The 9th Green Image Film Festival 

The total numbers of films applied for the 9th GREEN IMAGE FILM FESTIVAL were 87 films and 24 films are selected for the 1st preliminary.  At the 2nd preliminary, 10 films were selected for the GREEN IMAGE Award.
Those Green IMAGE Award winning films will be screened at the Green Film Festival held on 19th, 20th and 21st, March 2022. (Venue : Tokoharu Hall *3816-1, Matsudai, Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan/ Online streaming *domestic broadcasting only)

The Grand Prize GREEN IMAGE Award film will be selected through the 9th Green Image Film Festival and it will be announced on the last day of the festival.

The GREEN IMAGE FILM Committee had to make changes on dates of preliminaries according to COVID situations.
Therefore, we announce the GREEN IMAGE Award winning films and the result of 1st preliminary below.


<GREEN IMAGE Award winning films>
*in random order

Trees die standing tall
France, Mexico/62min /2021/Producer : Arnaud KERNEUR/Director : Ronan KERNEUR, Fany FULCHIRON/ Production : Tropos Films

I am also a yew
Iran/24min/2021/Producer : Vajiheh RAZAVIAN/ Director : Vajiheh RAZAVIAN/ Production : Vajiheh Razavian

Wild TOKYO *tentative title ワイルド東京
Japan/49min/2021/Producer : Masa HAYAKAWA, Caroline HAWKINS /Director : Harutaka YANO, Steve GOODER/ Production : OSF, NHK, NHK Enterprises, Inc.

Lost Spring *tentative title 失われた春 シイタケの教え
日本 Japan/129min/2019/ Producer : Masami TAJIMA/ Director : Masami TAJIMA

Inasa: Whispers on the Wind イナサ ~風寄せる大地 16年の記録~
Japan/59min/2021/Producer : Jun ITOU, Hidenori FUKUDA/Director : Takao ITOU, Hidenori FUKUDA / Production : NHK

A-frame Carrier Meets Spring Flowers
South Korea/48min/2021/Producer : Jeong-soo Lee/ Director : Kwang-rok Lee/Producer : KBS

HOLGUT
Belgium/75min/2021/Producer : Tomas LEYERS/ Director : Liesbeth De CEULAER/Production : Minds Meet

Climate Exodus
Spain/63min/2020/Producer : Jorge GUIMERA/ Director : David BAUTE/ Production : Tinglado Film

Waiting for God
Senegal/24min/2021/Producer : Plan B films/ Director : Mamadou Khouma GUEYE/Production : Plan B films

Swanscombe Cyclone
United Kingdom/11min/2021/Producer : George CLOKE/ Director : George CLOKE/Production : GC

The films which weren’t selected for the Award, but we are honored to announce the films selected at the 1st preliminary.
The result is below.

<Films selected at 1st preliminary>
*in random order

Kunashir
France/71min/2019/Producer : David FOUCHERDirector : Kozlov VLADIMIR/ Production : LES FILMS DU TEMPS SCELLÉ

Man Kind Man
Italy/83min/2021/Producer : Iacopo PATIERNO/Director : Iacopo PATIERNO/ Production : Jacopo Fo Film

The Trees of the end of the world
Chile/24min/2020/Producer : Michel TOLEDO/ Director : Santiago SERRANO/ Production : Telúrico Films、Totem Producciones

Kind Regards From The Anthropocene
Switzerland/14min/2020/Producer : Edith FLUCKINGER/Director : Lucas ACKERMANN/ Production : HLSU

Sigurimi
Germany/29min/2021/Producer : Luigjina SHKUPA/Director : Luigjina SHKUPA /Production : HFF München

From Trash to Treasure: turning negatives into positives
Lesotho/25min/2020/Producer : Iara LEE/ Director : Iara LEE/ Production : Caipirinha Productions

Colza
France/5min/2020/Producer : Moïra MARGUIN/ Director : Victor CHAGNIOT, Camille BROUTIN, Matthieu DAURES, Victoria DE MILLO GREGORY, Maxime JOUNIOT, Jade KHOO/Production : Gobelins

Fascinating Antarctica
Germany, New Zealand/86min/2021/Producer : Kerstin MEYER-BEETZ、Spencer STONER/ Director : Tuan LAM/Production : Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion、Greenstone TV

Peeling off Tomorrow *tentative title 明日をへぐる
Japan/73min/2021/Producer : Tetsujiro YAMAGAMI/Director : Tomoki Imai /Production : Siglo, Ltd.

Fukushima Monologue 福島モノローグ
Japan/49min/2021/Producer : Sachiko MIYAMOTO, Toru TAJIMA /Director : Naoko FUJIMURA / Production : NHK, NHK Educational Corporation

OSHIKA Winds Of Change 大鹿村から吹くパラム
Japan/88min/2021/Producer : Kim MYOUNGYOON/ Director : Kim MYOUNGYOON

Place I belong *tentative title 僕がいる場所
Japan/5min/2021/Producer : Atsumi SUGAI / Director : Wataru SUGAI

After the Typhoon Hagibis: Reports on Kawasaki City Museum’s Rescue Operation
川崎市市民ミュージアム 被災収蔵品レスキューの映像記録 ―2019.10.12―

Japan/20min/2019/Director : Kawasaki City Museum

Safflower guardian 紅花の守人
Japan/85min/2021/Producer : Takuya TAKAHASHI / Director : Koichi Sato/Production : “Safflower guardian” Production Committee