• Return of the Atom

    Return of the Atom



  • Return of the Atom

    Return of the Atom



  • Return of the Atom

    Return of the Atom



Return of the Atom

by Jussi Eerola, Mika Taanila

Return of the Atom

Finland, Germany | 2015 | 110:00 min

Original Title:
ATOMIN PALUU

Formal Categories

Human Interest Society Sustainability Ecology Economy

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
Finland was the first country in the west to give permission to build a new nuclear power plant after the Chernobyl disaster. The OL3 plant in Eurajoki is being built by the French nuclear company Areva and was supposed to be ready after five years in 2009, being a calling card for nuclear industry’s second coming globally. However, the project has faced serious problems in planning, construction and safety automation and is delayed over nine years at the moment. The film RETURN OF THE ATOM portrays the strange and stressful life in a small 'nuclear town' during an era of nuclear renaissance. There’s hardly any anti-nuclear resistance in Eurajoki, which creates a tense, unspoken consensus amongst local inhabitants and leaves room for paranoid scenarios.
Festivals/Awards
TIFF Docs - Toronto 2015, World premiere
Nordic:DOX Award - CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, 2015, European premiere
Jussi Award for the Best Film Score for Pan sonic
DocPoint, Helsinki, Finland, 2016
IDFA, Amsterdam, 2015, “Best of the Fests”
ICA, London, UK, 2017
Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden, 2016


Cast and Crew
  • Director Jussi Eerola, Mika Taanila
  • Director of Photography Jussi Eerola
  • Sound Design Olli Huhtanen
  • Score Pan sonic
Original Languages

Finnish

English

French

German

Polish

Russian

World Sales Company
Deckert Distribution GmbH
Gottschedstr. 18, 04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 2156638

info@deckert-distribution.com
http://www.deckert-distribution.com
Co-Production Company
Blinker Filmproduktion GmbH
Germany
www.blinkerfilm.de
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