Six full-length documentaries about the ecological challenges faced by Asia’s endangered natural habitats and the struggle put up by local communities to counter man-made and natural disasters.

Shot in Batanes (Philippines), Biwako (Japan), Kali Code (Indonesia), Khiriwong (Thailand) and Tasik Chini (Malaysia).

Produced by The Nippon Foundation and Asian Public Intellectuals in cooperation with The Center for New Cinema.

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Batanes: A Documentary on the Environment in the Philippines

Visiting the Philippines' northernmost island, Batanes, the documentary discovers a world of "hiwaga," or enchantment, wrapping the island's human, physical and spiritual ecologies. While documenting the...

Cross Currents: Journey to Asian Environments

With water as central theme and imagery, the documentary takes its viewers across five Asian ecological sites and shows how local inhabitants, often without scientific help, have developed indigenous ways...

Biwako: A Documentary on the Environment in Japan

Following the flow of water from melted ice, the documentary journeys from the mountain forests of Harihata near Kyoto in Japan to the rice fields of Mukugawa valley, where a group of fellows from the...

Kali Code: A Documentary on the Environment in Indonesia

Kali Code is a disaster-prone area in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, that sees its land and river community continually disrupted by natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions coming from Mount Merapi resulting...

KHIRIWONG:: A Documentary on the Environment in Thailand

Khiriwong is a site that is constantly visited by destructive floods, a seasonal calamity that may be traced to the geology of the place. Khiriwong, a valley surrounded mostly by a mountain range made...

TASIK CHINI: A Documentary on the Environment in Malaysia

Tasik Chini is a dying lake in Malaysia. Once before, it was known for its beautiful lotus flowers and water lilies. But now, the lake is slowly dying from pollution due to many factors like open-pit mining,...