Fifth appointment of the ‘SMART-ER!’ film festival on territorial resilience

Reflecting, through cinema, on the resilience of territories in the face of disasters. On 17 November at 20:30, the DAMSLab Auditorium in Bologna will host the screening of "Don't Look Up" (2021).

  • Date: 17 NOVEMBER 2025  from 20:30 to 23:30

  • Event location: Auditorium DAMSLab, Bologna

"Don't Look Up" (2021), a film by director Adam McKay, tells the story of two astronomers who discover a comet heading towards Earth. Their warning is ignored by politicians and the media, who are more concerned with consensus than reality. The collective inability to react reveals a crisis of governance and communication in the management of global disasters. Instead of taking concrete measures, institutions choose to downplay the danger and postpone decisions. The film shows how misinformation and social inertia amplify the scale of the catastrophe. Resilience thus shifts to the collective and cultural level, inviting us to rethink cooperation and shared responsibility in the face of emergencies.