Sou

20063 minFilm: Experimental, Animation

Direction: Theodore Ushev

Production: Michael FukushimaMatthew HornburgMark BishopSilva BasmajianJudy Gladstone

Co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Marblemedia in association with Sundance, and with the financial participation of Ericsson.

Set to a kinetic soundtrack, Sou is a dazzling multi-layered animated collage piece on how a Western man, through ill-equipped eyes, views the seductive qualities of the pell mell kitsch that is the modern Japanese society.

Subject categories

  • Social Issues > Foreign Societies

Credits

director
Theodore Ushev
animator
Theodore Ushev
producer
Michael Fukushima
executive producer
Matthew Hornburg
Mark Bishop
Silva Basmajian
Judy Gladstone
music
Nash Music Library
production manager
Andrea Nesbitt
production accountant
Linda Darras
post-production supervisor
Renee Campbell
online editor
Françoise Laprise
Denis Pilon
colourist
Françoise Laprise
Denis Pilon
line production
Douglas MacFarlane
associate producer
Nadine Simunic
production supervisor
Mark Wilson
Kemp Archibald
Samuel Lambert
business & legal affairs
Philippa King
business affairs administrator
Sasha Boersma
legal & business consultant
Kelly Lynne Ashton
head of accounting
Linda Pope
brand development manager
Andrew Lane
office manager
Brooke Weslak

Awards

  • Audience Choice Award - Best MobilePlatform International Animation Festival