Directors shoot short films in tribute to March 11 victims

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress and film director Kaori Momoi (front) talks to Japanese film director Naomi Kawase (seen on screen) in Tokyo on July 27, 2011. Kawase, a Cannes International Film Festival award-winner, and Momoi are among dozens of film directors around the world who have made short films in dedication to the victims of March's earthquake and tsunami, in response to calls from organizers of a film festival to be held in disaster-hit Sendai in the autumn.

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