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Hothouse 1 - Submerge: Kami No Yu

Name: Hothouse 1 - Submerge: Kami No Yu
Duration: 1 min

Cindy Mochizuki

2003 | 1 min

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This short animation film is a “water poem,” set in a Japanese ofuro hot bath. It explores water as a medium and repository for collective stories and was created in a hybrid new media form using animation, video and split screens.

Produced as part of the first edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship. Theme was "Water and Our Relationship to It".

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Credits

director

Cindy Mochizuki
mentoring director

Christopher Hinton
sound

Lance Neveu
music

Lance Neveu
production collaborator

Richard Lesage

Phyllis Lewis
digital imaging team

Jean-Marc Brosseau

Susan Gourley

Ines Hardtke

Pierre Plouffe
post-production

Shelley Craig

Denis Gathelier

Geoffrey Mitchell
administration

Gisèle Guilbault

Elaine Largie

Renée Major
executive producer

David Verrall
producer

Michael Fukushima