AwardsWatch

The 10th Rio die Janeiro International Uranium Film Festival, which took place online this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, has announced the winners of its festival awards. U.S best-selling author Greg Mitchell received the Best Archival Documentary Award for his film „Atomic Cover-Up“.  Two women filmmakers share the festival’s Best Feature Documentary Award:  Ayumi Nakagawa from Japan for „Atomic Refugee Moms“ and French filmmaker Keiko Courdy for her new Fukushima documentary „The Invisible Island“.  

In addition, the International Uranium Film Festival has awarded two in the world of nuclear disarmament well known personalities with the festival’s Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award: Sérgio de Queiroz Duarte, former Brazilian diplomat who served as Ambassador in several countries and has dedicated his life to end the nuclear threat. And New York City filmmaker Robert E. Frye who created "The Nuclear World Project“ and directed two important documentaries on Nuclear Disarmament: „The Nuclear Requiem“ and „In My Lifetime“.  

On ten days between May 20 and 30, the International Uranium Film Festival 2021 supported by the Modern Art Museum (MAM Rio) in Rio de Janeiro streamed 34 films from 15 countries on nuclear weapons and nuclear energy: from Hiroshima to Fukushima. The unique film festival attracted viewers from 74 countries on all continents. Greg Mitchell’s awarded documentary „Atomic Cover-Up“ was also the most watched film of the festival with 1377 viewings.