Uranium Film Festival

Press Release: Peter Greenaway´s "Atomic Bombs on
the Planet Earth" nominated for "Yellow Oscar"

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.

What nominated Filmmakers and Directors
say:

Bill Keisling, the director of `Not For Public Release: a Nuclear
Incident in Lock Haven´ said: “Thank you for the good news that
my documentary Not For Public Release has been nominated for a
Yellow Oscar Award. The nuclear incident in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, and its
many victims, have received no publicity whatsoever from the corporate media in
Pennsylvania and the United States. A Yellow Oscar Award from the Uranium Film
Festival will not only shine light on my film, it will help to illuminate the
plight of the many nuclear victims in the United States, most of whom are
usually completely ignored by the government and media here. Thanks again.”

“I was very proud and happy that Coffee Break was accepted to
the festival. After being nominated for the Yellow Oscar 2012 I am even prouder
and happier”, said Yellow Oscar-Nominee Marko Kattilakoski from Sweden.
“Coffee Break was a story I had to tell. The team I gathered
believed in the idea and we made the film with minimal budget and a lot of
heart.”“Because of responses like these from Bill or Marko, we are working hard for
our uranium film festival to make it an important global event”, comments the
Uranium Film Festival’s General Director and Founder Norbert G. Suchanek.

See here the 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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