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Plastisapiens

Miri Chekhanovich and Édith Jorisch with Dpt.
2022 | 15 min
Virtual Reality - Quest 2
English

Awards and Festivals

  • Official SelectionTribeca (2022)

  • Official SelectionFestival du nouveau cinéma, Montreal (2022)

  • DocLab Special Jury Award for Creative TechnologyIDFA, Amsterdam (2022)

  • XR ExperiencePrix NUMIX, Montréal (Canada) 2023

  • BEST INNOVATION VRCinequest (USA) 2023

  • Prix de l'impactNewImages Festival, Paris (France) 2023

  • BEST EXPERIENCE/TECHNIQUEGuanajuato International Film Festival (Mexique) 2023

Trailer



One-liner


Two-liner


Long synopsis


About the user experience


Q&A with Édith and Miri

Excerpts

Excerpt: Chapter 1


Excerpt: Chapter 2


Excerpt: Chapter 3



Images







Team


Edith Jorisch
Writer and Director


Photo
Photo : Maxyme G. Delisle




Miri Chekhanovich
Writer and Director


Photo
Photo : Katya Konioukhova




Maude Thibodeau
Experience Director (Dpt.)


Photo
Photo : Anouk Lessard, L'Éloi




Raphaëlle Sleurs
Producer (Dpt.)


Photo




Nicolas S. Roy
Creative Director (Dpt.)


Photo




Isabelle Repelin
Producer (NFB)


Photo
Photo : Valérie Sangin




Marie-Pier Gauthier
Producer (NFB)


Photo
Photo : NFB




Louis-Richard Tremblay
Executive Producer (NFB)


Photo
Photo : NFB



Credits

Produced by
Dpt. 
The National Film Board of Canada
Lalibela Productions

Original Idea
Miri Chekhanovich
Édith Jorisch

Written and Directed by
Miri Chekhanovich
Édith Jorisch

Art Direction, Concept, Script, Design and Programming
Dpt.

Music and Sound Design
Ori Alboher

Narration
Miri Chekhanovich

Voiceover Coach
Benoit Rousseau

DPT. TEAM

Creative Director
Nicolas S. Roy

Experience Director
Maude Thibodeau

Producer
Raphaëlle Sleurs

Unity Developer
Thibault Séquier

3D Artists
Pierre Chaumont
Cindy Ou
Jules Riou-Bourgeois

NFB INTERACTIVE STUDIO

Producers
Marie-Pier Gauthier
Isabelle Repelin

Executive Producer
Louis-Richard Tremblay

Senior Production Coordinator
Véronique Tessier

Technology Director
Martin Viau

Interactive Media Coordinator
Caroline Fournier

Administrator
Marie-Andrée Bonneau

Senior Administrative Coordinator
Isabelle Limoges

Production Coordinator
Isabelle Gatti
Evelyne Cortes Oquendo

Legal Services
Christian Pitchen

Project Manager, Digital Products
Catherine Perreault

Audio Recording
Luc Léger

Technical Coordinator (post-production)
Mira Mailhot

Marketing Manager
Laurianne Désormiers

With the contribution of the Interactive Studio team
Marie-Ève Babineau
Johanna Lessard
Sergiu Suciu

Lalibela Productions
Miri Chekhanovich
Danae Elon

With the financial participation of
Canada Media Fund
The National Film Board of Canada
Makor Foundation for Israeli Films
The Israel Film Council
The Ministry for Culture and Sports

On behalf of Makor Foundation for Israeli Films
Amit Goren
Eveline Kluger Kadish

This project was made possible thanks to the New Identities initiative, launched with the valuable contribution of:
The Consulate General of Israel in Montreal
Festival du nouveau cinéma
The Haifa International Film Festival
HUB Montréal
Xn Quebec
The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund

THANK YOU

For the Canada Media Fund
Nathalie Clermont
Stéphane Cosentino
Marie-France Thérien
Marilou Loncol-Daigneault

For the Makor Foundation for Israeli Films
Amit Goren
Eveline Kluger Kadish
Nir Sa’ar

For the Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
Ziv Naveh, CEO
Tal Haring
Guy Ofran
Sharon Shamir
Miriam Ben Yosef
Yael Yakirevich
Liron Benzguida Partush

Special thanks to
Danae Elon
Maude-Isabelle Delagrave
Ana Brzezinska
Kaléidoscope
René Pinnell
Tara Brach
Michal Peleg Alboher
Yehezkel Raz
Guillaume Vasseur
Raphaëlle Rousseau
Fringe festival, Adelaide (AU)

© 2022 Dpt., National Film Board of Canada, Lalibela Productions



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