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Gymnasia
2019~ 6 minInteractive: Interactive application
By: Chris LavisMaciek SzczerbowskiChris LavisMaciek Szczerbowski
Production: Dana Dansereau (National Film Board of Canada)Paul Raphaël (Félix & Paul Studios)Félix Lajeunesse (Félix & Paul Studios)Robert McLaughlin (National Film Board of Canada)Stéphane Rituit (Félix & Paul Studios)Loc Dao (National Film Board of Canada)Dana DansereauRobert McLaughlin
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Felix & Paul Studios.
Gymnasia is an exploration of memory, and the impossibility of returning to one’s past except through dreams. In a decayed and abandoned school gymnasium—haunted by the ghosts of its history— are stirring memories of a childhood lost. Through virtual reality stop motion animation, puppets, and miniatures, Gymnasia envelops you in an eerily familiar waking dream. It will lead you back into a secret space in your memory. Back to your childhood gymnasium.
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Subject categories
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Emotional Life
- Film and Video Arts > Experimentation
Credits
- digital creator
- Chris Lavis
- Maciek Szczerbowski
- director
- Chris Lavis
- Maciek Szczerbowski
- producer
- Dana Dansereau
- Paul Raphaël
- Félix Lajeunesse
- Dana Dansereau
- executive producer
- Robert McLaughlin
- Stéphane Rituit
- Loc Dao
- Robert McLaughlin
- art director
- Brigitte Henry
- head of VR camera division
- Olivier Deschênes-Biron
- Olivier Deschênes-Biron
- VR camera specialist
- Martin Gros
- Olivier Nadeau-Séguin
- Martin Gros
- Mathieu Gibeault
- Olivier Nadeau-Séguin
- Simon-Benoît Boisvert
- data manager
- Guillaume Mailhot Sabourin
- Alonso Benavente Fortes
- Guillaume Mailhot Sabourin
- Alonso Benavente Fortes
- line production
- Mathieu Dumont
- production coordinator
- Sebastien Baribeau
- Jasmine Pullukatt
- visual effects supervisor
- Jacques Lévesque
- Sebastian Sylwan
- post-production producer
- Éléonore Tuvache
- Patrice Cormier
- post-production coordinator
- Joëlle Boulianne
- assistant editor
- François Beaupré Goulet
- Jeremy Mamisao
- lead compositor
- Jérémy Bazin
- compositor
- Anna-Maria Pacchioni
- Artiom Kusci
- CG supervisor
- François Beaudry
- cg generalist
- Sabrina Parent
- Kim Fredette
- cg facial animation
- Mels Studios and Postproduction
- head of sound and music
- Jean-Pascal Beaudoin
- sound supervision
- Jean-Pascal Beaudoin
- sound editing
- Jean-Pascal Beaudoin
- Michael Ritchie
- sound design
- Jean-Pascal Beaudoin
- Michael Ritchie
- mix
- Jean-Pascal Beaudoin
- Michael Ritchie
- music
- Patrick Watson
- project manager
- Laura Mitchell
- Paisley Smith
- Olivier Barthomeuf
- marketing manager
- Tammy Peddle
- marketing coordinator
- Stéphanie Quevillon
- Sophie Thouin
- Greg Feingold
- publicist
- Nadine Viau
- Katja De Bock
- social media
- Mélissa Sauvé
- Alyssia Duval-Nguon
- studio operations manager
- Camille Fillion
- Janine Steele
- studio administrator
- Carla Jones
- legal services
- Christian Pitchen
- chief technology officer
- Sebastian Sylwan
- creative partner
- Sebastian Sylwan
- camera senior systems designer
- Howard Burman
- technical project manager
- Laura Gouillon
- head of core technologies group
- Florent Cohen
- lead programmer
- Stéphane Goyette
- software developer
- Mostafa Heydari
- David Lapointe
- Kirsty Ellis
- Jonathan Rodriguez
- Vincent Bilodeau
- lead pipeline developer
- Hans Payer
- pipeline developer
- Sara Hilmarsdottir
- Alexis Gervais Chapleau
- head of digital delivery
- Di Wu
- integration
- Donavan Prieur
- Sybile Nivon
- quality assurance
- Nayda Navas
- Kevon Romain
- data scientist
- Nathan Smith
- system administrator
- Marc-Antoine Latour
- Greg Dickie
- controller
- Caroline Côté
- accountant
- Sophie Desjardins
- Lysanne Bourgouin
- executive assistant
- Bianka Pomponi
- content researcher
- Cindy Philippe-Auguste
- script researcher
- Cindy Philippe-Auguste
- studio coordinator
- Valerie St-Jean Larouche
- receptionist
- Shelby Golemic
- runner
- Shelby Golemic
Awards
- Best Virtual Reality- AnimationInternational Animation Festival
- Best Immersive Experience- FictionCanadian Screen Awards
- Best Immersive Film AwardManchester Animation Festival
- Best VR/AR/MRB3 Biennial of the Moving Image