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By Zhao Liang and Zhao Liang

I'm So Sorry

IMPACT DAYS

Nuclear technology may be the most severe threat to humanity that science has ever created. Besides the deadly effects of nuclear weapons, the maintenance of nuclear power plants remains a challenge, since upkeep must be immaculate. Even today, the most capable scientists are still debating about how to accomplish the formidable task of safely containing high-level radioactive waste for per- petuity. Zhao Liang films in locations tied to nuclear power production or accidents in Ukraine, Belarus, Japan, Kazakhstan, Germany and Finland. Hoping to raise social awareness and contribute to the worldwide debate, he wishes to create a panorama that shows the predicament of humans handling nuclear technology, by tracing sites tied to nuclear production, disaster, or deposit in different parts of the world, as well as the men and women who live and work in such places. In that respect, the movie is also a journey in our common humanity.

Sections : Impact Days, Impact Days
Country : Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Japan, Finland, Germany
Original languages : Kazakh, Ukrainian, Japanese, Finnish, German, English
Directors
Zhao Liang
Zhao Liang (China / France)
Producers
Serge Lalou
Serge Lalou (France)
Les Films d’ici
Completion
April 2020
Impact Statement
Constructing an image narrative with the tone of an essay-poem, Zhao Liang wants to portray the workers employed in the various nuclear facilities, everyday images of isolated people still living in exclusion zones, and of sick people, especially children born disabled. The film will reveal how nuclear power shapes human destiny in the past, present, and future. The visual contrast between the bleak yet exotic urban ruins, and colourful and familiar daily lives is likely to evoke a visceral feeling.
I'm so sorry is a poetic piece which carries us deep into areas affected by radiation and sounds a warning against the dangers of nuclear technology.
Impact Goals
  1. Reveal how nuclear power shapes human destiny in the past, present, and future.
  2. Highlight what kinds of consequences may result from our careless decisions today.
  3. Raise awareness that the current environmental and energy dilemma is the original sin that everyone who produces carbon emissions must carry on their backs.
  4. Raise awareness of today’s excessive consumerism, the unlimited expansion of capital and profit, blind consumption, waste and destruction fueled by capitalism.
Impact Strategy
  • Screening the film at festivals worldwide.
  • Present the film at educational events.
  • Attract a diverse audience with a focus on the younger generation.
  • Broadcast the film via different TV channels to reach a wider audience.
Contact
Primary contact
Jing XU REDIANCE (China): jing@rediancefilms.com
Participants present at the Impact Days
Sylvie Blum (France)
Alex Szalat (France)