Organised for the last nine years by Pariscience, based on an idea from the ImagineScience festival, the Symbiose competition brings together young scientists and directors every year to tackle the same challenge : to write, shoot and edit a short film in just 48 hours on the scientist’s research topic.
At the special screening on 9 October, the ten participating pairs unveiled their films to the public at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris. At the end of the screenings, the Symbiose jury, made up of science, audiovisual and media professionals, awarded the prize for the best short film to the winning pairing 2025.
Among the participants was Dr Damya Souami, a CNRS researcher at the LIRA - Observatoire de Paris-PSL, who took up the challenge by presenting her research through filming at the Office of Space Safety, at the headquarters of the European Space Agency (ESA), a place emblematic of European space policy.
Watch the short film "Le ballet d’Apophis" by Damya Souami and her partner Clément Herbet.
