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Letter From Sapporo (2021)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 36M

Director : Morgan Quaintance

Synopsis

Commissioned for S-AIR’s 2020 residency programme, Letter from Sapporo (2021) is a collage film offering a glimpse of daily life in the Japanese city of Sapporo. The film is the product of approximately 16 participants capturing material with their smartphones. Focusing on moments of stillness, intimacy, labour and humour, disparate material is wedded into a compelling and coherent whole by Quaintance’s subtle editing, original music and vivid sound design.

Actors

Crews

Masato Hatanaka
Masato Hatanaka
Cinematography
Toshiya Kubo
Toshiya Kubo
Cinematography
Yuki Yamamoto
Yuki Yamamoto
Cinematography
Fuyuka Shindo
Fuyuka Shindo
Cinematography
Kei Ryuguchi
Kei Ryuguchi
Cinematography
Rentaro Yamato
Rentaro Yamato
Cinematography
Karumi Matsubara
Karumi Matsubara
Cinematography
Tetsuro Ohashi
Tetsuro Ohashi
Cinematography
Sayaka Hirayama
Sayaka Hirayama
Cinematography
Misaki Harada
Misaki Harada
Cinematography
Chiemi Shirakawa
Chiemi Shirakawa
Cinematography
Aya Nagahama
Aya Nagahama
Cinematography
Asaki Nakagawa
Asaki Nakagawa
Cinematography
Mao Kikuchi
Mao Kikuchi
Cinematography
Inori Takagi
Inori Takagi
Cinematography
Suzuka Yamamoto
Suzuka Yamamoto
Cinematography
Kyoko Tachibana
Kyoko Tachibana
Cinematography
Hisashi Shibata
Hisashi Shibata
Cinematography
Umi Hagitani
Umi Hagitani
Cinematography
Morgan Quaintance
Morgan Quaintance
Director
Morgan Quaintance
Morgan Quaintance
Editor
Morgan Quaintance
Morgan Quaintance
Music
Morgan Quaintance
Morgan Quaintance
Sound Designer

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