3.11 A Sense of Home Films

Presented by the Nara International Film Festival Organizing Committee
In association with Yamagata International Documentary Film Fesitval & Sendai Short Film Festival


This is a film project dedicated to the victims of and the affected areas by the Tohoku Earthquake
that occured on March 3rd, 2011.
21 filmmakers/artists around the world voluntarily offered their films of 3min 11sec long which were specifically made for the project.
The 21 films are put together in one film in the length of 75min, titled "3.11 A Sense of Home Films".

<<Officially announced at Festival de Cannes / May 17 2011 >>

 <<Participating Filmmakers and Artists>> *21 filmmakers/artists around the world

-Victor Erice (Spain)
-Naomi Kawase (Japan)
-Jia Zhangke (China)
-Kaori Momoi (Japan) 
-Apichatong Weerasethakul(Thailand)
-Leslie Kee (Singapore)
-Isaki Lacuesta (Spain)
-Bong Joon Ho (Korea)
-Zhao Ye(China) *NARAtive 2010 Filmmaker
-Toyoko Yamasaki (Japan) *NARAtive 2010 Filmmaker 
-Pedro Gonzalez Rubio (Mexico) *NARAtive 2011 Filmmaker
-Ariel Rotter (Argentine)
-Naguib Razak (Malaysia)
-Wisut Ponnimit (Thailand)
-So Yong Kim (Korea/USA)
-Jonas Mekas (Lithuania)
-Catherine Cadou (France)
-Steven Sebring (USA)
-Takushi Nishinaka (Japan)
-Shunji Dodo (Japan)
-Kazuhiro Soda (Japan)


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On March 5th, 2012, part of the proceeds from the screenings up to now was donated to
"Forests Are Lovers of the Sea (Mori wa Umi no Koibito)',
a Non-Profit Organization based in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

Total Amount of Donations: 1,000,000 JPY (approx. 12,279.5815 USD)
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  The Th"I would like to nurture 3 different forests and leave them for the future. The first one is the forest we find in the
mountains. The second one is the forest we find in the sea. The last one is the forest we find in ourselves",
says Mr. Shigeatsu HATAKEYAMA, the leader of the NPO.  

We are hoping the donations will support, even a little, to nurture our forests in our minds and grow trees with your sincere feelings and wishes as the leaves.

 

Scheduled screenings of "3.11 A Sense of Home Films"

 The film was screened, and is scheduled to be screened at the following film festivals, events, and theaters:

• Kinpusenji HO-NO Film Screening (2011/09/11)
• Sendai Short Film Fest Festival （2011/09/17-19）
• Nara International Film Festival PRE FIESTA 2011 (2011/09/17-19)
• Mito Short Film Festival （2011/09/23-25）
• Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival （2011/10/6-13）
• Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Focus on Asia （2011/10/27-30）
• Narashin Film Festival （2011/11/16）
• Sanuki Film Festival （2011/11/5-27）
• Hamamatsu Film Festival （2011/11/19-27）
• TAMA Cineam Forum （2011/11/19-27）
• Kitashinano Obuse Film Festival (2011/11/26-27)
• DAMAH Film Festival in Hiroshima （2011/11/25-27）
• Asiana international Short Film Festival（2011/11/2-7）
• Outenin Comunity Cinema Series Vol.18（2011/11/24）
• Aichi Art Center Vol.16 Art Film Festival （2011/11/27）
• Unesco School at Nara University of Education （2011/12/25）
• UPLINK（2012/01/14-27）
• CON-CAN Movie Festival（2012/02/11-12）
• Cinema with Us（at Miyako Cinemarine）（2012/02/12・18）
• Katano-city 40th Anniversary  Forum (2012/02/25)
• Osaka Asian Film Festival (Tohoku Cinema Program) （2012/03/03-09）
• Kesennuma Film Screening (2012/03/04)
• 11.3 Japon en el camino de la superacion (Japan Foundation, Madrid) (2012/03/07-17)
• Kasumigaseki Knowledge Square (2012/03/09-10)
• Cinema with Us（at Saporo Theater Kino）（2012/03/10）
• Cinema Talk ~A Sense of Home~ at Mie Prefectural Library （2012/03/10）
• Fukui Film Festival （2012/03/10）
• Kobe Motomachi Eiga-kan(theater) (2012/03/10-16)
• Takasaki Film Festival （2012/03/24-04/08）
• Pan Asia Film Festival（2012/03/12）
• Image.Fukushima vol.5 IN Fukushima (2012/04-15)
• Maison de la culture de Japon a Paris （2012/05, 2012/10）

****** For further information on screening the film, please contact us.