The 6th GREEN IMAGE FILM FESTIVAL

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

Date: February 22 Fri. – 24 Sun., 2019
Venue: Hibiya Library & Museum Convention Hall
(B1F 1-4 Hibiyakoen Chiyoda City Tokyo)
https://www.library.chiyoda.tokyo.jp/hibiya/#hibiya-map
Price: ¥1,500 one-day-ticket | ¥1,000 one-day-ticket for Student | ¥3,000 3-days-ticket (Children/Youth under age 15 admission free)
You can buy the tickets from Peatix.
Contact: GREEN IMAGE Film Comittee.
03-6451-2411
Contact
Flyer: PDF(315KB); PDF(3.53MB)
Poster: PDF(397KB)

SCHEDULE

[Deadline of entry film]: September 30, Sun. 2018 Entry
[The 1st Preliminary]: November 2018
[The 2nd Preliminary]: November 23 Fri. – 25 Sun., 2018

The 2nd Preliminary
Program Feb.22
Program Feb.23
Program Feb.24
Result

The 2nd Preliminary

Date: November 23 Fri. – 25 Sun., 2018
Venue: mont-bell Okachimachi Store Salon
(3-22-6 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo)
The Films Selected for the 2nd Preliminary:  (In order of the entry number); SAKAAMI, Traditional Wild Duck Hunting : Thinking About the Relationship Between People and Nature
（Japan / 42min / 2018 / Producer: SUZUKI Masayoshi / Director: IMAI Tomoki / Production : Studio Garret）; Sennan Asbestos Disaster
（Japan / 215min / 2017 / Producer: KOBAYASHI Sachiko / Director: HARA Kazuo / Production: Shisso Production）; Nuclear Cattle
（Japan / 104min / 2017 / Producer: SHIBA Takeshi / Director: MATSUBARA Tamotsu / Production : Power-I, Inc. / Distribution: Uzumasa）; Tremorings of Hope
（Japan / 147min / 2017 / Producer: SATO Hiromi / Director: AGATSUMA Kazuki / Production: Peace Tree Products）; Kumayama
（Japan / 37min / 2018 / Producer: YANO Yohei / Director: HARADA Goro / Production: NHK Akita）; The Hunter of Kyoto
（Japan / 45min / 2018 / Producer: ITO Yusuke / Director: KAWAHARA Aiko / Production: NHK Kyoto）; My Country No More
（USA / 70min / 2018 / Producers & Directors : Rita BAGHDADI & Jeremiah HAMMERLING / Production: Endless Eye）; Catfish of Balls
（Brazil / 5min / 2017 / Producers & Directors: Luiz BOTOSSO and Thiago VEIGA / Production: Foton Projects and Design）; Indonesia, The World’s Most Polluted River
（France / 55min / 2018 / Producers: Luc HERMANN and Paul MOREIRA / Director: Martin BOUDOT / Production: Premières Lignes Télévision / Distribution: Java Films）; The Cost of Cotton
（France / 57min / 2017 / Producers: Luc HERMANN and Paul MOREIRA / Director: Sandrine RIGAUD / Production: Premières Lignes / Distribution: Java Films）; Against the Flow
（Russia / 76min / 2018 / Producer & Director & Production: Dmitri TARKHANOV）; Spears from All Sides
（USA / 86min / 2018 / Producers: Christopher WALKER & Lara KHACHOONI / Director: Christopher WALKER / Production: Phantom Films）; The Southern Right Whale
（Argentina / 21min / 2018 / Producer: Santiago SAINZ-TRAPAGA / Director: Kevin ZAOUALI / Production: Lyra Films）; Shrouding the Clouds
（Taiwan / 90min / 2017 / Producer: Pei-Chen HUANG / Director: Hao-Chung CHAN / Production: Near Studio）; On the Cover
（Iran / 5min / 2018 / Producer & Director: Yegane MOGHADDAM / Production: Independent Film）; Golden Fish, African Fish
（Senegal / 51min / 2018 / Producer: Thomas GRAND / Directors: Thomas GRAND, Moussa DIOP / Production: ZideoProd）; Once Hamoun
（Iran / 35min / 2016 / Producer & Director: Mohammad EHSANI / Production: ehsanipictures; Generation Gap – Greening Grandma
（Singapore / 24min / 2018 / Producer & Director: Poh Kok ING / Production: Mediacorp TV Singapore Pte Ltd）; A Climate Thermostat
（France / 53min / 2018 / Producer: Benoit TSCHIERET / Director: Arthur RIFFLET / Production: Les Films en Vrac）

Program: February 22 Fri. [Open 14:45] 15:00 – 21:20

15:00

Against the Flow

（Russia / 2018 / 76min / Russian with English & Japanese Subtitles / Producer：Dmitrii TARKHANOV / Director：Dmitrii TARKHANOV / Production：Dmitrii TARKHANOV）

– Intermission –

16:25

Greening Grandma

（Singapore / 2018 / 24min / English with Japanese Subtitles / Producer：POH Kok Ing / Director：POH Kok Ing）

– Intermission –

17:00

Spears from All Sides

（USA / 2018 / 86min / Spanish with English & Japanese Subtitles / Producer：Christopher WALKER & Lara KHACHOONI / Director：Christopher WALKER / Production：Phantom Films）

18:26

Director’s TalkMr. Christopher WALKERDirector of “Spears from All Sides”

– Intermission –

19:00

SAKAAMI, Traditional Wild Duck Hunting: Thinking About the Relationship Between People and Nature

（Japan / 2018 / 42min / Japanese / Producer：SUZUKI Masayoshi / Director：IMAI Tomoki / Production：Executive Committee for Comprehensive Utilization of Cultual Heritage in Kaga City, Studio Garret）

– Intermission –

19:55

The Hunter of Kyoto

（Japan / 2018 / 45min / Japanese / Producer：ITO Yusuke / Director：KAWAHARA Aiko / Production：NHK Kyoto）

20:40

Panel Session猟の世界に踏み入れる今なぜ狩猟なのか？
Mr. Tomoki IMAIDirector of “SAKAAMI, Traditional Wild Duck Hunting: Thinking About the Relationship Between People and Nature”
Ms. Aiko KAWAHARADirector of “The Hunter of Kyoto”
Mr. Shinya SENMATSUHunter
Mr. Shiro TAKEYAMAGeneral Manager of public relations of Montbell Co. Ltd.

*Schedule is subject to change without notice.

Program: February 23 Sat. [Open 10:45] 11:00 – 18:35

11:00

Tremorings of Hope

（Japan / 2017 / 147min / Japanese with English Subtitles / Producer：SATO Hiromi / Director：AGATSUMA Kazuki / Production：Peace Tree Products）

13:27

Panel Session東北を語る－記録を続けて伝えたいこと
Mr. Kazuki AGATSUMADirector of “Tremorings of Hope”
Mr. Toru YAMADADirector of “Fukushima Fishermen”

– Intermission –

15:00

Catfish of Balls

（Brazil / 2017 / 5min / No Dialogue / Producer：Luiz BOTOSSO and Thiago VEIGA / Director：Luiz BOTOSSO and Thiago VEIGA / Production：Fóton Projects and Design）

15:05

On the Cover

（Iran / 2018 / 5min / No Dialogue / Producer：Yegane MOGHADDAM / Director：Yegane MOGHADDAM / Production：Yegane MOGHADDAM）

15:10

Indonesia, The World’s Most Polluted River

（France / 2018 / 55min / English, French and Indonesian with English & Japanese Subtitles / Producer：Luc HERMANN and Paul MOREIRA / Director：Martin BOUDOT / Production：Premieres Lignes Television / Distribution：Java Films）

– Intermission –

16:20

Golden Fish, African Fish

（Senegal / 2018 / 60min / French, Wolof with English & Japanese Subtitles / Producer：Thomas GRAND / Director：Thomas GRAND and Moussa DIOP / Production：ZideoProd）

17:20

Director’s TalkMr. Thomas GRANDDirector of “Golden Fish, African Fish”

17:35

Panel Session“Africa, 2050”

[Guest Speaker]: Mr. Masahiko KIYADeputy Director-General / Deputy Assistant Minister, African Affairs Department, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Shigeki KOMATSUBARATICAD programme Adviser, Regional Bureau for Africa, United Nations Development Programme(UNDP)
Mr. Motoharu WAKABAYASHIDeputy Director General, Africa Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency
Mr. Takao SHIMIZUCultural Anthropologist, Kyoto Seika University Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
[Facilitator]: Mr. Makoto GODACEO of Nippon Biodiesel Fuel Co.,Ltd.

The 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) Partner Project

*Schedule is subject to change without notice.

Program: February 24 Sun [Open 10:45] 11:00 – 16:30*
*The closing time of Feb. 24 might be changed depending on the length of the GREEN IMAGE Grand Prize-winning film.

11:00

Special Program – Symposium : 在来馬等の里山での育成を考えるはたらく馬と生きる人たち – 現代社会で馬と人がつくる暮らし・仕事

[Guest Speaker]: Mr. Takashi IWAMARepresentative Director of Japan Horse Logging Association
Mr. Takeru NAKAGAWAThe Kiso Horse Conservation Association
Ms. Naoko TSUKADA Trainee of Horse Logging and Horse Plowing
Mr. Hisashi MATSUYAMA Chief Director of Matsuyama Museum
[Facilitator]: Aiko ODACHIExective Director of GREEN IMAGE Film Comitee

Co-Host of Special Program : Japan Horse Logging Association
Grant of Special Program : Japan Racing and Livestock Promotion Foundation

– Intermission –

13:00

Award Ceremony

[Jurors]: Mr. Satoshi UKAISpecially Appointed Professor of Graduate School of Language and Society, Hitotsubashi University
Mr. Hidenori OKADACurator of Film, National Film Archive of Japan
Ms. Kasumi YASUKAWADeputy Director of Renewable Energy Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
[Greeting from the President of GREEN FILM Committee]: Tadao SATOFilm Critic, Honorary President of Japan Institute of the Moving Image

– Intermission –

14:00

Screening of GREEN IMAGE Grand Prize-Winning Film

＊The closing time of Feb. 24 might be changed depending on the length of the GREEN IMAGE Grand Prize-winning film.

*Schedule is subject to change without notice.

Result of The 6th GREEN IMAGE FILM FESTIVAL

Number of Applications: 163
Number of Participating Countries (including Regions): 48
Screened films: 10 films (10 award-winning films)
GREEN IMAGE Grand Prize: Golden Fish, African Fish
（Senegal / 2018 / 60min / French, Wolof with English & Japanese Subtitles / Producer：Thomas GRAND / Director：Thomas GRAND and Moussa DIOP / Production：ZideoProd）
Jurors’ Special Prize: The Hunter of Kyoto
（Japan / 2018 / 45min / Japanese / Producer：ITO Yusuke / Director：KAWAHARA Aiko / Production：NHK Kyoto）; Against the Flow
（Russia / 2018 / 76min / Russian with English & Japanese Subtitles / Producer：Dmitrii TARKHANOV / Director：Dmitrii TARKHANOV / Production：Dmitrii TARKHANOV）
GREEN IMAGE Award: Catfish of Balls
（Brazil / 2017 / 5min / No Dialogue / Producer：Luiz BOTOSSO and Thiago VEIGA / Director：Luiz BOTOSSO and Thiago VEIGA / Production：Fóton Projects and Design）; Greening Grandma
（Singapore / 2018 / 24min / English with Japanese Subtitles / Producer：POH Kok Ing / Director：POH Kok Ing）; Indonesia, The World’s Most Polluted River
（France / 2018 / 55min / English, French and Indonesian with English & Japanese Subtitles / Producer：Luc HERMANN and Paul MOREIRA / Director：Martin BOUDOT / Production：Premieres Lignes Television / Distribution：Java Films）; On the Cover
（Iran / 2018 / 5min / No Dialogue / Producer：Yegane MOGHADDAM / Director：Yegane MOGHADDAM / Production：Yegane MOGHADDAM）; SAKAAMI, Traditional Wild Duck Hunting: Thinking About the Relationship Between People and Nature
（Japan / 2018 / 42min / Japanese / Producer：SUZUKI Masayoshi / Director：IMAI Tomoki / Production：Executive Committee for Comprehensive Utilization of Cultual Heritage in Kaga City, Studio Garret）; Spears from All Sides
（USA / 2018 / 86min / Spanish with English & Japanese Subtitles / Producer：Christopher WALKER & Lara KHACHOONI / Director：Christopher WALKER / Production：Phantom Films）; Tremorings of Hope
（Japan / 2017 / 147min / Japanese with English Subtitles / Producer：SATO Hiromi / Director：AGATSUMA Kazuki / Production：Peace Tree Products）
Jurors: Mr. Satoshi UKAISpecially Appointed Professor of Graduate School of Language and Society, Hitotsubashi University
Mr. Hidenori OKADACurator of Film, National Film Archive of Japan
Ms. YASUKAWA KasumiDeputy Director of Renewable Energy Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology