Philofilm is a monthly series, in which, on each first Monday of the month, a film is introduced and discussed by a philosopher. The evenings are entirely in the English language. Philofilm is a collaboration between Concordia and Ideefiks, the study association for Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Twente. This month we enter a world where ethical dilemmas are magnified by astonishing technological leaps in "Crimes Of The Future.

As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux), Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin (Kristen Stewart), an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed... Their mission -- to use Saul's notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.

About Bas de boer Bas de Boer is a philosopher of technoscience and works as an assistant professor at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. His research particularly focuses on how technologies shape how people experience and understand their health and well-being. His further research interests are in phenomenology, philosophy of technology, historical epistemology, and philosophy of health and medicine.