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15TH INTERNATIONAL URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL RIO DE JANEIRO AWARDS

Uranium Film Festival, Jun 03, 2026

Films from Canada, Spain, Germany, Brazil and the USA won the top awards at the 15th International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro. The awards ceremony took place on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at the Cinematheque of the renowned Museum of Modern Art (MAM Rio). Bye, Bye Rio, hello Las Vegas. For those who could not make it to the Rio de Janeiro International Uranium Film Festival in time this year, you may join us in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 3rd International Uranium Film Festival in Vegas will be held this fall at the University of Nevada Boyd School of Law in cooperation with Principal Man Ian Zabarte from the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians. The Shoshone are the most atomic bombed nation on earth. More than 900 atmospheric and underground nuclear explosions were conducted on their territory in Nevada by the US and 28 nuclear full-scale nuclear weapon detonations by the United Kingdom.

And these are the winners of the 15th International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro, May 21 – 30, 2026.

EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD

ALBRAUM 

Germany, 2026, Directed by Maja Hohenberg, Poetic Documentary, 20 min. (Photo: Maja Hohenberg)

BEST INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY FILM

BOMBSHELL

USA, 2025, Directed by Ben Loeterman & Gaia De Simoni, Documentary Feature, 80 min.

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY

OUT OF CONTROL. REPORTS ON THE ATOMIC BOMB

Spain, 2023, Directed by Beatriz Caravaggio, Experimental Documentary, 50 min.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

THE ATOMIC SCREEN 

Canada, 2025, Directed by Alain Vézina, Documentary, 52 min. 

NATIVE SPIRIT AWARD

THE MOTH

Canada, 2025, Directed by: Michelle Derosier and Zoe Gordon, Short Fiction, 20 min. (Photo: Zoe Gordon)

HONORABLE MENTIONS

HIBAKUSHA – WANDERING SOUL

Brazil, 2025, Director: Joel Yamaji, Short documentary, 20 min. (Photo: Joel Yamaji)

HOLLYWOOD BOMB – HOW PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND GENERAL GROVES DESTROYED THE FIRST NUCLEAR EPIC

USA, 2026, Director: Greg Mitchell, Short documentary, 15 min.

THE ALPACA CONNECTION 

USA, 2025, Director: Tom Brown, Comedy thriller short, 18 min.

TOO LATE TO LEARN

USA, 2026, Director: Thomas Kanady, Documentary, 68 min.

Statements of the Award Winners…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. https://www.filmfestivals.us/blog/uranium_film_festival/15th_international_uranium_film_festival_rio_de_janeiro_awards

June 7, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | media, SOUTH AMERICA