Media / Talks / Screenings
Stories travel
beyond the screen.
Films leave the screen and travel to many places: interviews in the media, screenings, talks and all kinds of collaborations. Little by little, I am reaching toward places that film alone cannot reach. (Click a card to go to the original source.)
TV / Press / Award
Media appearances and features
NHK national broadcast
NHK feature, “I Was Only Born”
A national feature on growing up without a family register and on his reporting, which drew a large response.
NHK Hokkaido · Archive
“The Reason I Was Born”
A documentary following his roots and what he puts into his films. Broadcast on May 26, 2021.
NHK NEWS WEB · Archive
“I Was Only Born.”
Distributed nationwide as a web article (July 29, 2021).
Nippon TV · Archive
News Zero, “Updating Japan with the SDGs”
Appeared as a commentator, as a video creator facing social issues.
Wikipedia
Narita Jun's work recorded on Wikipedia
His journey so far has been recorded in the encyclopedia.
Magazine
Featured in Magnify Tokyo magazine
An interview on faith and creativity.
TV feature
Life Line: a feature on Narita Jun
Aired May 2025. In an age when people talk about the “parent lottery,” he spoke about his circumstances and turning points. Both parts are on YouTube.
Passed review
Creativity Seminar 2024: passed review
Passed the review for “What are the films and media that change society?”
Newspaper
Interviewed by the Asahi Shimbun
Covered his upbringing without a family register and his work carrying unheard voices through film.
Newspaper
Featured in the Chunichi Shimbun
Covered his talks and classes at Inuyama Sogo High School.
Award
Cool Japan Award
Awarded for innovation in filmmaking and for sharing Japanese culture.
Award
Green Film Festival 2024 Grand Prize
His environmental film won the grand prize.
Screenings / Talks / Partnership
Screenings and talks
Screening
Patagonia Nagoya: “Small Lives, a Big Future”
A screening to think about the future of the migratory birds of the Fujimae Tidal Flat.
Screening
Screening at FabCafe Nagoya
“Small Lives, a Big Future: Thinking About the Future of the Migratory Birds of the Fujimae Tidal Flat.” May 11, 2024, followed by a cross-talk, “A small step to change the future.”
Screening
Screening at the Fujimae Tidal Flat Activity Center
A screening at the local activity center.
Screening
Screening at TANELABO, Yamanashi
Held at the Yamanashi Prefectural Government's disaster-prevention building, on the theme of “restoring the connection between people and nature.”
Screening
Fujimae Tidal Flat Creatures Festival
Hosted by the Society to Protect the Fujimae Tidal Flat (an annual festival held since 1985). Screened two years in a row, in 2024 and 2025.
Screening
Screening hosted by the NPO Green Journey
A touring screening of “Small Lives, a Big Future.”
Talk
Nagoya ULTLA senior talk
On where creativity meets society. A talk that reached both children and adults.
Talk · Archive
SOZOW Pro LIVE
Telling children about the possibilities of film.
Talk
SOZOW Pro LIVE, part 2
The wish to make people happy is what drives creativity.
Partnership
Patagonia professional partner
A professional partnership with Patagonia International Inc.
Partnership
Pro-bono member of the NPO WELgee
Registered as a pro-bono filmmaker for refugee support.
Talk / Classes
Aichi Prefectural Inuyama Sogo High School: talk and regular classes (2025–2026)
Following the talk “How were you designed?”, three regular classes for high school students: “What is filmmaking?”, “How to make a storyboard” and “Filmmaking with AI.” Also featured in the Chunichi Shimbun.
Screening / Talk
Senkoji Night Market: “Small Lives, a Big Future”
August 2025, Senkoji Temple, Hekinan, Aichi. After the screening, a cross-talk with Koji Kamei, chair of the Society to Protect the Fujimae Tidal Flat, and Patagonia Nagoya.
Talk / Film
JAM Camp 2024–2025 (Antioch Mission)
Shared his testimony with the next generation of youth, and made the camp's film.
Talk
Antioch Mission: Yuiki Special
In October 2024, spoke on “cross-cultural mission through social media.”
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