a year 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 a section Competitive selection Out of competition Fipatel a category Drama Series and Serials Creative Documentaries Reportage and Current Affairs Performing Arts Short Programs

Following the closure of Yubari's last coal pit, 17 years ago, the community suffered a rapid decline. The prosperity brought by coal mining is a fading memory, while the issue of responsibility for the city's financial crisis remains a subject of much debate. In the meantime, Japan has marked record coal consumption. The national government launched a national policy to develop a new coal mine in Asia by sending Japan's last coal miners from Kushiro to Vietnam. A quarter of electric power consumed in Tokyo is generated from coal. Three places as disparate as Yubari, Tokyo and Vietnam are seemingly unrelated to each other. But when the world is seen from a new angle of their common key word "coal", how are such feelings as sorrow, hope, and joy of people living in different places connected?

Japan - 2007 - 47 mn - HD Cam - Colour

Director Goto Kazuya Writer Goto Kazuya Camera Goto Kazuya, Yuki Goto, Hideo Sudo Editing Takayuki Sadai

Production Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Nishi 14, Kita 1, Chuo-ku, 060-8527 Sapporo, Japon Tél : +81 11 214 5321 Fax : +81 11 271 5497

Sales Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Nishi 14, Kita 1, Chuo-ku, 060-8527 Sapporo, Japon Tél : +81 11 214 5321 Fax : +81 11 271 5497