A young African woman wishes her grandmother whom she has never known were present. In this Japanese village, with a woman who has lost her daughter, an appeal to loved ones is whispered. And a comforting ghost reappears.

Filmmaking workshop in November-December 2013 in Tawara, a village near Nara, the birthplace of the Japanese film director Naomi Kawase, who directed this film with her assistants and the team from the Film Department.

Type
Grands Ateliers BA
Runtime
10 min
Year
2014
Country
Switzerland
Aspect ratio
1.1:77 (16/9)
Sound
Stereo
Shooting format
XDCAMEX
Language
Japanese
Subtitles
English
Direction
Catherine Ofwono Anyango
Production
HEAD – Geneva
Screenplay
Catherine Ofwono Anyango
Photography
Catherine Ofwono Anyango
Editing
Catherine Ofwono Anyango
Sound
Catherine Ofwono Anyango
Co-production
Nara Film Festival Organizing Committee

A young African woman wishes her grandmother whom she has never known were present. In this Japanese village, with a woman who has lost her daughter, an appeal to loved ones is whispered. And a comforting ghost reappears.

Filmmaking workshop in November-December 2013 in Tawara, a village near Nara, the birthplace of the Japanese film director Naomi Kawase, who directed this film with her assistants and the team from the Film Department.

Type
Grands Ateliers BA
Runtime
10 min
Year
2014
Country
Switzerland
Aspect ratio
1.1:77 (16/9)
Sound
Stereo
Shooting format
XDCAMEX
Language
Japanese
Subtitles
English

Direction
Catherine Ofwono Anyango
Production
HEAD – Geneva
Screenplay
Catherine Ofwono Anyango
Photography
Catherine Ofwono Anyango
Editing
Catherine Ofwono Anyango
Sound
Catherine Ofwono Anyango
Co-production
Nara Film Festival Organizing Committee