In this poetic-philosophical documentary, the invisible quantum world and tangible reality come together in encounters with colorful scientists and villagers.

The Super-Kamiokande Neutrino Detector is located at a depth of more than a thousand meters in the Japanese mountain Ikeno-yama. This detector is designed for the physical study of the neutrino – an elementary particle that may explain the origin of the universe. International scientists live and work in the mountain village together with the local population and their spiritual leaders.

A film that starts as a personal journey of discovery into physical knowledge and grows into a universal existential quest.

With discussion

After the film we will talk to makers Hannie van den Bergh and Jan van den Berg. What was it like making this film in Japan? How did the neutrino particle grab them?

Hannie van den Bergh is a visual artist, graphic designer, filmmaker, researcher, teacher, innovator, activist and connector. She uses these qualities to explore radical imagination. She develops methods and gives courses to scientists and artists to broaden their horizons and open up new, creative perspectives.

Jan van den Berg is an independent documentary, theater and filmmaker who makes work at the intersection of performing arts and science. He created a wide variety of theater performances on scientific topics such as particle physics, nanoscience, genomics and the history of anatomy.

InScience Film Festival

InScience International Science Film Festival Nijmegen is one of the biggest science film festivals in Europe. The programme consists of an overview of the best science films of the year. InScience takes place every spring in Nijmegen, but the festival will also tour the entire country with the best films from the last edition. This year Groningen will have its first full InScience On Tour programme with the three outstanding movies Neutrino, Eternal You and El Equipo. After each screening, movie makers, scientists and the audience engage in a discussion to share new insights.

The Groningen InScience Festival is co-funded by the European Commission, under the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme, grant agreement No.101162172.