to support her ailing mother, but a chance job offer changes her life when a visitor hires her to care for his wife.

        Agora

        Agora

        In Roman Egypt toward the end of the fourth century AD, a slave turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of finding freedom while also falling in love with his master, the great female astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria.

        After Yang

        After Yang

        In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.

          Adventures of a Mathematician

          Adventures of a Mathematician

          Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam helps create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.

          Adam

          Adam

          Adam, a lonely man on the autism spectrum, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor Beth.

          A Birder's Guide to Everything

          A Birder's Guide to Everything

          Teenaged birding fanatic David Portnoy takes an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.

          2030

          2030

          In a near future Vietnam where global warming and rising seawater levels have forced cultivation to be done on floating farms, a strong-willed woman has to make a critical decision about her ex-lover, a suspect of her husband's murder.