Screening of the documentary "El misterio de los cristales gigantes" and colloquium with Javier Trueba and Juan Manuel García Ruiz
Cinema and Science Series
- Invited Scientists
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Javier Trueba (director of the documentary), Juan Manuel García Ruiz (scriptwriter of the documentary, DIPC, Ikerbasque, CSIC)
- When
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2025/03/11
18:30 - Place
- Kutxa Kultur Kluba, Tabakalera, Donostia / San Sebastián
- Organizers
- DIPC, Basque Film Archive, San Sebastian International Film Festival
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The mystery of the giant crystals is a fascinating adventure of scientific research. A journey into the depths of the Earth in search of the most beautiful treasures of the mineral world to explain one of its great mysteries: the formation of giant gypsum crystals. From the Roman mines of Segóbriga described by Pliny the Elder, to the largest geode in Europe in Almería (Spain); from the volcanic depths of the Andean mountain range, to the grandiose Cave of the Crystals of Naica, an authentic crystal palace hidden under the Mexican desert of Chihuahua.
The documentary and colloquium will be in Spanish.
About the speaker
Javier Trueba is director and producer of documentaries specialized in nature and scientific cinema, his work has been developed in 40 countries with productions in film, video, 3D, 360 and animation formats for television programs and for audiovisuals for cultural institutions and museums around the world. As a photographer he has published hundreds of reports in magazines, newspapers around the world and dozens of books. He is currently collaborating in the Olduvai, Atapuerca, Djehuty and Pinilla del Valle projects.
Geologist Juan Manuel García-Ruiz (Seville, 1953) is Ikerbasque Professor at DIPC and ad honorem Research Professor at CSIC. His research focuses on the study of crystallization phenomena in fields such as the formation of giant crystals, self-organization in biological and geological structures with implications in the origin of life, the detection of primitive life, and the fabrication of new materials. He leads the ambitious European ERC-Synergy project Protos and is a cultural agitator committed to scientific culture.