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A three-day biomedical ethics film festival coinciding with European Science Week, relating to the ethics of therapeutic and reproductive human cloning. The themes of each day will include: 11 Nov – Cloning Technology and Developments 12 Nov – Identity and Human Cloning 13 Nov – Human Cloning Risk Versus Advantages There are nine programmes of short films, documentaries and feature films, all supporting reflection on the subject of human cloning. Each screening will be introduced, and followed by a discussion between a panel of invited biomedical and bioethics experts, plus politicians and members of the audience. The film festival is organised in partnership with Filmhouse, the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland Branch of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum.
Learning to Love the Grey Fri 11 Nov only Nigel Levy | Britain 2000 | 1h30m | BETA SP | 15 Cast: Clive Carter. BBC drama exploring the ethical issues and scientific benefits of research into cloning. Leading scientist Dr Edward Marsh is an expert in the field of cloning. He is angry that the public reaction to his work is tainted by misinformation from the media, who seem to focus only on images of cloned babies and Dolly the sheep. Reluctantly he agrees to help a young writer, Sarah Jones, who has been commissioned by his Medical School, to write a play to help the public's understanding of the subject. PRECEDED BY The Story of Stem Cells Britain 2005, Cameron Duguid, 15 min An engaging and insightful animated journey into the world of stem cell research, tracing a path from the discovery and identification of adult stem cells through to the intricacies of contemporary embryonic stem cell research.
The First Human Clone: Conception Fri 11 Nov only Britain 2003 | h50m | BETA SP | 12A Documentary The first part of the Channel 4 three-part series The First Human Clone documents for the first time that science will produce the first human cloned baby. Peter Williams follows Dr Zavos and his team to various secret locations around the world and watches the production of the 10-cell human embryo, and hears the arguments and counter-arguments surrounding this scientific breakthrough. FOLLOWED BY Frontline Scotland: Cloning and Parkinson's Disease Britain 1999, 30 min A BBC Scotland programme examining controversial developments in medical science involving the potential use of human embryos.
The Island Fri 11 Nov only Michael Bay | USA 2005 | 2h16m | 35mm | 12A Cast: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi. Lincoln Six-Echo (McGregor) is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid 21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the 'The Island'  reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones whose only purpose is to provide 'spare parts' for their original human counterparts. Realizing it is only a matter of time before he is 'harvested', Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta (Johansson). Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the sinister institute that once housed them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their lives to literally meet their makers.
The 6th Day Sat 12 Nov only Roger Spottiswoode | USA/Canada 2000 | 2h3m | 35mm | 15 Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rappaport, Robert Duvall, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rooker, Sarah Wynter. Scientific advances have eradicated world hunger, medical labs are replete with cloned human organs for transplants, cloned family ‘re-pets’ mean never having to tell your child the pet bunny has died, and if you’re fed up with your girlfriend you can get a virtual one instead. For some, birth-life-death is still the natural order. For others, including power broker Michael Drucker (Goldwyn), the prospect of immortality is too tempting to ignore. Disregarding the ‘Sixth Day Law’ (respecting the belief that God created man on the sixth day) that forbids human cloning, Drucker, helped by scientist Dr Weir (Duvall), is secretly doing just that. But when the wrong man - Adam Gibson (Schwarzenegger) - is accidentally cloned and comes home to discover another version of himself, Drucker is in danger of being exposed... N.B. This film is replacing Blade Runner, originally scheduled to screen in this slot.
Cloning the First Human Sat 12 Nov only Britain 2001 | h50m | BETA SP | 12A Documentary First shown as part of the BBC's Horizon strand. Professor Severino Antinori and Dr Panyiotis Zavos intend to clone a human in the near future. In this programme scientists who oppose them explain why they think the dangers involved are unacceptable. FOLLOWED BY Dawn of the Clone Age Britain 2001, 50 min Another Horizon documentary from the BBC. A detailed account of the sheep cloning process which led to the birth of Dolly, together with descriptions of previous attempts at cloning involving tadpoles and cows. The ethical aspects of cloning are discussed, with speculations about its benefits to medical science.
Blueprint Sat 12 Nov only Rolf Schübel | Germany 2003 | 1h50m | 35mm | German with English subtitles | 12A Cast: Franka Potente, Ulrich Thomsen, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Katja Studt. World famous pianist and composer Iris Sellen is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Determined not to let her musical talent die with her, she convinces the ambitious scientist Dr. Fischer to produce a clone of herself, her daughter Siri. When Siri finds out at the age of thirteen that she is her mother's clone, her whole world falls apart. The once very close and sweet relationship between mother and daughter turns into an emotional struggle. They fight for the same man, compete with their musical careers, and nearly pay with their lives.
Boys From Brazil Sun 13 Nov only Franklin J Schnaffer | Britain/USA 1978 | 2h5m | 35mm | 18 Cast: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen. This fast-paced thriller, adapted from a novel by Ira Levin, centres on a battle of wits between the 'Angel of Death', Nazi-war-criminal Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck) and his pursuer Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier), a character loosely based on real-life Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal. In this fast and slick drama, Ezra must foil Mengele's plot to clone Hitler to produce hundreds of genetically identical young men, and have them raised in environments similar to that of the young Hitler in an attempt to produce a new Führer.
How to Build a Human: Part 1 Sun 13 Nov only Britain 2002 | 50m | BETA SP | 12A Documentary The first in a four-part BBC series of programmes looking at the origins of human life and the way in which our increasing understanding of genetics may affect this in the future. This part looks at the role cloned organs might play in helping repair damage the human body has suffered. FOLLOWED BY Faces of Islam Britain 2000, 30 min Dr M Kabir Banu Al Zubair, geneticist at the University of Cambridge, talks about his life, work and religion. He discusses the relationship between Islam and genetic science, especially with regard to cloning, explaining that Islam has not yet formed an opinion about this; the point is, how would cloning be used? The ultimate goal is the most important criteria.
Multiplicity Sun 13 Nov only Harold Ramis | USA 1996 | 1h57m | 35mm | 12 Cast: Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Zack Duhame, Katie Schlossberg, Eugene Levy. In this zany comedy, Michael Keaton is Doug Kinney, a man with too many tasks and not enough time to complete them. So when a researcher offers him a somewhat unusual remedy for his problem, he gives it a try. Soon, a fully grown clone of Doug is delivered, complete with his memories up to the time of its 'birth'. Being in two places at once offers some advantages, but problems arise when Doug #2 can't handle the stress of overwork any better than the original. Perhaps Doug #2 could benefit from having his own helper... PRECEDED BY Dupe Britain 2005, Chris Waitt, 15min Comic farce in which Dave needs someone to do the housework, so he clones another Dave to help out. Problem is that both Daves are just as lazy as each other, so they clone more Daves who clone more Daves who clone more Daves until the flat is crowded out with scruffy layabout Daves.