NFB Collection
The Book of Distance
2020~ 30 minInteractive: VR/AR/Mixed Reality
By: Randall Okita
Production: David OppenheimAnita LeeKate Vollum
In 1935, Yonezo Okita left his home in Hiroshima, Japan, and began a new life in Canada. Then war and state-sanctioned racism changed everything—he became the enemy. Three generations later his grandson, artist Randall Okita, leads us on an interactive virtual pilgrimage through an emotional geography of immigration and family to recover what was lost.
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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
- associate producer
- Kate Vollum
- project manager
- Oliva Amu
- Jessica Parsons
- Robert Sandberg
- art director
- Sam Javanrouh
- lead artist
- Emma Burkeitt
- lead programmer
- Luke Ruminski
- Stephan Tanguay
- 3D artist
- Jeremy Canton
- Paul Constance
- Omran Faour
- Jenny Bermas
- concept artist
- Mohammed Karam
- Rupinder Sidhu
- programmer
- Michael Sebele
- Jord Farrell
- Nicholas Fox Gieg
- Matthew Fabb
- music
- Menalon
- sound design
- Menalon
- rigger
- Twisted Mountain Animation
- MoCap technician
- Aylwin Lo
- featuring
- Lloyd Okita
- story consultant
- David Bezmozgis
- Kerri Sakamoto
- UX consultant
- Stefan Grambart
- Pietro Gagliano
- animation consultant
- Aleks Berland
- animator
- Moysis Antoniou
- Prashanth Bhogaraju
- Kerie Green
- Liam McLaughlin
- graphic design
- Geoff Watson
- production coordinator
- Jennifer Bertling
- Andrew Martin-Smith
- Frances Nyarko-Mensah
- Carly Kastner
- manager, studio operations
- 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
- archival researcher
- Pamela Grimaud
- legal counsel
- Peter Kallianiotis
- publicist
- 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 manager
- Alyssia Duval-Nguon
- Mélissa Sauvé
- 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 coordinator, project
- Mira Mailhot
- director, R&D and digital platforms
- Jimmy Fournier
- project manager, digital products
- Catherine Perreault
- technical coordinator, digital products
- Ana Appleyard
- art lead
- Sam Javanrouh
- graphic artist
- Alexander Perkins
- storyboard artist
- Pavel Loudine
- production designer
- Matthew Morgan
- junior programmer
- Marishka Kalathil Zachariah
- Jord Farrell
- technical R&D
- Jonathon Corbier
- Tyler Sammy
- Unity developer
- Aylwin Lo
- 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