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GREEN IMAGE FILM FESTIVAL

GREEN IMAGE FILM FESTIVAL provides an opportunity to think about the environment through film.

Date: March 20 Thu. 14:00 – 21:30, 2014
March 21 Fri. 11:30 – 16:30
March 22 Sat. 11:00 – 18:00
Venue: Venue: Hibiya Library & Museum B1F Convention Hall
(1-4 Hibiyakoen Chiyoda City Tokyo)
Price: \1,500 one-day-ticket (Children under age 15 admission free)
Contact: GREEN IMAGE FILM FESTIVAL
Tel 03-6451-2411
Flyer: flyer 1 / flyer 2
Trailer (YouTube): GREEN IMAGE FILM FESTIVAL channel on You Tube

Date: December 16, 2013
Venue: Eco Gallery Shinjuku
Screened films: 16 (films passed primary selection)
Preliminary Screening Committee: KOIZUMI Shukichi (Producer, Director, Chairperson of Group Gendai Films Co., Ltd.)
HAMADA Yukari (President of Human Eco Planning)
HAYANO Yuki (Chairperson of Specified Nonprofit Organization Hibiki)
MITSUHASHI Junichi (Shinjuku Environmental Activity Network)
ODACHI Aiko, UZU Ruriko (Green Image Film Festival)

March 20 Thu. 14:00 – 21:30

13：45: Open
14：00: Going Against the Grain in Fukushima
(Japan / 2013 / Blu-ray / 106 min / Japanese / Producer & Director: Haramura Masaki); [Director’s Talk] Mr. Haramura Masaki
: Intermission
16：20: The Lost Sea
(Taiwan / 2013 / Blu-ray / 63 min / Chinese with English & Japanese subtitles / Producer: Cheng Shao-min Director: Hung Chun-hsiu)
Production: Foci Studio; [Director’s Talk] Mr. Hung Chun-hsiu
: Intermission
17：55: Acid Ocean
(Australia / 2012 / Digital BETACAM・Blu-ray / 52 min / English with Japanese subtitles / Producer & Director: Sally Ingleton)
Production: 360 Degree Films Distribution: ZED
: Intermission
19：00: Ultimate Land: a Year of IWASAKI ONIKENBAI
(Japan / 2008 / Blu-ray / 128 min / Japanese / Producer: Echigoya Takashi Director: Miyake Nagaru)
Production: Aichi Arts Center　Distribution: Kukkyo Films
21：30: End

Schedule is subject to change without notice.

March 21 Fri. 11:30 – 16:30

11：15: Open
11：30: The Garden of St. George
(England / 2013 / Blu-ray / 18min / English with Japanese subtitles / Producer & Director: Alistair Oldham)
Production: Acacia Films
11：50: Farmer Jack
(The Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium / 2013 / DCP・Blu-ray / 14 min / No narration / Producer: Chris Mouw Director: Arjan Wilschut)
Production: il Luster Films
: Intermission
12：15: X Years Later
(Japan / 2012 / Blu-ray / 83 min / Japanese・English / Producer: Ohnishi Koji Director: Ito Hideaki)
Production: Nankai Broadcasting　Distribution: Ukky Production
: Intermission

Special Program: Start of a New Adventure by a New Discovery in Your Neighborhoods

13：50: Special Screening「 Seed Hunter」
(Australia / 2008 / Blu-ray / 53 min / English with Japanese subtitles / Producer & Director: Sally Ingleton)
Production: 360 Degree Films
: Intermission
15：00: [Symposium]
16：30: End

Schedule is subject to change without notice.

March 22 Sat. 11:00 – 18:00

10：45: Open
11：00: The Present from Camphor Trees: Keep Camphor “Jewels”
(Japan / 2012 / Blu-ray / 47 min / Japanese / Producer: Kanbe Kanebumi Director: Miyakawa Naoko)
Production: RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation; [Director’s Talk] Ms. Miyakawa Naoko
12：10: Vigia
(Switzerland / 2013 / Blu-ray / 8min / French with English & Japanese subtitles / Producer: Nadasdy film, Nicolas Burlet Director: Marcel Barelli)
Production: Nadasdy Film
12：20: Just The Way You Are & The Magical Stone of Life
(Japan / 2012 / Blu-ray / 10 min / Japanese / Producer: Shibata Shin Director: Yammie)
Production: SL-Company　Distribution: NHK; [Director’s Talk] Ms. Yammie
: Intermission

Special Program: Forest

13：00: Special Screening「The Shining Kids: The Next Nursery Schools in Japan」
(Japan / 2013 / Blu-ray / 84 min / Japanese); [Talk Session] Ms. Shibata Aiko
: Intermission
15：00: Special Screening「Tomorrow from the Forest in Tohoku: Pursuing Energy Independence with Wooden Biomass」
(Japan / 2012 / Blu-ray / 35 min / Japanese )
Production: TVE Japan; [Talk Session] Mr. Furukawa Masashi
: Intermission
16：45: Award Ceremony
18：00: End

Schedule is subject to change without notice.

Number of Applications: 103
Number of Participating Countries (including Regions): 27
Screened films: 13 films (10 award-winning films and 3 special screening films)
Green Image Grand Prize: X Years Later
Jurors’ Special Prize: Ultimate Land: a Year of IWASAKI ONIKENBAI
Green Image Award: Acid Ocean; Farmer Jack; Going Against the Grain in Fukushima; Just The Way You Are & The Magical Stone of Life; The Garden of St. George; The Lost Sea; The Present from Camphor Trees: Keep Camphor “Jewels”; Vigia
Jurors: Special Chief Juror: Mr. Sato Tadao (Film critic. President of Japan Academy of the Moving Image)
Mr. Sasaki Toyoshi (Chairperson for Japan Forest Biomass Network)
Mr. Nishikawa Masanori (Cyclist)

Host: GREEN IMAGE FILM FESTIVAL
Japan Art Fund
Sponsers
Cooperation: Ministry of the EnvironmentMinistry of Foreign AffairsMinistry of Economy, Trade and IndustryMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesCabinet OfficeTokyo Metropolitan Government Junior Chamber International Japan, Inc.The Japan Foundation
Support: Ecomove International (Germany) Television Trust for the Environment (UK) Television for Education – Asia Pacific (Sri Lanka) The Mitsubishi UFJ Environment FoundationShinjuku Environmental Activity NetworkProject for Our Future LabSpecified Nonprofit Organization Hibiki Passo Passo　Ltd.studio. JAMANDFIXJapan Forest Biomass NetworkKurikoma Kougen Nature SchoolSustainlife Co., Ltd.Ginga Shizen Gakusha Co., Ltd.TVE JapanThe Green Friend ProjectWa-Daichi Co.,Ltd