Energy Island (2017)

Energy Island

2017

Documentary

Synopsis

Energy Island invites viewers for an immersive sensorial trip into the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania, now undergoing a decommissioning process. The images of contaminated ruins transform in the fire, light and shadow; the destruction of the industrial space consistently reveals how Cold War energy structures impact recent geopolitical processes and leave planetary threats over long periods of time. The project takes a geological approach – it reads things that compose this flat landscape as a stack of stratigraphic layers. The manmade space is understood as a sedimentary process and the infrastructures, as well as the mineral resources, are assessed as the key parameters defining a development of the project.

Credits

Director

Emilija Škarnulytė

Crew

Jurgis Matulevičius (Assistant Director of Photography)

Eitvydas Doškus (Cinematography)

Dominykas Kilčiauskas (Editor)

Arturas Bumšteinas (Music)

Justinas Vencius (Post Producer)

Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė (Producer)

Emilija Škarnulytė (Script)

Jonas Žukauskas (Script)