2nd Screening at Delphi was packed again!
The huge theater with 800 seats was completely full.
Christoph Terhechte, the director of Berlinale Forum, said, “Amazing, almost shocking to see this much audience.”


German audience showed deep interest and concern on Fukuhshima.

Q&A session with dir. Atsushi Funahashi and Christoph Terhechte, director of Berlinale Forum.
Heated discussion with the audience include the perspective into the Japan’s history with atomic bomb and “peaceful use” of atomic energy.

After the long and heated buzz on the film we had the world premiere of NUCLEAR NATION at Berlin International Film Festival 2012!!

completely sold out!

Long waiting line for no show seats.



post screening Q&A. Many people stayed and had heated discussion.

Katsutaka Idogawa, Mayor of Futaba, sent a video message to Berlinale audience.

Greenpeace Berlin will invite “NUCLEAR NATION” for its special screening on FUKUSHIMA.
Director Atsushi Funahashi will join the discussion after the show.

date: Monday, 13.02.2012
entrance: 07:30 p.m.
beginning of the film: 08:00 p.m.
capacity: max. 50 seats.

address: Greenpeace Berlin
Chausseestraße 131
10115 Berlin (Mitte, near Friedrichstraße)

The news interviewed director Atsushi Funahashi. (in Japanese)

http://www.fnn-news.com/news/headlines/articles/CONN00217081.html

FNNニュース_ ベルリン国際映画祭開….pdf

A great review by Maggie Lee.

“Expressing solemn concern while maintaining a respectful distance from his subjects, helmer-editor Atsushi Funahashi ultimately transcends a lengthy, unpolished and mosaic-like narrative to drive home not only their hardship and fortitude, but the alarming implications of corporate/governmental indifference and ineptitude vis-a-vis Japan’s nuclear policies.”

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947050?refcatid=2478

Variety Reviews – Nuclear Nation – Berlin Reviews – Berlin – Review by Maggie Lee.pdf

A review by Asahi Shimbun came on print today.

Harrowing visions of Fukushima’s plight to be shown in Berlin

– Throughout the film, the Futaba mayor often displays anger and frustration toward the central government. In one scene, he says: “It’s not like there’s been any real effort, you know, to do any decontamination work or anything. We haven’t even got to the stage where the government has done everything that is possible and has run out of options. The government is already trying to buy up our land. What kind of reasoning is that? — Asahi Shimbun.

Now NUCLEAR NATION landed in Berlin. We just had the first press screening.
It was completely jam-packed!

NUCLEAR NATION will have the world premiere at Berlin International Film Festival, Feb 9-19!

09.02.12 17:00 CinemaxX6 (press screening) EN
10.02.12 19:30 CinemaxX4 EN
11.02.12 14:00 Delphi-Filmpalast EN
12.02.12 13:30 Cubix 7 EN
16.02.12 13:15 CineStar 8 EN