4/4. Who Tends A Garden

"Of woods and seas, belong to me. We went to the woods and knew we knew nothing. We saw the sea and shrunk to our feet. I'm in charge of the fading out. Of the stumbling deeper into the dream" - Benjamin Niespodziany

CICLOPE 2023 - WINNER

GOLD - Cinematography

SILVER - Colour Grading

BRONZE - Production Design

FEATURES

Shots - shots.net/news/view/how-andrew-de-zen-found-peace-in-a-japanese-forest

Directors Notes - directorsnotes.com/2023/10/06/andrew-de-zen-of-woods-and-seas/

LBB - lbbonline.com/news/film-club-alaskan-tapes-of-woods-and-seas

Starring

Shogen

Itsuwa Sato

Kenji Sato

Kyle Hollett

Artist: Alaskan Tapes

Production Company: Nakama Film

Written & Directed by: Andrew De Zen

Executive Produced by: Kenji Lepretre Sato, Radke Films, Stept Studios

Produced by: Adam Maruniak

Associate Producer: Simon Amar

Production Manager: Yuki Defago

Casting: Kaiju Inc

Cinematographer: Oliver Millar

Production Coordinator: Antoine Migita

Production Assistants: Ted Devo, Yukiko Nagata, Anna Hasimoto

Assistant Director: David Roncin

1st AC: Devin Karrington

2nd AC & Loader: Shun Kitagawa, Rebecca Steele, Takuya Murakami

Steadicam Op: Takuma Iwata

Gaffer: Jun Tanaka

Key Grip: Jon Glendon

Grip: Aiko Tsuneyuki

Sound Mixer: Lyle Smollett

Production Designer: Caitlin Byrnes

Art Director: Brodie Kitchen

Art Assistants: Ippei Kuma, Sui

Wardrobe: Alyson Holler

Hair and Makeup: Kita Nahanni

Editor: Michael Barker

Editorial: Outsider

Edit Assistant: Riangelo Melaria

Colorist: Sam Gilling

Color: Bacon X

Color Producer: Camilla Strandskov

VFX: Impossible Objects

VFX Supervisor: Zach Zombek

VFX Producer: Sarah James

Tokyo VFX Supervisor: Jesse Franklin

Sound Design & Mix: Nikolay Antanov

Film Lab: Fotokem LA