In the organizer's words:

Language, Thought, World: Arrival (2016)

10.12.25 - from 18:30:
Arrival (Director: Denis Villeneuve, 2016)
Speaker: Dr. Simon Wimmer
Topic: Language, thinking, world

About the movie:
Twelve mysterious spaceships land simultaneously in different regions of the world. Their crews and their intentions - a mystery. To prevent global paranoia and a potential war, an elite team led by linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) and mathematician Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) is tasked by the military to make contact. But the tireless search for answers soon turns into a race against time - their own and that of the entire human race. (Source: Düsseldorfer Filmkunstkinos)

After the movie:
Following the film, philosopher Dr. Simon Wimmer (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) will discuss with the audience the relationship between language, thought and the world, which is a recurring theme in the film Arrival: How does language shape our perception of reality? How does it shape our thoughts and actions?

📍 Location: Bambi Filmstudio, Klosterstr. 78
🎟️ Tickets & info: t1p.de/filmphilo

About the project:
📽 philfliX - Philosophy & Film
Watching exciting films and then philosophizing in the cinema? As part of the philfliX series (previously: Philosophy & Film), philosophers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf give short keynote speeches after selected film screenings in which they make interesting connections between the film shown and philosophical topics. Afterwards, the audience is invited to discuss with the experts in the movie theater. The philfliX project is part of the interactive public philosophy project denXte.

Organization:
Jonas Ouass, Prof. Dr. Markus Schrenk (Institute of Philosophy, HHU)

The project is funded by the Citizens' University of the HHU.

Price information:

Students receive the discounted "Gildekarte" rate.