The Yellow Oscars of 2015 go to ..
Five Yellow Oscar Awards went to films from France, Spain, Ukraine, USA and Germany/Denmark
Rio de Janeiro, 12/05/2015 - The International Uranium Film Festival was held this year for the first time in Quebec City and Montreal. During nine days, between April 15th to 24th, the festival screened more than 40 documentaries and movies about nuclear power: from uranium mining to nuclear power plants, atomic bombs and atomic waste. The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) was the major partner for this year’s festival in Canada, which drew some serious star power, with Quebec superstar Karine Vanasse and Hollywood actor/environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr. in attendance for the Festival´s opening gala.
“We have seen that the more people learn about uranium and the nuclear chain, and the more we listen to the stories of those who have been affected by this industry, the more we are convinced that the risks brought by uranium are simply unacceptable, both today and for future generations", stated Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come. In addition he personally thanks the festival founder und general director Norbert G. Suchanek for his hard work and creative vision: "We were honoured to host the International Uranium Film Festival in Quebec."
The Festival´s jury has now selected five of the in Quebec screened films to receive the Festival´s Yellow Oscar Awards 2015.
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
ARE VAH !
France | 2014 | 71’| Documentary.
Director: Micha Patault and Sarah Irion | Producer:
Antoine Cayrol. Original Language: Hindi, English,
French | Subtitled Language: English and French
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/96933862
BEST FEATURE FICTION MOVIE
INSEPARABLE (MOTYLKI)
Ukraine | 2013 | 118’ | Fiction.
Director: Vitaliy Vorobyov | Producer: Victor Mirsky. Original Language: Russian | Subtitle
Language English and French, https://vimeo.com/76185719
Film website: http://film.ua/en/production/filmsandseries/projects/241
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
LA COSA RADIACTIVA (THE RADIOACTIVE THING)
Spain, 30 min, 2013, Documentary, Directors: Sergio Galán and Alejandro Perez
Original Language: Spanish / Subtitled Languages: English / French
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/54418302
BEST SHORT FICTION MOVIE
SEVEN YEARS OF WINTER
Germany/Denmark | 2011/12 | 21’52” | Fiction. Director: Marcus Schwenzel, Producer:
Hans Henrik Laier and Marcus Schwenzel. Original Language: Russian, English subtitles
SOCIAL CONSCIENCE YELLOW OSCAR 2015
THE RETURN OF NAVAJO BOY
USA 2000/2008, 57 min and 15 min Epilogue,
Documentary, Director: Jeff Spitz, Produced
by Jeff Spitz and Bennie Klain, Laguage: English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8qScCWLdgo
Film website: www.navajoboy.com
The next International Uranium Film Festivals this year are planned in Rio de Janeiro, July 9th to 19th in the Cinemateque of Rio de Janeiro’s Modern Art Museum (www.mamrio.org.br/cinemateca) and in Berlin, September 24th to 30th. 2015, in the Brotfabrik Filmtheatre (www.brotfabrik-berlin.de).
More information and photos:
http://uraniumfilmfestival.org/en/the-return-of-navajo-boy-receives-special-yellow-oscar
http://uraniumfilmfestival.org/en/5-films-receive-yellow-oscar-award
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