In collaboration with the University of Innsbruck, Campus Cinema offers a unique academic setting for film screenings throughout the year. Selected festival films are showcased on campus, allowing students and faculty to explore environmental narratives in an engaging atmosphere. Each screening is followed by expert-led discussions from different fields, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue that connects academic research with cinematic storytelling.
02.12.2025 – Screening on the occasion of World Soil Day
The following soil films were shown:
- The Leap Beneath by Roman Willi /Wildreach Productions
- Soil: The World at Our Feet, directed by Radford Nicholls, produced & commissioned by Somerset House
Winner of Best Film on the Topic of Soil
- Hannes Jaenicke im Einsatz für Erde
by Eva Maria Gfirtner und Judith Adlhoch
The Screening was followed by a joint conversation between the audience and the following experts:
- Martin Gerzabek - BOKU Wien (ecologist and soil scientist)
- Nadine Präg - Universität Innsbruck (microbiologist)
- Thomas Peham - Land Tirol / jury-member INFF (ecologist)
- Julia Seeber - Universität Innsbruck (ecologist)
04.03.2025 – Hunt for the oldest DNA
by Niobe Thompson
The Screening was followed by a joint conversation between the audience and the following uibk-experts:
- Corinna Wallinger (ecologist)
- Bettina Thalinger (ecologist)
- Magdalena Nagler (microbiologist)
- Chris Rinke (microbiologist)
20.01.2025 – Kosmos Erde - Planet Soil
by Mark Verkerk
For World Soil Day we showed our winner film on the topic of Soil.
We were joint for a joined conversation afterwards by:
- Nadine Präg (microbiologist)
- Oliwia Murawska (ethnologist)
- Julia Seeber (ecologist)
- Clemens Geitner (geographer)
26.11.2024 – Outgrow the System
by Cecilia Paulson
The Screening was followed by a joint conversation between the audience and the following uibk-experts:
- Birthe Soppe (Department for Organisation and Learning)
- Martin Senn (Department of Political Science)
- Andreas Plank (Department for Management and Marketing)