8 Nominees selected for Rio de Janeiro Uranium Film Festival Awards 2012

Rio de Janeiro, RJ, (May, 02, 2012) – The 2nd International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro has nominated eight films representing eight countries for its Award, the Yellow Oscar, in three categories: Best Short, Best Feature and Best Animation. The Festival starts 6 days after the next Earth Summit (Rio plus 20) in the Cinema of the famous Modern Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro called MAM. Between June 28th until July 13th, the Uranium Film Festival will screen over 50 films from all continents about atomic bombs, nuclear energy, uranium mining and radioactive dangers. The film festival will culminate in the awards ceremony on Saturday, July 14th at the same location.

Best Short

Atomic Bombs on The Planet Earth
Peter Greenaway
Production: Change Performing Arts of Milan
Netherlands/United Kingdom, 2011, 12 min,

Jadugoda the black magic
Shriprakash
India, 2009, 9 min

Fikapaus (Coffee Break)
Marko Kattilakoski
Sweden, 2011, 14 min

Best Feature

The Red Button (Czerwony Guzik)
Ewa Pieta & Miroslaw Grubek
Production: Miroslaw Grubek, Slawomir Grunberg
Poland/USA, 2011, 52 min

Not for Public Release: a Nuclear Incident in Lock Haven
Bill Keisling
USA, 2010

Chernobyl: The invisible thief
Christoph Boekel
Production: ARTE – WDR
Germany, 2006, 59 min

Best Animation

Leonids Story
Rainer Ludwigs
Production: Tetyana Chernyavska
Germany / Ukraine, 2011, 19 min

Sacred Ground
Karen Aqua
USA, 1997, 9 min

Festival Programme: www.uraniumfilmfestival.org

ABOUT THE URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL

The International Uranium Film Festival is organized by the Yellow Archives, a charitable cultural and educational organization based in Rio de Janeiro. The Festival wants to stimulate the production of independent documentaries, movies and animated films about any nuclear issue. By awarding the Yellow Oscar, the Festival intends to support independent "nuclear" filmmakers to continue with their work and to give them more visibility.

The Uranium Film Festival is based in Brazil, but it is a global project. After the events in Rio de Janeiro, the festival is travelling to other cities and countries.

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Marcia Gomes de Oliveira
Executive Director
Uranium Film Festival
Marcia.Gomes@uraniumfilmfestival.org
www.uraniumfilmfestival.org
Tel. 0055-21-2056704

Uranium Film Festival
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Brazil

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