INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE DOCUMENTARY FILMS / APRIL /OLOMOUC AFO is currently one of the most important European festivals in the area of popular science film. It aims to present science as an attractive, dynamic and diverse sector through films charting natural, humanities and social science disciplines. Each year, hundreds of documentary films and television programs enroll in the competition sections of the festival. Traditionally, renowned stations such as BBC, Discovery Channel or National Geographic submit their films. In past years, the festival introduced for example Albert Barillé, the creator of the legendary cycle series Once Upon a Time... Life; Jeff Lieberman, host of Time Warp, an American popular show; Martha Holmes, exclusive producer of the BBC series Life; a world-renowned biologist, Steve Jones; and renowned populariser of science and medicine, Lord Robert Winston. The festival takes place in April in Olomouc. It originated in 1966. MORE INFO: http://afo.cz/index.php?seo_url=academia-film-olomouc