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Watch Party - Watch the Cynefin programme along with other festival goers and get involved in the live chat!


With no direct translation to English, ‘cynefin’ is a Welsh word rooted in the environment around you; highlighting that warm tingly feeling you get when you feel at peace, becoming one with nature. Wherever you are, join us to watch these films together apart and feel a sense of cynefin with us. This programme will take you around the world and back, showcasing films set in Hong Kong, Spain, and the gorgeous Irish countryside; depicting strangers' private moments at home and on their evening train commutes; and acting as a voyager to the past, present, and future.

A hunter who lives in the mountain knows the bears well. She apologizes to each bear every time she kills one, but she has to, for it is how she makes her living. One evening, she comes across a bear and when she is about to kill it, the bear speaks to her.

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    7:27
  • Language
    Japanese
  • Country
    Japan
  • Director
    Sayaka Hara
  • Screenwriter
    Kenji Miyazawa
  • Cast
    Sumiko Wakatsuki, Mamoru Goino
  • Editor
    Ping Lin
  • Animator
    Katarzyna Mencfel-Wenglarczyk, Lea Pietrzyk
  • Composer
    Mari Funabashi
  • Sound Design
    Volkan Usta, Kyrin Chen