Complete Festival Schedule:
Sat. March 23, 2019 (11:45-9:15pm)
12:00pm-1:00pm:
A Bold Peace
2016, 57 min, Feature Documentary
Dir. Matthew Eddy, Michael Dreiling
A Bold Peace, the award winning feature documentary about Costa Rica’s answer for world peace
1:05pm-1:40pm: 3 Short Films followed by Q&A via Skype
An Unfinished Love
2018, 5 min, World Premiere
Dir. Rami el Harayri
Nothing - not time, distance, or war - can keep Robert from pursuing the love of his life.
Facing Death with Wirecutter
2017, 20 min, NY Premiere
Dir. Sarwar Abdullah
The film is about a military engineering team of Kurdistan Peshmerga forces, working with
some very simple equipment like wire cutter and wire blade to protect civilian people from
bombs and mines that planted by Islamic state group.
This Is Not a Passport Photo
2017, 10 min, US Premiere
Dir. Stephanie Simpson
These Syrian families fled their homes with almost nothing. Now, a Canadian photographer is
helping them to create new family photos. Along the way, she'll learn that the project is about
so much more than the images.
2:15pm-4:10pm:
LIFE― The Untold Story of the Fukushima Evacuation Zone
2017, 115 min, Feature Documentary, US Premiere
Dir. Chiaki Kasai
Q&A with the filmmaker in person
Since the 3/11 Great East Japan Earthquake. Fukushima is inflamous known worldwide for
the radioactive contamination as a result of the explosion at the Daiichi (No.1) Nuclear Power Plant.
However there is the untold story about u,hat happened to the people living in the area
after Tsunarni and Nuclear Disaster.
Dir. Chiaki Kasai
4:45pm-6:15pm:
The World is My Country
2017, 89 min, Feature Documentary
Dir. Arthur Kanegis
Q&A with the filmmaker in person
The true story of the daring, controversial, decades-ahead-of-his-time World Citizen #1 Garry Davis.
7:00pm-9:10pm:
In This Corner of the World
2016, 129 min, Animation, Drama/History
Dir. Sunao Katabuchi
A winner of 40th Japan Academy Prize for the Best Animation of the Year in 2017,
based on the award-winning manga depicts the life of ordinary people through the eyes of Suzu,
18 year-old girl in Hiroshima and Kure, Japan in the 1930's - 40's.
Sun. March 24, 2019 (12:30-5:30pm)
12:30pm-12:35pm:
How Can You Know ? Where To Go If You Do Not Know Where You Have Been
2017, 6 min, Anime Short
Dir. Mizuki Toriya
A grandmother recounts her experiences as a child in Kobe, Japan during World
War II to her granddaughter.
12:45pm-2:15pm:
The Nuns, The Priests, and The Bombs
2017, 87 min, Feature Documentary
Dir. Helen Young
Q&A with the filmmaker in person
Nuclear disarmament activists challenge the security and legality of America's nuclear weapons
when they break into two top-secret facilities.
2:40pm-4:00pm:
Snake Dance
2012, 77 min, Feature Documentary, US Premiere
Dir. Patrick Marnham, Manu Riche
Q&A with the filmmaker in person
From New Mexico to Congo and Japan, we explore the atomic legacy and the indelible stamp it
has left on the world by following the tracks of 2 characters who forged this story: German-born
Aby Warburg who studied the Pueblo Indians of Los Alamos, and Robert Oppenheimer who will
always be known as the inventor of the ultimate weapon of mass destruction.
4:20pm-5:20pm:
Special Program: Hibakusha Testimony - Hiroshima Survivor’s Talk and Q&A by Michimasa Hirata
Michi Hirata (Photo: Paule Saviano)
*All films are shown in English or with English subtitles.
*Time and lineup of the films are subject to change.
*Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and subject to capacity. Please arrive early for best seating.
