Ex Nihilo (by Sophie Rautenbach)

In this film, small mundane moments are transformed into something strange and unknown. Corn flour becomes a non-Newtonian fluid; bubbles in oil demonstrate cellular division, while chunks of ice are transformed into gas giants serenely floating in Space. 'Ex nihilo' is a Latin phrase meaning 'out of nothing', often appearing in conjunction with the concept of 'creation out of nothing'. This film is based upon an hour long lecture given by the physicist Lawrence Krauss and concerns new discoveries in quantum mechanics and cosmology, and why it is possible that a universe can be born from nothing.