NFB Collection
Le livre de la distance
2020~ 30 minInteractive: VR/AR/Mixed Reality
By: Randall Okita
Production: David Oppenheim (Office national du film du Canada)Anita Lee (Office national du film du Canada)
En 1935, Yonezo Okita quitte sa maison d’Hiroshima, au Japon, et commence une nouvelle vie au Canada. Puis, la guerre et le racisme cautionné par l’État viennent tout changer : il devient l’ennemi. Trois générations plus tard, son petit-fils, l’artiste Randall Okita, nous convie à un pèlerinage interactif virtuel dans une émouvante histoire d’immigration et de famille, à la recherche d’un passé perdu.
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Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Asian OriginsImmigration Experience and Social Adjustment
- Families > Immigrant Experience
- Politics and Government - Canada > World War II
- History - Canada - 1920-1945 > World War II
Credits
- writer
- Randall Okita
- creator
- Randall Okita
- producer
- David Oppenheim
- executive producer
- Anita Lee
- delegate producer
- Kate Vollum
- artistic director
- Sam Javanrouh
- Sam Javanrouh
- lead artist
- Emma Burkeitt
- 3D artist
- Jeremy Canton
- Paul Constance
- Omran Faour
- Jenny Bermas
- concept artist
- Mohammed Karam
- Rupinder Sidhu
- programmation
- Michael Sebele
- Jord Farrell
- Nicholas Fox Gieg
- Matthew Fabb
- sound designer
- Menalon
- music
- Menalon
- sound
- Menalon
- MoCap technician
- Aylwin Lo
- featuring
- Lloyd Okita
- voice
- Marc-André Grondin
- Colm Feore
- UX consultant
- Stefan Grambart
- Pietro Gagliano
- animator
- Moysis Antoniou
- Prashanth Bhogaraju
- Kerie Green
- Liam McLaughlin
- graphic art designer
- Geoff Watson
- production coordinator
- Jennifer Bertling
- Andrew Martin-Smith
- Frances Nyarko-Mensah
- Carly Kastner
- head of production and studio
- Mark Wilson
- production supervisor
- Marcus Matyas
- technical coordinator
- Kevin Riley
- studio administrator
- Patricia Bourgeois
- Stefanie Brantner
- Leslie Anne Poyntz
- unit production manager
- Jennifer Bertling
- interpreter
- Tomomi Kataoka
- Catherine Sachi Kikuchi
- film research
- Pamela Grimaud
- legal counsel
- Peter Kallianiotis
- press attaché
- Jennifer Mair
- marketing manager
- Gabrielle Harvey
- Tammy Peddle
- Laurianne Désormiers
- marketing coordinator
- Sophie Thouin
- Stéphanie Quevillon
- social media strategist
- Émilie Nguyen Ngoc
- Hannah Martin
- community outreach and partnerships lead
- Laura Mingail
- senior DevOps
- Sergiu Raul Suciu
- infrastructure specialist
- Sergiu Raul Suciu
- head, systems infrastructure
- Bruno Gervasi
- engineer, development & media
- Frank Nadeau
- technical project coordinator
- Mira Mailhot
- director, R&D and digital platforms
- Jimmy Fournier
- project manager, digital products
- Catherine Perreault
- technical coordinator, digital products
- Ana Appleyard
- graphics
- Alexander Perkins
- background supervisor
- Matthew Morgan
- junior programmer
- Marishka Kalathil Zachariah
- Jord Farrell
- technical R&D
- Jonathon Corbier
- Tyler Sammy
- demo editor
- Mike Reisacher
- microsite design
- Trevor Kerr
- production assistant
- Max Wolfond
Awards
- Best Work in the Digital Media Division (The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Prize)International Educational Program Contest Japan Prize
- Best in Animation (VIFF Immersed)International Film Festival
- Best Immersive ExperienceCanadian Screen Awards
- Best StorytellingXRMust XR Awards
- Best XP of the yearXRMust XR Awards
- Best Cinematography or Visual DesignXRMust XR Awards
- VR Golden Fireball Award with a prize of 6000 USDKaohsiung International Film Festival
- Interactive: Youth (11-17)World Media Festival
- Outstanding Achievement in Virtual Reality ExperiencesNo Proscenium Awards
- FWA of the DayFavourite Website Awards
- Webby Winner in Virtual & Remote: Best Narrative ExperienceThe Webby Awards
- VR Story AwardBeyond the Frame Festival
- Prix HorizonFestival du nouveau cinéma
- Prix SMARTFIPADOC- Festival international documentaire
- Best Immersive StorySandbox Immersive Festival