As part of the HK SciFest 2025, the Hong Kong Space Museum (HKSM) will be screening two sci-fi film classics over the Easter long weekend, for free. The ‘Sci-Fi, Sci-Talk’ event is intended to start conversations and get people thinking about the impact of technological advancements on human life.
Sci-fi fans will be glad to know that the movies to be shown are Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar and Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence. The first is a science fiction epic from 2014, set in a dystopian future where the Earth is dying and humankind is on the brink of extinction. The plot follows a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole to search for potentially habitable planets and accidentally end up in a five-dimensional space. Interstellar deals with relativity, gravity, wormholes, black holes, and space time, and has since been hailed as one of the best films of the 21st century.
On the other hand, A.I. Artificial Intelligence is a true sci-fi classic from 2001. The human population is in decline in the 22nd century, and human-like robots called mechas have been created to fill roles in society. David, a childlike android, is programmed with the ability to love and assigned to a family as a replacement for their seriously ill son. When the son surprisingly gets well enough to return home, David desperately searches for ways to become a real human so he can regain the familial love he briefly experienced. A.I. is a heartfelt masterclass in navigating the relationship between humanity, technology, and love.
After both these screenings, the museum has also arranged for talks with astrophysicists, science professors, and research experts in automation engineering to explore the scientific knowledge and concepts in the films. If you’ve ever wanted to know about time travel, relativity theory, or more, here’s your chance to ask the experts directly.
Interstellar will be screened on April 20 and A.I. Artificial Intelligence on April 21, in the lecture hall of the HKSM at 2pm. Both films will be in English with Chinese subtitles, and while admission is free, it’s on a first-come, first-served basis, so make sure you get there early to snag a seat!
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