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East of the Rockies

Joy Kogawa and Jam3
2019 | 40-60 min
Augmented Reality Experience

Selections and Awards

  • Official SelectionIDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling 2018

  • Official Selection - VIFF Immersed Exhibition Vancouver International Film Festival 2019

  • Prix Coup de Cœur Plaine Commune360 Film Festival, Paris, France (2019)

  • Winner - Arts and Entertainment: Interactive ContentRockie Awards International Program Competition (2020)

  • Best Video Game NarrativeCanadian Screen Awards (2020)


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Teaser


Origin of the project

About the technology


History

Promotional Materials

Images


Still from production

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Team


Joy Kogawa
Author


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Photo : Yukiko Onley




Anne Canute
Script consultant & voice over artist


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Jam3
Designer and Developer


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Photo : Dean West




Jason Legge
Producer


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Photo : Jam3




Rob McLaughlin
Producer


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Credits

By Joy Kogawa and Jam3

Produced by Jam3 and the National Film Board of Canada

Story by
JOY KOGAWA

Script by
WALT WILLIAMS
ANNE CANUTE

Creative Directors
JASON LEGGE
DIRK VAN GINKEL

JAM3

Executive Creative Director
PABLO VIO

Executive Producer
MEDIA RIDHA

Technical Director
PETER ALTAMIRANO

Managing Director / Partner
MARK MCQUILLAN

Executive Creative Directors / Partners
ADRIAN BELINA
PABLO VIO

Director of New Business / Partner
MICHAEL DOBELL

Lead Game Programmer
AMELIE ROSSER

Grafics and Animator Programmer
FABIO TOSTE

Game Programmers
JONATHAN MCKINNELL
STEPHANIE FOK
KEITA ABE

Project Manager
ALEXANDRU PREDUSEL

Production Coordinators
ERIN RAY
SULA GREENE

Interaction Designers
STEVEN MENGIN
MELISSA HERNANDEZ

Voice Over Artists
ANNE CANUTE
JOY KOGAWA

User Experience Designer
MELISSA HERNANDEZ

Art Director
STEVEN MENGIN

Technical Artist
SHAUN LARKIN

Concept Artist
AARON CAMPBELL

Motion Designer
SONIA BASHASH

Storyboard Artist
MELODY TAM

Rigging Artist
DANILO PINHEIRO

Texture Artist
ANDREW GUAN

Motion Capture Performers
YUI AGAI
ALEX AOKI
STEPHANIE FOK
STEVEN MENGIN
ERIN RAY

Researchers
AINSLEY DOTY
KAITLIN FINDLAY

Marketing Coordinator
GRACE HWANG

Sound Design
BOOMBOX
ROGER LEAVENS
DAVID GOUDIE
NICOLE PIMENTEL
UMBER HAMID

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA

Executive Producer
ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN

Producer
ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN

Studio Operations Manager
CAMILLE FILLION

Studio Administrator
CARLA JONES

Marketing Manager
GABRIELLE HARVEY

Marketing Coordinator
STÉPHANIE QUEVILLON

Publicists
KATJA DE BOCK
JENNIFER MAIR

Web Marketing
KATHRYN RUSCITO

CANADIAN RACE RELATIONS FOUNDATION

Executive Director
LILIAN MA

Director, Finance and Administration
ARSALAN TAVASSOLI

Special Thanks
FRANK MORITSUGU
LEATRICE NAKANO CHAN
HIROMU URANO
NANCY RUTH
JORDAN STRANGER-ROSS
BOOKER SIM
ADRIANA CAPARROTI
HENRY LEGGE
DAVINA WONG
NABIL BARAKATI
WILLIAM ANDREW ROSSER
PRAAN MISIR

 



  • About the NFB

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