Punk Rock Movie Night
2022-09-19
Come early to hear live music at Eden Bar from 6:30-9:30PM, courtesy of Performing Arts Matter!
Join us for a night of Punk Rock history featuring: “Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC” about the formation of the NYC Punk Rock scene at legendary New York City nightclub Max’s Kansas City. And, a special bonus short film; “Sid: The Final Curtain” about the last live performance of the Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious featuring rare live footage and exclusive interviews from those who witnessed it.
“Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC” is the first-ever documentary about the renowned New York City nightclub Max’s Kansas City (1965-1981) which had an indelible impact on the worlds of music, fashion, art, culture and the creation of the city’s Punk Rock scene. As legendary singer and Max’s veteran Alice Cooper — who signed his contract with Warner Bros. Records at the club — says, “A million ideas were launched back there.” He’s referring to Max’s Kansas City’s famous back room, where Andy Warhol held court and artists, actors, filmmakers, models, writers, assorted criminals and countless musicians — from Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground to David Bowie and the New York Dolls — made an indelible mark on music and the world. Max’s was also an early safe haven for the city’s LGBTQ crowd including Candy Darling, Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis and presided over by transsexual DJ Wayne / Jayne County. Max’s is where David Bowie first met Iggy Pop — who ended up bloody and being taken to the hospital (by Alice Cooper) after a particularly lively performance. It’s where Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious played his last shows, backed by members of the New York Dolls and The Clash. It’s where Aerosmith and Bruce Springsteen were signed to Columbia Records by Clive Davis; where Bob Marley and the Wailers played their first American shows; where Debbie Harry waitressed; where the fledgling Beastie Boys first fought for their right to party; where Madonna first got an early taste of the city’s nightclub scene. Sex and drugs weren’t only commonplace in the bathrooms, but in the entire club.

Henry V
2022-09-24
National Theatre Live is the National Theatre’s groundbreaking project to broadcast the best of British theatre from the London stage to cinemas around the world.
Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) plays the title role in a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s thrilling study of nationalism, war and the psychology of power.  Fresh to the throne, King Henry V launches England into a bloody war with France. When his campaign encounters resistance, this inexperienced new ruler must prove he is fit to guide a country into war. Captured live from the Donmar Warehouse in London, this exciting modern production directed by Max Webster (Life of Pi) explores what it means to be English and our relationship to Europe, asking: do we ever get the leaders we deserve?

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The Mummy
2022-09-25 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
FREE for kids 12 & under!
The Mummy is a rousing, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead.

The Cable Guy
2022-09-27 21:30 - 23:00
Oddball cable installer Chip Douglas (Jim Carrey) attempts to strike up a friendship with customer Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) by offering him premium channels at no cost. When Steven rebuffs Chip’s frequent need for companionship, Chip goes from a mildly eccentric acquaintance to a full-fledged psycho stalker. Though it’s increasingly apparent to Steven that the cable guy is dangerous, convincing his friends, family and the authorities of that is another matter entirely.

Tremors
2022-10-01
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Repairmen Val McKee (Kevin Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Fred Ward) are tired of their dull lives in the small desert town of Perfection, Nev. But just as the two try to skip town, they happen upon a series of mysterious deaths and a concerned seismologist (Finn Carter) studying unnatural readings below the ground. With the help of an eccentric couple (Reba McEntire, Michael Gross), the group fights for survival against giant, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh.

Four Samosas
2022-10-01 11:00 - 13:00
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Happy-go-lucky, underachieving, wanna-be rapper Vinny is dismayed to learn that his favorite ex-girlfriend Rina is planning to marry his smarmy arch-nemesis. Determined to disrupt the wedding as well as fund the dreams of his family and friends, he and his band of neighborhood pals concoct a plan to steal Rina’s dowry jewels from her father’s supermarket safe. But can this motley crew actually pull off a heist in this feel-good love letter to Indian-American culture that‘s reminiscent of Wes Anderson’s Bottle Rocket? Shot in vibrant, saturated color in the Little India neighborhood of Los Angeles, this lighthearted and fun film is big on charm, quirky characters, good-natured humor, and overflowing with scrappy, indie spirit.

All That Breathes
2022-10-01 14:00 - 16:00
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High above bustling New Delhi, birds of prey known as black kites have for years routinely been falling from the skies due to injuries sustained from pollution or manja, the dangerous cotton threads of paper kites that slice through their wings. For decades, brothers Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad—who believe in the interconnectedness of human and animal life—have taken it upon themselves to save the birds, which the general city population largely sees as nuisances despite their essential role in the city’s ecosystem. In his hypnotic, poignant, and beautifully crafted documentary, New Delhi–based filmmaker Shaunak Sen immerses himself with Saud and Shehzad for a portrayal of their struggle to make change that doubles as a diagnosis of a city rocked by turmoil. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary (World Cinema) at Sundance and the L’OEil d’or for Best Documentary at Cannes.

CHHOTA CINEMA: NEW INDIAN SHORTS 2022
2022-10-02 11:00 - 13:00
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7 STAR DINOSOR ENTERTAINMENT
INDIA, 2021, 20 MIN
Directed by Vaishali Naik
In Hindi with English Subtitles
Southeast Premiere!
As lockdown brings work to a standstill, this weird, funny and entertaining mockumentary takes us through the plight of two brothers who dress up as dinosaurs and perform at sundry events. There’s no money and almost nothing to eat, and the only spot of sunshine and nutrition in their lives is some leftover cake from one of the clients.
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
USA, 2021, 18 MIN
Directed by Gauri Adelkar
In English and Hindi with English Subtitles
Florida Premiere!
Ismat, an undocumented seamstress in New York City, finds herself at a crossroads of morality and self-interest.

CLOSE TIES TO HOME COUNTRY
USA, 2021, 15 MIN
Directed by Akanksha Cruczynski
In English and Hindi with English Subtitles
Southeast Premiere!
Akanksha is a young South Asian woman studying in the US on a scholarship. Coming in touch with white opulence and entitlement when she takes on a job as a dog-sitter, she assesses the stark and often absurd ways in which her life a as a legal alien differs from the lives of people around her.
SANDSTORM (MULAQAT)
PAKISTAN, 2021, 20 MIN
Directed by Seemab Gul
In Urdu with English Subtitles
Southeast Premiere!
Zara, the young daughter of a patriarchal Karachi household, almost single handedly engineers a compassionate act of subversion in an attempt to have agency over her own body.
TESTIMONY OF ANA
USA/INDIA, 2021, 24 MIN
Directed by Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda
In Gujarati with English Subtitles
East Coast Premiere!
Anaben Pawar is an elderly tribal woman accused of witchcraft in rural India. Through Ana’s story, we delve into a deep-rooted culture of patriarchy and examine one of the most monstrous attacks on women’s bodies in modern India: the witch-hunt.

Tiger 24
2022-10-02 14:00 - 16:00
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Riveting from start to finish, this fascinating documentary takes a deep dive into who is responsible when animals kill humans in the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve in India. The answer is a lot more complex than meets the eye. Filmmaker Warren Pereira introduces us to Ustad, aka “Tiger 24,” a gorgeous beast that’s been labeled a man-eater by the local government after being implicated in multiple attacks and apparently killing a man who has entered his territory. Removed from his natural habitat and locked up in a zoo, Ustad’s situation results in massive social uproar, activism, and legal battles all the way to the Supreme Court. Conservationists, bureaucrats, and local villagers all weigh in on this complex story of people trying (and failing) to live together with tigers.

DUG DUG
2022-10-03 18:30 - 19:30
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Inspired by true events, this religious satire brimming with vibrant color and irreverent glee explodes onto the screen right from its bravura opening sequence. When the sloppy escapades of a local drunkard result in a freak motorcycle accident that takes his life, his motorbike is salvaged and locked away at the nearby police headquarters. When the bike suddenly appears inexplicably back at the crash site the next day, the community becomes convinced that it is not only a miracle but an act of divinity. Soon after, locals begin making offerings to the motorbike altar, praying for salvation and worshiping the bike with a startling holy fervor. Filmmaker Ritwik Pareek’s cheeky, incisive caricature of religious zealotry and commercialized worship zooms along with kinetic editing, dynamic visuals, and a raucous sense of humor that makes for a singularly electrifying cinematic thrill ride and an exciting feature debut.

The Return of the Living Dead
2022-10-08
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When foreman Frank (James Karen) shows new employee Freddy (Thom Mathews) a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout Louisville, Ky., and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss (Clu Gulager) and a mysterious mortician (Don Calfa).

Häxan
2022-10-08
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A hybrid of documentary and fiction, this silent film explores the history of witchcraft, demonology and satanism. It shows representations of evil in a variety of ancient and medieval artworks, offers vignettes illustrating a number of superstitious practices and presents a narrative about the persecution of a woman accused of witchcraft. The film ends by suggesting that the modern science of psychology offers important insight into the beliefs and practices of the past.

Jeannette
2022-10-10
Join us for a Meet the Filmmaker event! Includes extended, in-person Q&A with subject Jeannette Feliciano and Director Maris Curran.
Jeannette is unlike any character we’ve seen depicted on screen before; she’s a competitive bodybuilder and a lesbian single mother who struggles to cope with trauma after surviving a mass shooting.
The film begins in the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub massacre and follows Jeannette as she recovers, backslides and eventually finds support and healing through community. The film provides a window into Jeannette’s life—her strained relationship with her mother, her identity as a lesbian and mother to her teenage son and her roots in Puerto Rico.
Taking a vérité approach, Maris works to create a window into one woman’s life—her strength and vulnerability—in the aftermath of trauma. JEANNETTE is a film about resilience that gives an audience the opportunity to move past the headlines and ask: in the wake of tragedy, how do we move toward wholeness?

Queen of the Damned
2022-10-11
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Follows the legendary vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend), who has reinvented himself as a rock star in the contemporary American music scene. His music wakes Akasha (Aaliyah), the queen of all vampires, and inspires her desire to make Lestat her king. Akasha’s malevolent power is so great that all the immortal vampires must stand against her if they want to survive. Meanwhile, a young London woman with a fascination for the dark side (Marguerite Moreau) falls in love with Lestat.

Prima Facie
2022-10-15
Join us after the show for a panel discussion with Rollins College theater professors on directing around sensitive subject matter.
National Theatre Live is the National Theatre’s groundbreaking project to broadcast the best of British theatre from the London stage to cinemas around the world.
Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) makes a critically acclaimed West End debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning, one-women, play. Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.
Prima Facie takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game.

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Panelists:
Sarah Laake, Director, Office of Title IX, Rollins College
Sarah has 16 years’ experience working in the non-profit and higher education sectors as an advocate creating environments free from violence and discrimination. She has served as Director of Title IX at Rollins College since 2018, overseeing Title IX compliance for the institution, managing grievance processes, providing care and support for involved parties, and leading violence prevention education initiatives. She previously worked at the University of Central Florida for six years, where she provided leadership in victim services, student Title IX investigations, trauma-informed care, supportive measures, and prevention education programming. Additionally, she has significant experience as a 24-hour domestic violence hotline manager and rape crisis victim advocate. She is passionate about upholding fair and equitable practices on campus and preventing sexual and interpersonal violence through education.
Dr. Marianne DiQuattro, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Rollins College
Dr. Marianne DiQuattro is a faculty member with the Department of Theatre and Dance at Rollins College. Her research interests lie at the intersection of dramatic literature, performance history, and phenomenology. She is interested in directing, theatre for small communities, and theatre and disability. Dr. DiQuattro teaches the Theatre History, Script Analysis, Global Theatre, Travel Narratives, and oversees the department’s concentration in Dramaturgy. She is the artistic director of Running Man Theatre, an inclusive theatre company for actors of all abilities, and most of the company are actors on the autism spectrum. Her recent directing credits include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Shrek The Musical Jr. and The Wolves.

Sleepaway Camp
2022-10-15
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After a horrible boating accident kills her family, shy, sullen Angela (Felissa Rose) moves in with her eccentric Aunt Martha (Desiree Gould) and protective cousin Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten). One summer, Martha sends the kids to Camp Arawak. Soon after their arrival, bizarre, increasingly violent accidents claim the lives of various campers. Who is the twisted individual behind these murders? The disclosure of the murderer’s identity is one of the most shocking climaxes in the history of American cinema.

Repo! The Genetic Opera
2022-10-17
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Based on the 2002 science fiction rock opera horror musical of the same name. In the mid-21st century, an epidemic of organ failures leads to the rise of GeneCo., a company providing transplants at a great price. Those who miss their payments become targets of GeneCo. mercenaries, who repossess the organs. In a world of drug addiction and legalized murder, a sheltered youth (Alexa Vega) seeks a cure for her rare disease as well as information about her family’s mysterious history. Her questions are answered at “The Genetic Opera.”

American Psycho
2022-10-22
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In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as a gruesome serial killer by night. The cast is filled by the detective (Willem Dafoe), the fiance (Reese Witherspoon), the mistress (Samantha Mathis), the coworker (Jared Leto), and the secretary (Chloë Sevigny). This is a biting, wry comedy examining the elements that make a man a monster.
After the screening, stay for a discussion on American Psycho with Professor Benjamin Hudson of Rollins College! At Rollins, Professor Hudson teaches both upper-level and general-education courses in the history of horror. His research and teaching focus on nineteenth-century British literature; his secondary interests are in aestheticism, sexuality studies, and the intellectual history of amateurism.

Basket Case
2022-10-22
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Charming country bumpkin Duane Bradley (Kevin Van Hentenryck) takes a motel room in New York with a basket that contains his surgically removed Siamese twin, who is so physically deformed the doctors hesitated to even consider him human. This deformed creature is the vindictive driver behind their trip, setting off to kill those doctors who so separated them against their will. Duane gets his shot with a receptionist, Sharon, and wants to start a new life…when horror strikes.

House of 1000 Corpses
2022-10-25
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Two young couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers and their House of 1000 Corpses. “House of 1000 Corpses” is at its core a story of family – a cast of twisted individuals who, with each slash of a throat or stab thru the chest, add bodies to their sick human menagerie.

Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn
2022-10-29
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The second of three films in the Evil Dead series is part horror, part comedy, with Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) once again battling horrifying demons at a secluded cabin in the woods. After discovering an audiotape left by a college professor that contains voices reading from the Book of the Dead, Ash’s girlfriend Linda (Denise Bixler) becomes possessed by evil spirits that are awakened by the voices on the tape. Ash soon discovers there is no escaping the woods.

Blood Rage
2022-11-04
Todd and Terry are twin bros with twin problems — namely, one of them is an axe-wielding maniac! After a literal drive-in massacre, Todd is blamed for the carnage and institutionalized, while Terry goes free. Ten years later, Todd escapes from an asylum on Thanksgiving aka it’s time for blood to raaaaage!! Produced by whip-smart filmmaker/actress Maryanne Kantor, directed by John Grissmer (SCALPEL), and shot in Jacksonville, Florida in 1983 for the drive-in theater circuit, but not released until 1987, BLOOD RAGE is what happens when you combine Thanksgiving, 1970s-star Louise Lasser (REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, BANANAS), a killer synth score, and the most unbelievable gore effects in all of slasherdom, courtesy of Ed French (TERMINATOR 2). Just remember, “It’s not cranberry sauce!”

Audition
2022-11-06 12:00 - 14:00
One of the most infamous, impactful, and gut-wrenching Japanese horror films ever made returns to the big screen! Recent widower (and movie producer) Shigeharu is looking for a new wife. But instead of going the usual route, he decides to hold “auditions” for a movie that doesn’t exist. Shigeharu quickly becomes enchanted with Asami, a spooky twenty-something who is responsive to his charms. But things aren’t what they seem. AUDITION was the turn-of-the-millenium flash point that signaled the talent of Takashi Miike (ICHI THE KILLER). With this movie, Miike delivers a nerve-shredding exploration of male fears and the stereotype of submissive Japanese women. Shocking audiences worldwide with its white-knuckle finale and ingenious slow-burn build-up, AUDITION was responsible for creating a fresh new wave of Asian horror. And we’re eternally grateful.

Adventures in Babysitting
2022-11-08
When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker (Elisabeth Shue) ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad (Keith Coogan) and Sara (Maia Brewton). What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the house to pick up Chris’ friend Brenda (Penelope Ann Miller). Soon, Brad’s buddy Daryl (Anthony Rapp) is involved, and the group must contend with car thieves, blues musicians and much more.

North by Northwest
2022-11-12 11:30 - 14:30
This screening will feature a presentation by Christine Madrid French on her book The Architecture of Suspense: Alfred Hitchcock’s Buildings
This classic suspense film finds New York City ad executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) pursued by ruthless spy Phillip Vandamm (James Mason) after Thornhill is mistaken for a government agent. Hunted relentlessly by Vandamm’s associates, the harried Thornhill ends up on a cross-country journey, meeting the beautiful and mysterious Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint) along the way. Soon Vandamm’s henchmen close in on Thornhill, resulting in a number of iconic action sequences.

Meet Me In The Bathroom
2022-11-21
An immersive journey through the New York music scene of the early 2000s, featuring never-before-seen footage of artists like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Strokes, Interpol and LCD Soundsystem. Set against the backdrop of 9/11, the film tells the story of how a new generation kick started a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world. Inspired by the book by Lizzy Goodman.

Straight Line Crazy
2022-11-26
National Theatre Live is the National Theatre’s groundbreaking project to broadcast the best of British theatre from the London stage to cinemas around the world.
Ralph Fiennes (Harry Potter, Kingsman) plays New York master manipulator Robert Moses, in this
blazing new play from David Hare (Skylight). For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses exploited those in office through a mix of charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City’s workers, he created parks, bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. Faced with resistance by protest groups campaigning for a very different idea of what the city should become, will the weakness of democracy be exposed in the face of his charismatic conviction?
Nicholas Hytner directs this exhilarating new play, broadcast live from the Bridge Theatre

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
2022-11-27
FREE for kids 12 & under!
During the Battle of Britain, Miss Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury), a cunning witch-in-training, decides to use her supernatural powers to defeat the Nazi menace. She sets out to accomplish this task with the aid of three inventive children who have been evacuated from the London Blitz. Joined by Emelius Brown (David Tomlinson), the head of Miss Price’s witchcraft training correspondence school, the crew uses an enchanted bed to travel into a fantasy land and foil encroaching German troops.

Velvet Goldmine
2022-11-29
Glam rock star Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Myers) plays a character on stage named Maxwell Demon who predicts his death on stage. Shortly after he announces his prediction, he fakes his own death and is exposed as a fraud. A decade later in 1984, a reporter and former fan, Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale), tracks down the former rocker to do an article on his life and downfall. Arthur interviews the man who discovered Slade and a peer (Ewan McGregor) to understand Slade’s motivations.

Particle Fever
2022-12-03
Celebrate the recent launch of the Large Hadron Collider’s historic third run with a screening of Particle Fever! Joining us at the theater is Dr Philip Chang, previous member of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) team and ATLAS Collaboration at the CERN LHC, who will discuss his experience investigating the electroweak and the Higgs sector of the Standard Model (SM), as well as developing a novel charged-particle track finding algorithm to address the challenges of exponentially increasing computing resource usage at the LHC.
Imagine being able to watch as Edison turned on the first light bulb, or as Franklin received his first jolt of electricity.
For the first time, a film gives audiences a front row seat to a significant and inspiring scientific breakthrough as it happens. Particle Fever follows six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet, pushing the edge of human innovation.
As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe, 10,000 scientists from over 100 countries joined forces in pursuit of a single goal: to recreateconditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang and find the Higgs boson, potentially explaining the origin of all matter. But our heroes confront an even bigger challenge: have we reached our limit in understanding why we exist?
Directed by Mark Levinson, a physicist turned filmmaker, from the inspiration and initiative of producer David Kaplan and masterfully edited by Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, The Godfather trilogy), Particle Fever is a celebration of discovery, revealing the very human stories behind this epic machine.
About the speaker: Dr. Philip Chang is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics at University of Florida. After receiving his PhD at University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, he started his postdoctoral fellow position at UC San Diego as a member of Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) team at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of CERN in Geneva. In the past, Chang had also been a member of ATLAS Collaboration at the CERN LHC. Chang’s primary focus is on the investigation of the electroweak and the Higgs sector of the Standard Model (SM) through studying production of multiple massive particles. Chang has also been developing a novel charged-particle track finding algorithm to address the challenges of exponentially increasing computing resource usage at the LHC, leveraging industry advancements in heterogeneous computing and artificial intelligence techniques.
