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One tree is chopped down and another planted. The community takes part in the ritual in this Japanese village kept going by the forces of nature and their benevolent spirits. A meditation at the heart of the timeless beauty of the forest.

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
15 min
Year
2014
Country
Switzerland
Aspect ratio
1.1:77 (16/9)
Sound
5.1
Shooting format
XDCAMEX
Language
Japanese
Subtitles
English
Direction
Sophie Perrier
Production
HEAD – Geneva
Screenplay
Sophie Perrier Masanori Omori
Asssitant Director
Shinji Kitagawa
Photography
Masanori Omori
Editing
Sophie Perrier
Sound
Sophie Perrier, Raphaël Harari
Sound editing
Sophie Perrier Adrien Kessler
Sound mix
Adrien Kessler
Colorgrading
Raphael Frauenfelder
Co-production
Nara Film Festival Organizing Committee

One tree is chopped down and another planted. The community takes part in the ritual in this Japanese village kept going by the forces of nature and their benevolent spirits. A meditation at the heart of the timeless beauty of the forest.

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
15 min
Year
2014
Country
Switzerland
Aspect ratio
1.1:77 (16/9)
Sound
5.1
Shooting format
XDCAMEX
Language
Japanese
Subtitles
English

Direction
Sophie Perrier
Production
HEAD – Geneva
Screenplay
Sophie Perrier Masanori Omori
Asssitant Director
Shinji Kitagawa
Photography
Masanori Omori
Editing
Sophie Perrier
Sound
Sophie Perrier, Raphaël Harari
Sound editing
Sophie Perrier Adrien Kessler
Sound mix
Adrien Kessler
Colorgrading
Raphael Frauenfelder
Co-production
Nara Film Festival Organizing Committee

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