亞洲視野競賽

Wuchao Gate is the south gate of Longting Palace in Kaifeng city of China. In front of the Gate is the Wuchao Gate Square, a "Holy Land" for many people. They are engaged in activities that distinguish them from visitors, some worshiping the gods, some praying, and some acting. With different backgrounds and stories, people meet and communicate here. It is where they find spiritual comfort.

Mahmud Kiani FALAVARJANI is an Iranian film amateur specialising in films featuring trained animals. He works as a truck driver every day but devotes his entire free time to his great passion. When his beloved fox dies, the man becomes depressed and may find consolation in one thing only - finding a similar animal and training it to work on the set of Mahmud's next film. But it is not so easy to catch a fox, not to mention training it.

When Paldang Dam was built, many farmers lost their farms. Instead, they started organic farming in their land around Han River. In 2008, Korean government announced four River Plans including Paldang. The plan in Paldang organic town is to build bike lanes and a public park instead of farms. It causes serious conflicts among the farmers as they decide if they should fight against the government.

Governments – even decades-old military regimes – may come and go but, like many rural communities in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), the lives of the villagers of Pyun Su on the banks of Moe Yun Gyi lake are pervaded by deeper traditions – above all the lively cult of the nat.

This documentary tells the story Sota MASUDA, a young musician who once had a promising career but failed to develop it further. A series of frustrating events led to his suicide. He left a note and a tape that captured the event for director Shingo OTA, one of his friends. OTA uses the footage to piece together the final years of MASUADA's life and imagines what awaited him after death.