Films. The power to change our world.

Cinema, a global language, constantly adapts to reflect its era.
The greatest films inevitably address the most compelling social issues of their times.


One of the most urgent problems we now face is protecting the Earth’s environment.
While many individual films have grappled with how to sustain our environment,
no international film festival has yet stepped up to champion this issue.


This is why we are gathering filmmakers here in Tokyo to think about
how to care for our planet and propose solutions.
We hope our ideas will resonate far beyond the film community,
contributing to the global conversation on our planet’s future.


By engaging with the environmental crisis as filmmakers,
we can find new ways to imagine our relationship with the Earth.
Because we make films, but the Earth made us.

Action! for Earth 2009