I can hardly believe it myself, but since entering the edit suite 30 days ago after finishing my NHK television documentary "Dying at Home" (INFO), I am already getting ready to complete my next feature documentary (!). With the amazing help of my assistant, Rei (along with plenty of coffee, chocolate and little sleep), we have met a deadline that at one point, as recently as the New Year, did not seem achievable. We have just now finished the subtitles and the file for screening is currently compressing. And just in time- we fly to Europe the day after tomorrow where we are screening it on Saturday.
With the working title of 「せざるを得ない」 ("Seizaruwoenai" or "Unavoidable" in English), the film is my third in my series about families with children living in Fukushima after "In the Grey Zone" (2012 WEBSITE) and "A2-B-C" (2013 WEBSITE). I am still working on the trailer, final title, website, synopsis information and the plan for releasing the film, but I look forward to sharing more news about the film in the coming months.
While it is still not completely finished, a work-in-progress screening will be held on Saturday (Feb 27) in Berlin at the international congress “5 years living with Fukushima - 30 years living
with Chernobyl” sponsored by the International Physicians for the
Prevention of Nuclear War (INFO).
Not wanting for the first time for me to see it to be in a room full of delegates at the congress, I have also arranged a small preview screening in Tokyo tomorrow evening (Feb 24 DETAILS).
After attending the congress in Berlin, we will fly to Ireland, where I will be presenting some of my work and giving lectures in Cork on March 1 and 2 (INFO) and then in Dublin on March 3 (INFO).
These screenings will the first in a series of events I will attend that are marking the 5th anniversary of the March 11, 2011, triple disasters of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown. Thank you all so very much for your support and encouragement over these five years.