Press Release
The International Uranium Film Festival for the first time in Norway
24th-25th August 2022, Cinemateket Bergen
A two-day event showcasing must watch films for anyone interested in learning more about the reality of nuclear warfare.
The Uranium Film Festival in Bergen is hosted in collaboration with
the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in Norway (ICAN Norway)
and Norwegian Physicians against Nuclear weapons (IPPNW Norway).
Curator of the festival in Bergen is Morgan Mackay.
A filmmaker and festival director originally from outback Australia. Morgan now lives in Norway where he works with extreme sports films. He is also a student of International Relations and has a keen interest in Nuclear Disarmament. He has chosen to bring the event to Norway to help raise awareness about the horrors of Nuclear War.
The Uranium Film Festival Bergen 2022 - Background
The Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this year has brought the dark specter of nuclear war back into the public spotlight. However despite the end of the cold war decades ago, the danger of nuclear war has been ever present since 1945. In recent years we have witnessed nuclear states spending trillions on new weapons and world leaders who threaten to use them. Many experts believe that the risk of a nuclear war breaking out today is as high or higher than during the cold war.
The International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) was founded in Rio de Janeiro in 2010 to raise public awareness about nuclear dangers. The first edtion of this in the world unique film festival happened in May 2011. Since that dozens of Uranium Film Festivals were organized around the globe. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in Norway is working in collaboration with the Uranium Film Festival to bring this event to Norway for the first time in 2022. History has proven that public opinion actively shapes political policy. Now is the time when we need to engage with each other and our leaders, to shape policy that creates a safer world for us all.
The films we are screening seek to educate, inform and motivate our guests. We have chosen a program that combines cinema and TV classics with recent documentaries. Some of them are comical and some are deeply horrifying, but all are a must watch for anyone interested in learning more about the reality of nuclear warfare. The founders and directors of the International Uranium Film Festival are Márcia Gomes de Oliveira and Norbert G. Suchanek.
Festival Programm
https://uraniumfilmfestival.org/en/uranium-film-festival-in-norway-in-a…
Festival Venue
Cinemateket i Bergen
Georgernes verft 12
5011 Bergen
Contact
Morgan Mackay
morgan@verticalfilms.com.au
Norbert G. Suchanek
Director
International Uranium Film Festival
info@uraniumfilmfestival.org
Website
www.uraniumfilmfestival.org
https://uraniumfilmfestival.org/en/uranium-film-festival-in-norway-in-a…
