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DON'T NUKE T.O. presents:
INTO ETERNITY is an award-winning documentary about the ongoing effort to build one of the world's first permanent repositories for nuclear waste in Finland. Directed by Michael Madsen, the film is a visually stunning account of the immense uncertainties of trying to build a multi-generational underground site, capable of storing hazardous nuclear waste for 100 000 years.
As Canadian officials actively attempt to find a permanent home for tens of thousands of tonnes of Canadian nuclear waste, INTO ETERNITY is particularly relevant film in a Canadian context.
INTO ETERNITY will be introduced Brennain Lloyd, Coordinator of Northwatch. Northwatch is a regional coalition in northeastern Ontario, working to prevent northern Ontario from becoming a dumping ground for Canada's nuclear waste. Brennain will also be available for a Q and A session after the screening.
For more information on Northwatch please check out:
http://www.web.net/~nwatch/
For more information on INTO ETERNITY please check out:
http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com/
Important Info:
Cost: $10/PWYC (No one will be turned away for lack of funds)
Time: 8pm
Location: Toronto Free Gallery (1277 Bloor St W at the corner of Bloor and Lansdowne)
Refreshments will be available.
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Critical acclaim
"A riveting documentary: as spooky as the early scenes of 2001." - Nigel Andrews, Financial Times
"Jaw-dropping! Tackles a subject almost beyond comprehension. One of the most extraordinary factual films to be shown this year. Madsen's film does not merely ask tough questions about the implications of nuclear energy...but about how we, as a race, conceive our own future. This is nothing less than post-human architecture we are talking about. Why isn't every government, every philosopher, every theologian, everywhere in the world discussing Onkalo and its implications? I don't know, but they should see this film."
- Peter Bradshaw, Guardian (UK)
"Intelligent, visually striking! Discusses the practical, political, philosophical and ethical problems entailed with a variety of Scandinavian scientists, administrators and thinkers who all talk slowly, eloquently, and slightly ominously, in excellent English. An eerie, provocative, poetic film."
- Philip French, Observer (UK)
"A quietly philosophical meditation on time and infinity."
- The Independent (UK)
"A hauntingly cool documentary!"
- Jason Solomons, The Mail on Sunday UK
Awards:
Wild & Scenic Film Festival, January 2012, California, USA
• Best of Festival
FilmAmbiente - International Environmental Film Festival, November 2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Best International Feature Film
Baikal International Festival of Documentary, October 2011, Irkutsk, Russia
• Grand Prix
Antenna International Documentary Film Festival, October 2011, Sydney, Australia
• Best International Film
International Uranium Film Festival, May 2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Jury Award: Best Feature Documentary
Cinemaplaneta, March 2011, MEXICO
• Award for: "the most innovative approach to an environmental issue"
Documentary New Zealand Trust, February 2011
• Best international editing
• Special Mention: Best International Feature Doc
FIFE, Paris, France, November 2010
• Grand Prix
IDFA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 28th 2010
• IDFA Green Screen Award
Sheffield, UK, November 7th 2010
• Special mention Sheffield Green award
Festival des Libertes, Brussels, Belgium, October 30th 2010
• Lichtpunt Prize
CineEcoJúri Internacional, 25 October 2010, Portugal
• GRANDE PRÉMIO CINE'ECO 2010
• Youth Jury Award
Nordisk Panorama - 5 Cities Film Festival, Bergen Norway, September 29th, 2010
• Nordic Documentary Award
Docufest, Prizren, Kosova, August 8th 2010
• Special Mention
Planete Doc Review, May 17th 2010, Warsaw Poland
• Green Award
Vision Du Reel, Nyon, Suisse, April 13th 2010
• Grand Prix
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 16th 2009
• Audience award
