Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN was awarded SFFILM's Sloan Science in Cinema Prize. The award celebrates the compelling depiction of scientific themes or characters and comes with a $20,000 cash prize. The film reimagines Shelley's classic tale and stars Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, and Christoph Waltz. The special screening and event will take place at the AMC Kabuki 8 on Wednesday, November 12 at 7:30 pm.

To celebrate the Prize SFFILM will host a screening and panel discussion in November with Guillermo del Toro, the film’s sound designer Nathan Robitaille, VFX supervisor Dennis Berardi, head of concept design Guy Davis, and Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Nobel Laureate and co-inventor of CRISPR gene editing technology.

Sloan's Doron Weber said: "We’re delighted to award the Sloan Science in Cinema Prize to Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN, a brilliant and original reimagining of Mary Shelley’s classic novel. del Toro uses his exceptional filmmaking talents to both dramatize and humanize the cautionary tale of a scientist and his experimental creation of life through unorthodox methods, exploring the consequences of scientific hubris. The prescient 200-year-old story touches on contemporary scientific fields such as genetic and tissue engineering and transplantation as well as emerging technologies such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence. FRANKENSTEIN joins over 900 science and film projects supported by the Sloan Foundation, including SFFILM’s honors of outstanding films like OPPENHEIMER, TWISTERS, DON’T LOOK UP, and HIDDEN FIGURES.”

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