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This is a symposium project on Little egrets (Egretta Garzetta) to study the differences in foraging behaviour in artificial and natural feeding grounds.

Four individuals, Ooi Kim Thong, Lim Chin Kiat, Ms Lim, and Koh Ben Hwee, bring us through a nostalgic journey of their time in Pearls Centre. Their memories from decades ago resurface as they reminisce about the good old days, when Pearls Centre was full of life. This documentary explores the inner emotions of these elderly workers, as well as the special bonds that have been forged between them over the years. Pearls Centre will soon be gone, but the memories of these people will live on forever.

Every year, a large number of children with birth defects are born in Shanxi Province. The local government claims that due to the lack of folic acid in soil, the pregnant women were undernourished. On the other hand, some experts assert that it is the coal industry, which harms the environment, that is the real culprit of freak babies. Ou Ou, like many other children, was abandoned because of her deformity. Fortunately, they were adopted by a kind couple who took in and brought up 39 children alike. However, the children die one after the other. When spring comes, Ou Ou, who is disabled, will go for treatment in the province. Ai Min will go to preschool in the village, together with Shu Shu who has cerebral palsy. With beautiful pear flowers filling the mountain, flickering in the wind, will it bring the hope?每一年，在中國煤礦大省山西出生的畸形兒不計其數。當地政府斷言燃煤造成的環境污染對孕婦與小孩促使了這一切。偶偶，就像其他畸形兒一樣，因為身體的殘缺而被家人遺棄。不幸中的大幸是，他們都被住在那裡的一對好心夫婦所領養。然而，畸形兒卻也敵不過現實與健康的魔掌，而相繼夭折。美麗的春天就要來臨了，偶偶將要到外省去接受治療。而Ai Min 將與患有大腦麻痺症的ShuShu 到村內的一所學校上課。燦爛的梨花覆蓋了山，伴隨著風而飛翔，不知會否為他們帶來更美麗的希望？

Despite a drastic decline in the provision shop business in Singapore, owners from a 53 year old provision shop share their feelings and work in the trade. Rediscovering relationships between people of yesteryear, keeping a memory of what will be history in the near future.在新加坡這個繁華城市中，雜貨店已漸漸步入了夕陽工業。然而，一間經營了53年的雜貨店老闆分享著這份行業的苦與甜，讓經驗帶著我們回到過去。

Yonit, Ido, and their son Kim embark on a journey throughout Israel, accompanied by a donkey that carries what was left from their past lives. They stroll through random paths and trails, their final destination unclear, they are not limited in time nor place. Their journey enables Yonit to focus on her life mission- locating elderly people from diverse cultures that are growing extinct along with the knowledge they possess of traditional crafts. Yonit seeks to obtain this knowledge, to document and preserve it, in order to pass it on to future generations before it is eternally lost.

A documentary about Michael Lim, a Taoist medium, embarks on the annual Hindu journey of Thaipusam to fulfill his promise to the gods, with the support of his devotees and family.

In Thailand, all males turning 21 years old must participate in the military draft lottery. Drawing a black card grants exemption. Drawing a red card results in two years of military service. DRAFT DAY follows two women, who were born as men, as they participate in the drafting process.

Village Renaming in Southern Thailand. When the names of communities and places were changed by the Thai officials from Melayu into Thai, local people felt alienated from the places they had been bound to since ancestral times. Thus, efforts were made to reclaim the meaningful Melayu names. 

A short documentary about a hoarder.

The Orang Laut Seletar were once a proud tribe, roaming freely in the straits between Malaysia and Singapore. Living on boats, they only step on land to bury the dead.Since giving up their seafaring ways to relocate to land, the Orang Laut have seen their traditions and culture slowly fading with the passing of time.Developments along the coast of Johor has severely diminished the sea life and they struggle to catch enough to feed themselves. The Orang Laut fears for the future.The sea is what the Orang Laut knows and they are reluctant to leave it and work on land. Fighting to hold on to the familiar, this documentary shows their plight from an Orang Laut’s perspective.

Padek, Bungo, Habibah and many other kids from the Kubu tribe live deep inside the rainforest of Banai, West Sumatra. They have a strong desire to learn to read and write in Indonesian as well as mathematics, even though they actually do not really understand why they should learn those things. Is it for a better life or just as a mere game between going hunting and swimming together in the river? They still don’t know what kind of change awaits them and their tribe tomorrow.

Koh Mak, Thailand. Paradise on earth. And "Geppi" traveling 6000 miles to where time does not matter. But it should soon become more than just holidays. Having settled down with his own restaurant, "Geppi" talks about what living on the island is like and reflects on what a fulfilling life means to him. This story dwells on what paradise really is.