The Book of Distance (2020)
- Directed by
- Randall Okita
- Country
- Canada
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
immersivepersonalhistoricalmeditativequietsoberreflective
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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