The Book of Distance (2020)

Directed by

Randall Okita

Country

Canada

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This virtual reality film places viewers inside the experiences of the director's grandfather during the Japanese Canadian internment in World War II. It uses animation and immersive technology to tell a family story of forced relocation.

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What happens

The Book of Distance is a Canadian virtual reality documentary film, directed by Randall Okita and released in 2020. Made for the National Film Board of Canada, the film is an animated immersive environment placing the viewer inside the context of Okita's grandfather Yonezo Okita's experiences during the internment of Japanese Canadians in World War II. The film premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Its subsequent screenings included the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Animation in the Immersed program, and the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma, where it won the Horizons award. It was released commercially to the Steam, Oculus and Viveport platforms. The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Immersive Experience at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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