Venue: EXPO 2005 AICHI JAPAN, Nagakute Area, Rotary Pavilion & EXPO Hall
In July 2005 the "ECOMOVE Sense of Wonder World Environmental Film Festival" took place at the EXPO 2005 in AICHI Japan. Organizers and films of environmental film festivals in Europe were invited through the ECOMOVE international network of environmental film festival, and with the cooperation of international film festivals in Japan, it became a venue for film gems from around the world to gather together. EARTH VISION, a member of the ECOMOVE network proposed and organized this project. Outstanding short animations and nature films of ECOMOVE International and international film festivals in Japan were screened, and organizers of international environmental film festivals throughout Europe gathered in the hall. A one-person play “A Sense of Wonder” was also performed by Kaiulani Lee, a famous off-Broadway actress.
Under the theme of “Eco Literacy,” a panel discussion was also held by leaders in the fields of environmental education and visual media. Panelists were:
Kawamura Atsunori (Executive Producer, NHK)
Kawashima Tadashi (Senior Director of Japan Environmental Education Forum, Director of Japan Council on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development)
Kamito Keiko (writer, translator, Director of Japan Rachel Carson Council)
Chino Nariko (NTV Environment Administration Office)
Frantisek Urban (Ekofilm, Czech Republic)
Dagmar Rajeanova (Envirofilm, Slovak Repubic)
Irene Lucius (Ökomedia, Germany)
Elena Titova (Green Vision, Russia)
Uzu Ruriko (EARTH VISION, Japan)




