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INTO ETERNITY

by Michael Madsen II

synopsis

Every day, the world over, large amounts of high level radioactive waste are placed in interim storages which are vulnerable to natural or manmade disasters. In Finland the world's first permanent storage is being constructed — a huge system of underground tunnels hewn out of solid rock. It is essential that it lasts 100.000 years, as this is how long the waste remains hazardous. When the waste has been deposited, the facility will be sealed off, never to be reopened. But can we ensure that? How is it possible to warn our descendants of the waste we left behind? How can we prevent them from thinking they have found the pyramids of our time, mystical burial grounds, hidden treasures? Which languages and signs will they understand, and if they understand, will they respect our instructions?

international title: Into Eternity
original title: Into Eternity
country: Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Italy
sales agent: Films Transit International Inc. (CA)
year: 2009
genre: documentary
directed by: Michael Madsen II
film run: 72'
release date: DK 10/11/2009, SE 03/09/2010, UK 12/11/2010, FR 18/05/2011
screenplay: Michael Madsen II
cinematography by: Heikki Farm F.S.C.
film editing: Daniel Dencik, Stefan Sundlöf
producer: Lise Lense-Møller, Sami Jahnukainen, Kristina Åberg
production: Magic Hour Films APS, Mouka Filmi Oy, Atmo
backing: Film i Väst, Danish Film Institute, Danish Film Directors, YLE Teema, YLE Yhteistuotannot , Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond, Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, Swedish Film Institute, Sveriges Television (SVT), Massproduction, Minerva Film, National Geographic, Politiken-Fonden , Eurimages
distributor: Dogwoof Pictures

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