2026 International Uranium Film Festival
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Be with us at DePaul from April 24th-26th for the 2026 International Uranium Film Festival!
CAPA is a major co-sponsor of this three-day event. Join us for a weekend of thought-provoking, eye-opening documentaries. The topics will span the entire nuclear-related spectrum, including films about nuclear weapons and war, nuclear power and waste, uranium mining, and victims of the Nuclear Age.
- WHEN: Friday-Sunday, April 24th-26th (see times below)
- WHERE: DePaul University (Schmitt Academic Center, Room 154), 2320 N. Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614. *See transit and parking info
*To RSVP for any or all dates, click “RSVP” below, then scroll to the specific date (April 24th, 25th, or 26th), click on the date, and click “Check Availability.”
See the full film schedule and film details!
FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH – OPENING NIGHT
(5:30-6:30 pm: Doors open)
6:30-9:00 pm: Opening Film
—Bombshell, 2025, USA. Director: Ben Loeterman, Documentary, 80 min.
–Film Discussion led by Jack Lawlor, Buddhist Peace Fellowship of Chicago.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH – NUCLEAR INJUSTICE
(12:00-12:30 pm: Doors open)
12:30-2:30 pm: Weapons Effects
—The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero and Nuclear Peril Today, 2025, USA. Director Greg Mitchell, Documentary, 52 min.
—The Atomic Screen, 2025, Canada. Director Alain Vézina, Documentary, 52 min.
(2:30-3:00 pm: Intermission)
3:00-5:30 pm: Radiation Effects / Human Elements, Part 1
—Under the Cloud, 2023, USA/Mexico. Director: Pedro Reyes Alvarez, Documentary, 24 min.
—To Use a Mountain, 2025, USA. Director Casey Carter, Documentary, 99 min.
(5:30-6:30 pm: Intermission)
6:30-9:00 pm: Radiation Effects / Human Elements, Part 2
—Silent Fallout – Baby Teeth Speak, 2023, USA/Japan. Director Hideaki Ito, Documentary, 76 min.
—Tale of a Toxic Nation, USA, Documetary, 13 min.
SUNDAY, APRIL 26TH – NUCLEAR POWER: 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER
(12:00-12:30 pm: Doors open)
12:30-2:30 pm: Nuclear Power / Waste
—Namibia, Brazil, 2006, Brazil. Director: Miguel Silveira, Fiction, 10 min.
—Smokescreen, 3 min
—Nuclear Not a Climate Solution, 12 min.
—Why it can take half a century to close down nuclear plants, 16 min.
—Taiwaste, 2022, Germany / Taiwan. Director: Patrik Thomas, Satire, 25 min.
—Atomic Bamboozle: The False Promise of a Nuclear Renaissance, 2023, USA. Director Jan Haaken, Documentary, 47 min.
(2:30-3:00 pm: Intermission)
3:00-5:30 pm: Chernobyl at 40
—Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes, 2022, UK. Director: James Jones, Documentary, 96 min.
–Film Discussion
(5:30-6:30 pm: Intermission)
6:30-9:00 pm: War, Weapons, Proliferation
—Nagasaki Journey (Digitally Restored Version), 1995/2025, Japan/USA. Directors & Producers Chris Beaver & Judy Irving, Documentary, 30 min.
—Barefoot GEN, Documentary, 60min.
–Panel Discussion
This is a free event, open to the public. Invite a friend!
Co-sponsors and partners: Nuclear Energy Information Service, Samuel Lawrence Foundation, Chicago Area Peace Action, Beyond Nuclear, Pressenza, Sierra Club Nuclear Free Team, Buddhist Peace Fellowship – Chicago Chapter, Coalition for Nuclear Safety, Lake Street Church Peace and Justice Committee, West Suburban Peace Coalition
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