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How did you come up with the idea for the Imagine Science Film Festival? I strongly believe that the best way to communicate science is by wrapping science into stories. While documentaries are wonderful, I think science + documentary = not always a great mix and can lead to fact overload and not so comprehensible, interesting, exciting films. On the other extreme, there are also issues with science "fiction". Far too often, science fiction is not grounded on "credible" scientific facts; flicks of the sort affect both public understanding and perception on very important scientific issues such as stem cell research, etc. Army of clones who destroy the world. Not so great for pushing for more stem cell research.