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3 Film translated into 'ortu#uese 0i#h 'ower )uddha 1eeps in 2adu#oda 3)uddha 2adu#oda in Chora4 Friedlich in die 5atastrophe 3Silentl6 %or 7isaster4 1 'hoto &8hi9ition :India in 1hite and )lac;< )uddha 1eeps in 2adu#oda<:
The huge outdoor banner of the Uranium Film Festival in front of the Museum of Modern Art at Flamengo Park in the centre of Rio de Janeiro: Design MAM, financed b !stituto !taliano di "ultura Rio de Janeiro#
of Jharkhand#
In continuin# o% the :/ravel to India: the %ocus o% the 3rd edition o% the %estival in Cio de 2aneiro too was India< /he aim was clear. stimulation and in%luencin# the discussion on nuclear ener#6 in the lar#est democrac6 o% the world > and in )ra=il > at a timeB when thousands o% local people demonstrated a#ainst South>IndiaEs new nuclear power plant at 5udan;ulam< !ther countries li;e *erman6 are a9andonin# nuclear powerB 9ut India and )ra=il are currentl6 investin# in nuclear ener#6< "ndB li;e )ra=ilB India has not onl6 nuclear plants 9ut also uranium minin# to produce the nuclear %uel< ,oreoverB India and )ra=il are partners in the new #eopolitical union in %avor o% nuclear ener#6 in the worldB ;nown as )CICS. )ra=ilB CussiaB IndiaB China and South>"%rica<
S&**ess+&$ 3), I% e)%# !-%#$ U)#%!&' F!$' Fes !"#$ R!- ,e J#%e!)1e were a9le to translate and su9title two Indian %ilms into 'ortu#uese. one a9out uranium minin# and the other a9out the ris;s o% nuclear power plants< In addition the %estival or#ani=ed the photo e8hi9ition :India in )lac; F 1hite< )uddha 1eeps in 2adu#odaG< 1ith photos in 9lac; and whiteB two Indian photo#raphers reveal their perception o% uranium minin# in 2adu#odaB in the State o% 2har;hand< /wo photo#raphic lensesB two points o% view. a temporar6 e8perience o% @ournalist and photo#rapher Ch!%./ Sh&.$# %rom Aew 7elhiB who visited the place o% uranium minin# with a scholarship %or 3 monthsB and the point o% view o% the photo#rapher Ash!sh B!)&$eeB who was 9orn in the communit6 livin# around 2adu#oda and has ver6 personal e8periences with the cruel and deadl6 ris;s o% uranium contamination and radiation<
4 /he photo e8hi9ition was installed in two places. in the C!%e'# -+ R!- ,e J#%e!)-0s M-,e)% A) M&se&' 1MAM2 and in the 9eauti%ul C&$ &)#$ Ce% )e L#&)!%,# S#% -s L-(- in Santa /eresaB or#ani=ed 96 Indian %ilm director Shri 'ra;ash and Cio de 2aneiroHs %estival director Aor9ert *< Suchane; and with the support o% the 6oun# local artist ,ah6rah "lves 'eace<
Facade of the Munici$al "ultural "enter &aurinda 'antos &obo during the $hoto e(hibition )!ndia in *lack + ,hite- in Rio de Janeiro, 'anta Teresa#
/he e8hi9ition was installed in two di%%erent locations to connect two cultural important locations o% Cio de 2aneiro. ,", at the )each o% Flamen#o and the %amous artistic (uarter Santa /eresa with its hi#h tourism potential< Initiall6B the e8hi9ition in Santa /eresa was planned to 9e inau#urated on the %irst o% ,a6B a9out two wee;s 9e%ore the %estival openin# at ,",< )ut un%ortunatel6 the Cultural Centre Iaurinda Santos Io9o was > un%oreseen > closed 96 the Cit6 authorities to meet new re(uirements o% %ire sa%et6< Iuc;il6 at the ver6 last momentB one da6 9e%ore the openin# o% the %estival in ,",B the %estival team could install the &8hi9ition in Cultural Centre Iaurinda Santos Io9o<
Photo-Journalist Chinky Shukla (left) from New Delhi, who visited Jadugoda with a scholarshi for ! months, and hotogra her "shish #irulee $orn in Jadugoda % Jharkhand&
.ello/ 0scar ,inner Pradee$ !ndulkar, film 1igh Po/er and main "haracter of the film, fisherman "handrasen Arekar, during the A/ard "eremon at MAM2Rio#
/he "ward Ceremon6 o% the %estival included the presence o% international %ilm directorsB producers and a dele#ation o% atomic 9om9 survivors o% 0iroshima and Aa#asa;i< Si8 productions %rom si8 countries and three continents received the ?ranium Film FestivalEs : ellow !scars: o% 2013< Cate#or6 Fiction Feature ,ovie. A -'!* I"#%, CussiaB 2012B 91 minB 7irector Dasil6 )ar;hatovB &8ecutive 'roducerB Di;toria *romi;B /elesto Film< Cate#or6 Fiction Short ,ovie. C&)!-s! / 4!$$s, &stoniaB 2012B 14 minB 7irector Sander ,aran< Cate#or6 7ocumentar6 Feature Film. N&*$e#) S#"#5e6 The Is$#%,s -+ Se*)e P)-7e* 891, ?S"B 2012B JK minB 7irected 96 "dam 2onas 0orowit=< Cate#or6 7ocumentar6 Short Film. H!5h P-:e), IndiaB 2013B 2K minB 7irected 96 'radeep Indul;ar< Cate#or6 "nimation. A(! # ; Ch!$,)e% -+ F&.&sh!'#B *erman6B 2012B 4 minB 7irector Sho;o 0ara F 'aul )renner< Cate#or6 Student Film. N- - N&*$e#) J-),#%, 2ordanB 2012B K minB 7irector Solenne /adros<
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:"tomic Ivan com9ines comed6B love stor6 and nuclear science:B sa6s Festival 7irector Aor9ert *< Suchane;< :"tomic love at a Cussian power plant< "tomic Ivan is a 9eauti%ulB intelli#entB romantic comed6B in a surrealistic stile that remem9ers on Federico Fellini< )eside o% the love stor6 9etween two 6oun# people wor;in# in a nuclear power plant the 9asic plot o% "tomic Ivan is simple< /he director o% that nuclear power plant invites a theatre director to develop a pla6 to#ether with the nuclear wor;ers< Ima#ine. " Fellini opera in a real nuclear power plant< )eside o% all that the %ilm transports important worth %ull scienti%ic in%ormation a9out nuclear power and radioactivit6< So there was no wa6N /his %ilm had to win a ellow !scar o% the ?ranium Film Film Festival 2013<:
7 "dam 2onas 0orowit= 9lends released #overnment %oota#e o% nuclear tests with interviews o% the people o% Con#elapB an atoll o% the ,arshall IslandsB where the ?<S< detonated in 1954 the h6dro#en 9om9 called :)ravo:< It was the B with an estimated e8plosion 1B000 times lar#er than the ?S>9om9 :Iittle )o6: dropped on 0iroshima< "dam 2onas 0orowit= shot his %irst %ilm in the ,arshall Islands in 19J6B and was shoc;ed 96 what he %ound thereB in this %ormer "merican militar6 colon6 in middle o% the 'aci%ic !cean< Cadioactive coconutsB lea;in# nuclear waste repositories and densel6 populated slums were all the direct result o% 6K Cold 1ar ?<S< nuclear 9om9 tests that vapori=ed islands and devastated entire populations< :Auclear Sava#e is an e8ceptional accusation a#ainst a terri9le crime. /estin# o% atomic 9om9s and usin# local populations as #uinea pi#s:B sa6s the %estival @ud#e< :" must>see documentar6N: "dam 2onas 0orowit= is not onl6 the producerB directorB writerB cameramanB and editor o% this utterl6 devastatin# documentar6 %ilmB he is also a renowned conceptual artistB sculptor and installation artist<
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!ndian ne/s$a$er coverage about uranium film festival and $hoto e(hibition festival 7!ndia in *lack and ,hite7# Dainik *haskar 2 89:;<:8;=> 2 !ndia
"nother success was the awardin# o% the comed6 movie :"tomic Ivan: %rom CussiaB a countr6 that is also )CICS>partner o% )ra=il< /he ellow !scar to :"tomic Ivan: made 9i# news in various newspapersB ma#a=ines and we9sites in 'ortu#ueseB CussianB ?;rainian and 0un#arian< For the ?ranium Film Festival :"tomic Ivan: was li;e a door opener to the Cussian F &ast &uropean 1orld<
)ecause o% the lon# trip to India earlier this 6earB the preparation time o% the 3rd edition o% ?ranium Film Festival at the Cinema o% ,", was reduced< )ut still the %estival team mana#ed to attract 3 important colle#es to participate in the %estival. scola 'ar(ue )arraB 'ar(ue *+vea F &scola S&SC de &nsino ,-dio< In additionB special %ilm screenin#s were or#ani=ed at the School o% Cinema o% the Fluminense Federal ?niversit6 and at the School o% Communication at the Federal ?niversit6 o% Cio de 2aneiro< It is plannedB that the relationships 9etween the ?ranium Film Festival and local schoolsB colle#es and universities o% Cio de 2aneiro will continue with a #rowin# participation in the %estival 2014<
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Mr# Morita, founder of the Association for Peace 1ibakusha *ra?il, intervie/ed b net/ork T4 during the festival % Ma , 86th, 8;=>
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Uranium Film Festival Team 8;=> /ith 'hri Prakash @leftA, MBrcia 5omes + 'tudents of Rio de JaneiroCs FADTD"2"ollege Adol$ho *loch
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?A -'!* M-'@, J#<#%AUSA, 2010, B0 '!%, D-*&'e% #)/, E%5$!sh s&( ! $es, D!)e* -)6 M9 T9 S!$"!# !ne o% the %ilms which I li;ed was G"tomic ,omLB a %ilm %rom ?S" and a stor6 o% a retired naval women o%%icer who wor;ed durin# the ,anhattan pro@ect 3cold war period4 as researcher< 0er wor; was to see the impact o% radiation on livin# tissues< 0er dau#hter is a peace activistB ta;in# active participation in peace movements< /he %ilm is wor;in# at various levelsB personal relationB emotionalB same time also #o to a nuclear world o% secrec6B political rivalr6B worse radioactive crimes committed durin# the cold war era and shoc;in#l6 most o% the victims are own 3"merican4 people< G"tomic ,omL adds another dimensions when the dau#hter went to 0iroshimaB tal;in# with a 0i9a;usha 3a 9om9 survivor4 mother< /hat was the most stron# part o% the %ilm when the %low o% emotion 9urst out it too; audience a9ove o% human made 9oundar6 li;e nationalit6 and identit6< ?The A -'!* s # es -+ A'e)!*#@, &s#, 2011, D!)e* -)s D-% A)5e , Shee%# M9 J-/*e, C2 '!% " ver6 impressive and e6e openin# %ilm on the realit6 o% nuclear power o% the third addition o% ?ranium %ilm %estivalB 2013B which tal;s a9out the health conse(uences o% man6 residents in the small town Shirle6< "t the same time the %ilm e8poses the %act that the #overnmentB instead o% protectin# peopleB lies to themB that none cares a9out these communities< /his %ilmB produced one 6ear 9e%ore Fu;ushima disasterB as;s serious (uestions at a time when the nuclear ener#6 was still 9ein# promoted as #reen ener#6< GChildren o% ?raniumLB ComaniaB 2009B 64 minB 7ocumentar6B &n#lish su9titlesB 'roduction. Ii9ra Film 'roductionsB 7irector. "dina 'opescu 7urin# the cold war Cussian discover ?ranium in this part o% Comania at "puseni ,ountainsB and this ?ranium was %or the soviet militar6 nuclear pro#ram< /ill 2009 minin# continued< Aow it is a #host town with a small le%t population with total destruction o% environmentB econom6 and health< 'eople were le%t alone without an6 econom6B onl6 with contaminated mushrooms to harvest and to sale< )ut as I comin# %rom the area o% uranium mineB I was shoc;ed to see the similarities 9etween all the uranium minin# areaB li;e authorities never told the local population a9out the ha=ard o% radiation< Iocals made their houses with the le%tover radioactive materialsB radioactive tailin# is thrown ever6 whereB with out an6 concern or an6 plan %or clean up< )ut as %ilmB this %ilm o%%er man6 more %or a cinema 9u%%< /he ;ind o% special treatment o% the su9@ect o% %ilm throu#h the camera and editin# ma;e this %ilm uni(ue< 1ide an#le cameraB Ion# shot with lon#er duration and point o% view is #ive viewers the %irst hand e8perienceX some time viewer %eel that he$she is wal;in# on the path and camera is his point o% view< ?U)#%!&' - D!e F-)@, Is)#e$, 2012, D8 '!%, E%5$!sh s&( ! $es, ,-*&'e% #)/, P)-,&* !-% S#sh# 4$e!% P)-,&* !-%, D!)e* -)6 Sh#%%/ H#>!># It was a %ilm which reall6 distur9ed me a lot< " %ilm %rom Israel a9out the uranium smu##lin# %rom Con#o< /he %ilm ma;er clearl6 too; a lot o% ris; coura#e to di# out the truth that also e8pose the rampant corruptions and lawlessness< /hat is the stron# part o% the %ilm< "lso it shows how di%%icult it is and how ris;6 to her li%e to #o to the uranium minin# area and meet the colla9orators< It is a coura#eous wor;B 9ut there are other aspects o% the %ilm which are pro9lematic< /he most distur9in# part o% the %ilm wasB that the wa6 %ilm ma;er used the local connections 3local people who too; her to all the place and even carried the hidden cameras4< "ll the %aces and identit6 are 9een reviled< I %eel there li%e is at ris; as I personall6 ;now one o% the Con#olese human ri#ht de%endersB who is now in e8ile in South "%rica< I ;now his personal e8perience and how he was a9le to save his li%e< So it is the responsi9ilit6 o% the %ilm ma;er to ta;e care o% these sensitive issues< "s it mi#ht 9e %or an6 %ilm ma;erB she will not return to that area 9ut the local people are #oin# to %ace the conse(uences<
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16 S0!C/ "C!?'0&A&S 31hite Aoise4 O FranceB 2004B FranSois>]avier 7rouet B 1K min "A"/!,I" 7I ?A" )!,)" O Ital6B 2006B Flaviano ,asellaB "n#elo SasoB ,auri=io /orrealtaB 22 min "/!,IC F!!/'CIA/S O "ustraliaB 2006B 'ip StarrB 14 min )I"C51"/&C > SpainB 2012B 5arlos "lastrue6B 4 min )!,)&ASIC0&C O *erman6B 2009B Auclear Free Future "wardB Claus )ie#ertB 15 min C"&/I/Z O )rasilB 2013B Iaura 'iresB 35 min C?CI!SI/ 5IIIS > &stoniaB 2012B Sander ,aranB 14 min &A!I" O *erman6B 19J6B Christoph )oe;elB 2J min &]CI?SI!A \!A& > SpainB !mar 5ardoudi B 13 min F?!C! ",IC!. CI/!CA! A&I )"IC"AI O Ital6B 2010B /erra 'ro@ect 'hoto#raphersB 10 min *&/ ?' S/"A7 ?' O IndiaB SreemithB 34 min 0"I)1&C/S\&I/ 30al% Ii%e4 > *erman6B 2012B "nne>5atrin 5iewittB "lice von *ewinnerB 20 min 0I*0 '!1&C O IndiaB 2013B 'radeep Indul;arB 2K min > world premiere 5IA/ C& O "ustraliaB 2012B Curtis /6lorB 15 min A! /! " A?CI&"C 2!C7"A O 2ordanB 2012B Solenne /adrosB K min A?CI&"C 1"S/& O ?;raineB 2012B ,6roslav Sla9oshp6ts;i6B 25 min C&/?CA !F A"D"2"! )! > &'II!*?& > ?S"B 200JB 2e%% Spit=B 15 min /"IIIA*S O ?S"B 2012B Sam 'rice>1aldmanB 12 min 1"CHS 7?S/ > ?C"AI?, )&IC?/ O Ital6B 200KB Flaviano ,asellaB "n#elo SasoB ,auri=io /orrealtaB 23 min 1!,&A !F F?5?S0I," O 2apan$"ustraliaB 2012B 'aul 2ohannessenB 2K min ?CIES !,&A > SpainB 2012B 2ordi ,ontorn-sB 14 min "AI,"/I!A ")I/" O *erman6B 2012B Sho;o 0araB 'aul )rennerB 4 min F"ICII*0/S O *erman6B 2013B Ilinca 0^p%nerB 0el#e 0ennin# B 10 minB world premiere 0&CC 0!''& "A7 /0& A?CI&"C 1"S/& > *erman6B 2011B 2an Iachauer F /horsten I^%%ler B 4 min 0I)"5?S0" > ?S"B 2012B Steve A#u6enB Cho= )elenB 54 min ,!") O IsraelB 2012B 5eren \alt=B 3 min SI!?C0IA* /!1"C7S ?CC" ,!?A/"IA O ?S"B 2011B &ve>"ndr-e Iaram-eB 1K min /0& I"S/ FI!1&C O IranB 2013B Sima )a#her6B 6 min Further selected %ilms O not part o% the Competition )?770" 1&&'S IA 2"7?*!7" > IndiaB 1999B Shripra;ashB 55 min 10&A /0& 7?S/ S&//I&S O ?5B 2011B K min
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S&%,#/ G&#),!#% s-()e U)#%!&' F!$' Fes !"#$6 /ellin# the secrets o% the nuclear stor6. /he %ilm %estival intends to use the 9i# screen as a medium to share the stor6 o% nuclear power that transcends #eo#raphical 9arriers<<< http.$$www<sunda6>#uardian<com$masala>art$tellin#>the>secrets>o%>the>nuclear>stor6 M#%!<#$6 I% #% # e'< - e%$!5h e% s &,e% s -% he s&(7e* s <e) #!%!%5 - %&*$e#) e%e)5/ #%, ! s h#>#),s, T)#"e$$!%5 I% e)%# !-%#$ U)#%!&' F!$' Fes !"#$ 2013 )e#*he, he s &,e% = -:%9 http.$$themanipal@ournal<com$2013$01$travellin#>international>uranium>%ilm>%estival>reaches>manipal$ F)-' Che)%-(/$ - F&.&sh!'#6 The U)#%!&' F!$' Fes !"#$ = NECSUSSE&)-<e#% J-&)%#$ -+ Me,!# S &,!e, A's e),#' U%!"e)s! / P)ess G/he #lo9al scale o% nuclear issues inevita9l6 in%orms the ran#e o% countries represented in the %estivalMs pro#rams and indicates that this particular %ield o% witnessin# is not restricted to the local Cio communit6< "s a %estival concerned with issues that have worldwide impacts the ?FF or#anisers endeavor to reach #lo9al audiences< "s Suchane; saidB we want to create here in Cio a center o% uranium and nuclear %ilm worldwide< 1e want to attract ever69od6 who is interested in the su9@ectB to come here once a 6ear to see the newest productions a9out nuclear ener#6B radioactivit6B nuclear su9marinesB atomic 9om9s<L http.$$www<necsus>e@ms<or#$%rom>cherno96l>to>%u;ushima>the>uranium>%ilm>%estival$ M-)e C$!<<!%5s A Re<-) s # he Fes !"#$0s :e(s! e http.$$www<uranio%estival<or#$inde8<php$pt$imprensa$clippin#s
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'roducer Iaura 'ires 3centro4 and Students o% the &scola /-cnica &stadual "dolpho )loch$F"&/&C
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