DCO film wins top prize at Goldschmidt Film Festival

A DCO-produced film, Biology Meets Subduction, won first prize from among 92 submissions at the 2017 Goldschmidt Film Festival in Paris, France. The film festival, convened by Wild Orbit Films, which ran from 13-18 August 2017, was the first of its kind for Goldschmidt.

Biology Meets Subduction follows a group of DCO scientists on a unique 12-day sampling expedition across the Costa Rica convergent margin. The film showcases a team of DCO early career scientists as they investigate volcanic sites through the lenses of biology, chemistry, physics, and geology. The science team partnered with Co Lab Productions to create the film.

DCO’s Peter Barry (Oxford University, UK), Karen Lloyd (University of Tennessee, USA), Donato Giovannelli (Earth-Life Science Instititute, Japan), and Katie Pratt (University of Rhode Island, USA) joined Co Lab’s Justine Simonson and Marcus Lehman on a panel at Goldschmidt, where they fielded questions about the experience.

The Biology Meets Subduction project is part of a DCO synthesis effort to cultivate interdisciplinary products and activities to explain carbon in deep Earth. Visit the project website to learn more.

Representatives of the Biology Meets Subduction team accepts top honor at the 2017 Goldschmidt Film Festival. From left to right: Antje Boetius (University of Bremen, Goldschmidt), Donato Giovannelli, Peter Barry, Justine Simonson, Karen Lloyd, Marcus Lehman, and Adi MaCartney (Wild Orbit Films). Credit Katie Pratt. Top: Katie Pratt, Donato Giovannelli, and Karen Lloyd pose with the award. Inset photo: Giovannelli, Peter Barry, and Lloyd field questions from the audience at the Biology Meets Subduction film discussion panel. Credit Josh Wood.