Nuclear Forever

(Atomkraft Forever)

A film by Carsten Rau
Duration: 94 minutes, Germany, 2020, German/French with English subtitles
 
Germany is turning away from nuclear power once and for all in 2022. Because the risk is too high, the technology unmanageable. Yet the nuclear nightmare goes on: with umpteen thousands of tonnes of radioactive waste whose storage isn’t the least bit clear. With the hazardous dismantling of power plants which will take decades and gobble up many billions of euros. And with neighbours who firmly hold on to mankind’s dream of atomic energy: 13 of the 27 nations in the EU operate nuclear power plants and the development thereof continues. The feature-length documentary film Nuclear Forever (original title: Atomkraft Forever) by Carsten Rau takes an equally profound and alarming look at the nuclear nightmare. In grand scenes that have yet to be portrayed like this, and in six interwoven episodes: about the absurd amount of effort involved in demolishing a gigantic nuclear power plant. About the quest for a final repository that is supposed to weather a million years and the next ten ice ages. Into the heart of the French atomic industry that ridicules the German opt-out as “ludicrous” and wants even more power plants. In the process, what particularly sets this film apart is that it does not take sides in this debate which has been conducted for decades on a bitterly ideological plane. Nuclear Forever doesn’t leave any arguments out, even though they may be unpopular. In the end, the viewer can and must form their own impression of the mania called nuclear power. That has no end.

Carsten Rau is a documentary filmmaker, journalist and executive producer. He lives with his family in Hamburg. Following university studies in Political Science and History in Berlin and Hamburg, he worked for 13 years for the NDR television. His last position was in the Documentary Film and Features department. In 2006 Carsten Rau founded the firm PIER 53 Filmproduktion together with Hauke Wendler. The subject of energy policy features among the focal points of his work. He has received a number of awards and prizes for his films.

Festivals:

• DOK Leipzig, Germany
• CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Braunschweig International Film Festival, Germany
• Nordische Filmtage, Lübeck, Germany
• Kasseler Dokumentarfilmfest, Germany
• DCEFF – Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capitol, Washington DC, USA
• AFO – Academia Film Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• Beverly Hills Film Festival, California, USA
• Riviera International Film Festival, Italy
• Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg

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You can watch the film using the Vimeo link which will be sent to you on 25 August 2021 at 6:30 pm IST.

Unfortunately the discussion with Carsten Rau after the screening of the film at 8.00 pm IST is cancelled due to the unavailability of the film maker. We regret the inconvenience caused.