Masato Hatanaka

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.

This drama depicts the turbulent daily life of the heroine, who works in the family's tofu shop, and her father and daughter.

Shot on a mobile phone and funded by Nokia, Thailand to promote their first phone with integrated camera.