A documentary by Mark Olexa and Francesca Scalisi
In co-production with Cinedoc (F)
Synopsis
Five years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a Japanese farmer ekes out a solitary existence within the radiation red zone. Here, the blowing wind is the soundtrack to Naoto’s lonely days, spent cultivating his land and feeding his cattle. Naoto fights to build a new life in this post-apocalyptic landscape, fearlessly facing the silent danger of radioactivity. He is a guardian of the past and the symbol of humanity’s need to change.
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Festivals
Visions du Réel 2016, Switzerland
Hot Docs Int. Documentary Film Festival 2016, Canada
Environmental Film Festival Cinemambiente 2016, Italy
Doc Buenos Aires 2016, Argentina
FIDOCS Festival Int. Documentales Santiago de Chile 2016, Chile
This Human World International Film Festival Wien 2016, Austria
Atlantidoc 2016, Uruguay
Solothurner Filmtage 2017, Switzerland
Filmer le travail Poitiers 2017, France
Green Image Film Festival 2017, Japan
Green Image Award
Silk Road Film Festival 2017, Ireland
Award for best documentary
Tartu World Film Festival 2017, Estonia
Movies That Matter Film Festival 2017, The Netherlands
Millenium International Documentary Film Festival 2017, Belgium
San Francisco Film Festival 2017, USA
Docudays International Human Rights Film Festival 2017, Ukraine
Transilvania Film Festival 2017, Roumania
Cayman Film Festival 2017, Cayman Islands
Broadway International Film Festival 2017, USA
Award for best documentary
Rhode Island International Film Festival 2017, USA
Mediteran Film Festival 2017, Bosnia
dokumentART European Film Festival 2017, Germany
Award for best Documentary Feature
Seoul Human Rights Film Festival 2017, Korea
Anchorage Film Festival 2017, USA
Fünf Seen Filmfestival 2017, Germany
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival 2017, China
Brussels Independent Film Festival 2018, Belgium
Mlodzi i Film / Youth and Film Festival 2018, Poland
ICUNA int. Film Fest Gijon 2018, Spain
International Uranium Film Festival Berlin 2018, Germany