In his version of a futuristic dystopia, Godard embraces a tech-noir aesthetic where human beings have become robotic slaves to technology, deprived of individuality and independent thought.

A secret agent, posing as a journalist, from the ‘the world without’, penetrates ‘the world within’ - Alphaville. The hero, played by Eddie Constantine, has a mission to eliminate an eminent professor, the inventor of Alpha 60, a superior computer that governs society. The professor’s daughter, Natasha (Anna Karina), is the detective’s guide and love interest as he negotiates the bizarre, totalitarian state.

Screening as part of NI Science Festival. Established in 2014, NI Science Festival has grown to become the largest celebration of its kind on the island of Ireland and in its relatively short lifespan became one of the leading Science Festivals in the whole of Europe.