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EARTH VISION
The 14th Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival
Mar.ch 9 Thur. to 11 Sat. .2006. (at Yotsuya Kumin Hall)
http://www.earth-vision.jp
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Date: March.9 Thur. to Mar. 11 Sat. 2006
Venue: Yotsuya Kumin Hall, 87 Naitocho Shinjuku-ku Tokyo
Entrance Fee: 1,000yen for one day / 2,000yen for three days and a catalog
Special Fee for students 1,500yen for three days and a catalog
Children under Junior high school are admission Free.
*Nominated Films will be screened with English and Japanese subtitles or earphone simultaneous interpretation.
**After each screening of nominated films, a talk by the directors will follow.
*****Sorry! There are no English interpretation at “Environmental Program for children” and the special screening of “The Emperor’s Journey”
[Screening Schedule]
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14:00—————
[Environmental Program for Children]
Gutter Pirates
(1993 / Germany/ 10min / Director: Christina Schindler)
The lad’s paper boat moves forward in a puddle. The film looks at the issue of municipal waste through the eyes of a small living organism.
Chain of Life
(2005 / Philippines/ 3min / Director: Elizabeth Roxas)
The Earth’s living things and Nature affect and support each other.
Atog-atog!
(2004 / Philippines / 6min / Director: Michael Vincent D. Rabanal)
The aliens came to a planet and met a living thing, Atog-atog, there….
Grocery Store Wars
(2005 / USA / 7min / Director: Louis Fox)
The grocery store fell under the control of the “Empire Army.” Food products became contaminated with pesticide and chemicals or were genetically modified. The Rebellious Army fought back with pesticide-free organic farming.
Shadow of Coexistence: Beleaguered Wildlife Along the Disappearing Frontier
(2004 / Korea / 44min / Director: Jun Seo)
The habitats of wildlife are rapidly losing areas to development by mankind.
15：30—————
Documenting Kurotaro’s Family for a DecadeYashiro, a Village Living with Hooded Cranes
(2005 / Japan / 53 min / Director: Shirokami Michihiro)
In autumn, hooded cranes from faraway Siberia visit the Yashiro Basin in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The film documents the close tie between Yashiro residents and the cranes from the Meiji Era to present day.
16：00—————
At the Foot of Red Mountain
(2003 / Iran / 13min / Director: Mohammadreza Vatandoost)
Seventeen years after the end of the Iran-Iraq War, land mines are still found in Kurdistan along the border today.
17：20—————
The Riverbed SpeaksThe Shiretoko Diary of Mr. Salmon
(2004 / Japan / 28min / Director : Numata Hiromitsu)
Komiyama Hideshige, a researcher who communicates with fish, explains the mechanism how salmons invigorate the forests at the world heritage site of Shiretoko.
18：15—————
Tokyo: Level One
(2002 / Japan / 110 min / Director: Yamakawa Gen)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office went into a panic when the Governor suddenly announced, “Let’s entice a nuclear power plant to Tokyo!” Meanwhile, a truck loaded with secretly imported plutonium was hijacked.
<< Friday, March 10 >>
14：00—————
Environmental Program for children
-Gutter Pirates
-Chain of Life
-Atog-atog!
-Grocery Store Wars
-Shadow of Coexistence: Beleaguered Wildlife Along the Disappearing Frontier
15：30—————
Pill Bugs: Ecosystems Sustain Forests
(2004 /Japan /15 min /Director: Shinya Miki)
Hundreds of millions of living organisms, such as wood louse, live even in a handful of soil from the forest. The film used special techniques to capture images of the forest’s ecological cycle shaped by living organisms and trees over time.
16：00—————
The Sage Hunter
(2005 / Hong Kong / 98min / Director: Tony Cheung)
A plan to build highways on the sacred ground of indigenous people was proposed. A young man stands up to defend his people’s land and tradition.
18：05—————
Quest for a Place to Live: A Couple Struggling with Chemical Sensitivity
(2005 / Japan / 46min / Director: Nakamura Ren)
Life in a modern society is surrounded by over 50,000 chemical substances. Some people are suffering from chemical sensitivity, the cause and treatment of which are unknown.
<< Saturday, March 11 >>
10：00—————
Environmental Program for children
-Gutter Pirates
-Chain of Life
-Atog-atog!
-Grocery Store Wars
11：30—————
Arid Land
(2005 / Japan / 52min / Director: Akutsu Tetsuo)
Water is lifeblood of the Earth. The film reports the state of water at agricultural sites worldwide. It questions the Japanese eating habit from the perspective of water crisis.
12：40—————
Rainbow
(2004 / Palestine / 41min / Director: Abdalsalam M.A Shehada)
The film describes how the lives of Palestinians were destroyed and lost under occupation. The pain and sorrow were burned onto the lens as the camera rolled.
13：45—————
The Last Rice Farmers
(Taiwan / 69min / Director: Yen Lan-chuan, Juang Yi Tseng)
It is a television version of a long-running documentary about an old couple living in a village in southern Taiwan. Although the work of a rice farmer is harsh, they managed to lead an easy-going life.
15：10—————
Don’t Wander Off the Road. Stick to the Middle.
(2004/Japan/4 min / Director: Yoshida Hironori)
The children cannot play in the fields. Today, Cambodia still has over 7 million land mines buried underground.
15：45—————
Special Program
The Emperor’s Journey
(2005 / France / 86min / Director: Luc Jacquet)
A magnificent story of Emperor penguins’ battle to survive and to reproduce in the sub-zero temperature of icebound Antarctica.
17：30—————
Awards Ceremony
Screening of EARTH VISION Grand Prize / Reception
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Final Selection Committee for Competition Category
Jurors:
Cedric Jancloes (Cambodia / Producer)
Maezawa Tetuji (Japan / Media project Producer)
Anne Mcdonald (Canada / Rural Society Field Worker, Publisher of eco-ing. info)
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***The schedule may be changed without notice.
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