"At 12. The International Uranium Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, the award for the best documentary short film was given to the film “Little and Big” by Serbian director Žemir Gvardiol. The film was realized with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information of Serbia, the Film Center of Serbia and several private donors.
Activist and scientist Damacio A. Lopez from New Mexico received the award on behalf of the director, and on that occasion said: "This documentary shows us the consequences of the wide use of ammunition with depleted uranium that NATO has thrown at Serbia, and victims that we have never seen before. Very touching, very authentic.”
Twenty-three years after the bombing of Serbia in 1999, the dropping of bombs with depleted uranium and the destruction of chemical plants by NATO, the team of this documentary travels in search of survivors after the environmental genocide was committed, which results in permanent pollution of water, air and land, which continue to poison.
The European premiere of the short documentary “Small and the Great” was held in Portugal, at the CineEco 2022 – XXVIII International Environmental Film Festival of Serra da Estrela – Seia, which is one of the world’s leading specialized environmental festivals, in the official competition program. After that, it was also shown at other festivals, including the Festival of Authorial Film in Belgrade.
The film crew consists of screenwriter and director Žemir Gvardiol, director of photography Miodrag Milošević, cameraman Miloš Krasulja, composer Damjan Ćirilović, editor Andrej Križan. The executive producer is Biljana Stanojević, and the film was produced by PRADOK from Belgrade.
Founded in 2010, the International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) is dedicated to nuclear fuel issues, from uranium mining to nuclear waste, from nuclear war to nuclear accidents.
For the past twelve years, the uranium film festivals have not only been held in Rio, but also in Berlin, New Delhi, New York, Washington, Windows Rock and Santa Fe.
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