The International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF), which takes place annually at Rio de Janeiro’s Modern Art Museum Cinema and globally including Berlin is one of the “25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World 2024”.
The selection was made by the prestigious MovieMaker Magazine (www.moviemaker.com)
“The Uranium Film Festival is certainly one of the most unique festivals we’ve ever had on our list, but its singular focus shines an important light on problems that unite communities all around the world — and our entire world. In the year that Oppenheimer dominated at the Oscars, it feels like the messages it has carried for years are gaining much wider interest and attention,“ says Tim Molloy, Editor in Chief at MovieMaker Magazine.
“You’ve never seen two people get more done than the life and project- partner duo Márcia Gomes de Oliveira and Norbert G. Suchanek, who run the International Uranium Film Festival in deep collaboration with activists around the world. The festival has its grand event in Rio, but also does an extensive U.S. tour in regions impacted by uranium-related industry. Inevita- bly, folks wonder whether there are enough films on the subject to warrant a festival. The answer is yes. This is because the issue is expansive, impacting all 50 U.S. states and many more corners of the world than most folks realize. From the Navajo Nation to Las Vegas to Chicago and many places between, this spirited DIY art, advocacy, and activism project brings folks together in a space of support, education, shared outrage, and a good time. The International Uranium Film Festival is a refreshing example of what activism and advocacy can be: inclusive, expansive, and celebratory.“ says filmmaker Hadley Austin for MovieMaker Magazine.
“The International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) is honored by this acknowledgment as one of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals of 2024! Produced by Norbert Suchanek and Marcia Gomes de Oliviera and based in Rio de Janeiro, since 2011, the IUFF has provided a platform for more than 300 films in more than 40 cities in nine countries around the world: Germany, Brazil, India, Canada, United States, Portugal, Jordan, Denmark and Norway. These cutting-edge films on nuclear issues tell heroic stories of victims, survivors, and activists fighting against a monied Goliath of the industry to reveal the painful truths about nuclear’s deadly impacts on people and the environment. Important, eye-opening films reveal the human cost of the risks and consequences of nuclear weapons, nuclear power, uranium mining, and the entire nuclear fuel chain.“ Libbe HaLevy, Ambassador to the USA for the International Uranium Film Festival and Producer/Host, Nuclear Hotseat www.NuclearHotseat.com
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