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Kurotaro(Tentative)
(53min/Japan/Dir:Shirakami/Prod:TV Shin Hiroshima)
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.
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At the Foot of Red Mountain
(13min/Iran/Dir:Mohammadreza Vatandoost/Prod:Iranian Young Cinema Society)
Seventeen years after the end of the Iran-Iraq War, land mines are still
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The Riverbed Speaks--The Shiretoko Diary of Mr. Salmon
(28min /Japan/Dir:Hiromitsu Numata/Prod:Hokkaido BC)
Komiyama Hideshige, a researcher who communicates with fish, explains the
mechanism how salmons invigorate the forests at the world heritage site of
Shiretoko. |
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Pill Bugs: Ecosystems Sustain Forests
(15min/Japan/Dir:Miki/Prod:NHK)Hong Kong/20min./Dir:Lau So-mui)
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 forestfs ecological cycle shaped by living organisms and trees over time. |
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The Sage Hunter
(98min/Hong Kong/Dir:Tony Cheung/Prod:Light House Production)
A plan to build highways on the sacred ground of indigenous people was proposed. A young man stands up to defend his peoplefs land and tradition. |
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Arid Land
(52min/Japan/Dir:Tetsuo Akutsu/Prod:NHK)
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.
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The Last Rice Farmers
(69min/Taiwan/Dir:Yen Lan-chuan, Juang Yi Tseng /Prod:Public Television Service)
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. |
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Don't Wander Off the Road. Stick to the Middle.
(3min/Japan/Dir:Yoshida/Prod:YOSHIDA OFFICE)
The children cannot play in the fields. Today, Cambodia still has over 7
million land mines buried underground.
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Gutter Pirates
(10min/Germany/Director:Christina Schindler/ German)
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.
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Chain of Life
(3min/Philippines Director:Elizabeth Roxas/- English)
The Earth's living things and Nature affect and support each other. |
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Atog-atog!
(6min/Phillippines/Director:D.Rabanal Michael Vincent/ No-Dialogue)
The aliens came to a planet and met a living thing, Atog-atog, there.
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Groceery Store Wars
(7min/USA/Director:Louis Fox/- English)
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. |
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Shadow of Coexistence Part2 : Beleaguered Wildlife Alomg the Disappearing Frontier
(:44min/Korea/Director:Jun Seo)
The habitats of wildlife are rapidly losing areas to development by mankind. |
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La Marche De L' Empereur
/ The Emperor's Journey
(2005 / France / 86min / Director: Luc Jacquet)
 copyright reserved: jerome maison/bonne pioche
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Don't Wander Off the Road. Stick to the Middle.
(3min/Japan/Dir:Yoshida/Prod:YOSHIDA OFFICE)
A magnificent story of Emperor penguins' battle to survive and to reproduce in the sub-zero temperature of icebound Antarctica.
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Maezawa Tetsuji (Japan/ Media Project Producer)
Anne McDonald (Canada/ Rural Society Field Worker)
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