731: TWO VERSIONS OF HELL
Director, Camera, Editor, Writer: James T. Hong
Year of Production: 2006-2007
Production format: DVCPRO HD
Language: English
Length: 27.5 minutes
Synopsis: 731: Two Versions of Hell is both a documentary about Japan's World War Two biological weapons facility, Unit 731, and a demonstration of the power of historical revisionism.
Review (in Portuguese)
Review (in German)
Distributed in USA by Filmakers Library, New York
Distributed in Europe by Light Cone, Paris
Selected screenings:
Tel Aviv International Documentary Festival
March, 2007,
Tel Aviv, Israel
Other Cinema
Artist's Television Access
San Francisco, California
April, 2007
The Ann Arbor Film Festival
Michigan, March, 2007
Indielisboa 2007
Lisbon, Portugal, April, 2007
European Media Art Festival
Osnabrueck, Germany, April, 2007
Busan Asian Short Film Festival
Busan, South Korea, May, 2007
SCOPE International Art Fair,
Basel, Switzerland, June, 2007
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival
Portugal, July, 2007
Notthatbalai Art Festival
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August, 2007
Chicago Underground Film Festival
August, 2007
Split Film Festival
Croatia, September, 2007
Antimatter Underground Film Festival
Canada, September, 2007
International Documentary Film Festival Jihlava
Czech Republic, October, 2007
--Best World Documentary Award--
Microwave International Media Arts Festival
Hong Kong, November, 2007
Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival
Germany, November, 2007
International Film Festival Rotterdam
January, 2008
OVNI - Observatori Vídeo No Identificat
Arxius de l'Observatori
Exodus: The Margins of Empire
Barcelona, Spain, 2008
Le Cinéma Oblò
Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008
Festival Signes de Nuit
Paris, France, 2008
Lens Politica
Helsinki, Finland, 2007
Flaherty Film Seminar
Colgate College, New York, June 2008
Amakula Kampala Film Festival
Uganda, Africa, 2008
Doc-Air
www.doc-air.com
Czech Television
2008