2021 Canadian Screen Awards.

WINNER
Best Immersive Experience

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The Book of Distance

Synopsis:

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.

Nominees:

Randall Okita, David Oppenheim, Anita Lee

Production Company:

National Film Board of Canada


The Book of Distance

Synopsis:

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.

Nominees:

Randall Okita, David Oppenheim, Anita Lee

Production Company:

National Film Board of Canada

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