Interviews

INTERVIEW WITH VALENTIN D. IVANOV– CRISTIAN TAMAȘ CRISTIAN TAMAȘ: As someone working at the European Southern Observatory, you operate in one of the most international scientific environments in Europe. Why do you think European science fiction — unlike European science — remains so fragmented along national lines? Valentin D. Ivanov: A great aspects of working at the large international institution is that one does not feel...

2026 VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: VENICE IMMERSIVE ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE There are moments in cinema when the screen stops being a window and becomes a portal. "Empire at Sea", Peter Flaherty’s twenty‑two‑minute SF solarpunk odyssey, doesn’t just invite you to watch—it drags you, salt‑sprayed and blinking, into its shimmering world of steel, algae, and ghosts of the mainland. The film opens on the Aurora rig, a floating sanctuary...