Icon 99: Conflict
War and peace in Sci-Fi and Fantasy

A national three-day Science Fiction and Fantasy in Hol Hamoed Sukot in the Tel Aviv Cinematheque and in the Eshkol-Pais halls. The subject of the convention is the conflict, as it is pictured in Sci-fi and Fantasy, and in the ways they actually described the reality around us.

The subject of the convention, Conflict, is inflicted in the convention in several ways. The convention screenings are centered mainly in the Cinematheque halls, and will include a vast array of episodes from the Star Trek series which discuss the different conflicts between the different races in the series, and ones which discuss the concept of war and war ethics. The main attraction amongst the episodes screened are the upcoming episodes of Deep Space Nine (season six) which haven't been screened in Israel yet - beginning with the last episode screened in Israel, followed by a group of episodes named "The Battle of Deep Space Nine". Also, selected episodes from Babylon 5 will be screened, as they deal with concept of Conflict. Two other never-before-seen Babylon 5 movies will be shown River of Souls and A Call to Arms. Also to be screened are the best of Science Fiction movies, consisting of a strip of Alien Invasion movies (War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stool Still, Independence Day), and the best of belligerent sci-fi movies, such as Starship Troopers, The Fifth Element and an unedited version of DUNE.

Corresponding to the Cinematheque activities, other activies will be held in the Eshkol-Pais center behind the Cinematheque, in which both professional lecturers and amateurs will discuss a variety of subjects such as the history of war, the connection between war in sci-fi to the reality, the conflict between sci-fi and fantasy and their different genres, sci-fi technology versus the reality in the war aspect, as well as events and different activities in the convention scheme.