104 mins / Documentary / Germany / directed by Sreemoyee Singh
Date: 17:30 / Thursday, Feb 12 2026
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Light, without which life itself is impossible, is the working medium and obsession of director Thomas
Riedelsheimer. Light, seen only in interaction with matter, allows us to explore the origin of the universe. In
Tracing Light, science and art interact to illuminate the birth of stars and secrets of the molecular world.
Einstein’s work on light changed our understanding of the world forever and revealed it as more complex
and magical than was thought. Now, at a radical moment in physics, we bring together leading scientists,
and artists who sculpt with light, across Scotland and Germany – from the Max Planck Institute at Erlangen,