OKAWARI
2022 | France et Canada | Directed by Landia Egal and Amaury La Burthe | Produced by Tiny Planets, Dpt. and Novelab | English, French
30 min
Licensing
With your friends, you are on the way to creating your own experience
Welcome to our izakaya restaurant, Okawari. Take a seat and discover our wide selection of specialties, side dishes and drinks. We are constantly innovating : thanks to our magic device, everything is free! Go ahead and treat yourself, we don’t ask for anything in return. We offer you the freedom to consume as much as you like. Where will this gastronomic adventure take you? It all depends on your appetite, your friends, the time you have, and everything we can do to satisfy you.
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
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- OFFICIAL COMPETITION | Venice Immersive (2022)
- DOC Lab spotlight | IDFA (20220
CREDITS
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Written and directed by
Landia Egal
Amaury La Burthe
Narrated by
Cyril Dion
Landia Egal
Connected to the content format
UMAMI, by Thomas Pons and Landia Egal
Music by
Dubline Studios
Yponeko
Environmental impacts engineer
Marie-Véronique Gauduchon, Coopérative Carbone
Gastronomy and Japan consultant
Ryoko Sekiguchi
Set design by
Studio Jonas Hejduk
D’une certaine façon
Produced & built by
Tiny Planets
Dpt.
Novelab
Coproduced by
Newtopia
Executive production by
Landia Egal, Tiny Planets
Amaury La Burthe, Novelab
Nicolas S. Roy, Dpt.
Coproduction by
Magali Payen, Newtopia
Adrien Mazeau, Newtopia
Project managers & Producers
Raphaëlle Sleurs, Dpt.
Jérémy Boistière, Novelab
Ahmed Ben Amor, assistant, Novelab
Art directors & Modeling supervisors
Maude Thibodeau, Dpt.
Nicolas Morlet, Novelab
Raed Moussa, Dpt.
Software architect
Thomas Gredin, Novelab
Lead developers
Thomas Gredin, Novelab
Thibault Sequier, Dpt.
Developers
Agathe Limouzy, Novelab
Gaetan Thiesson, Dpt.
Howard Phieu, Dpt.
Yannick Comte, Novelab
Robin Picou, Novelab
Sound designers
Florent Dumas, Novelab
Antoine Wert, Novelab
3D artists
Cindy Ou, Dpt.
Hugo Peillet, Novelab
Jules Riou-Bourgeois, Dpt.
Technical artists
Antoine Tardieu, Novelab
Graphic designer
Nicholas Peek, Dpt.
Animator
Alan Sorio, Novelab
Corporate managers
Clément Chériot, Novelab
Stéphanie Emond, Dpt.
Sophie Flament, Tiny Planets
Supported by
FMC
CNC
SODEC
Région Occitanie
Novelab
Tiny Planets
Dpt.
Newtopia
Ademe
France Relance
Toulouse Métropole
Le Quai des Savoirs
Written by
Landia Egal and Thomas Pons
in collaboration with Ryoko Sekiguchi and Charles Ayats
Graphic author & Art director
Thomas Pons
Based on an original idea
by Thomas Pons and Landia Egal
from the original universe created by Thomas Pons
Directed by
Thomas Pons and Landia Egal
Distributed by
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
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We have been maturing Okawari for over two years of intense discussions about the vision, the interactive design and how to engage users in an experience that we hope will have an impact on reality.
We think art should be committed to the reconstruction of a world in which we can/want to live: sustainable, equitable, respectful of all living beings.
We ask ourselves the question of the ratio between the positive externalities (setting a positive example, raising awareness, creating alternative imaginaries, …) and negative externalities (use of non-renewable resources, pollution, waste, …) associated with the design, production and distribution of a project.
If the negative externalities we anticipate seem greater than the positive externalities, then it is better not to do it, to stay in bed, or to do something else! It is as simple (and complicated) as that.
⎯⎯⎯ Landia Egal and Amaury La Burthe
Landia Egal
Director
Landia Egal is an immersive author, director and the founder of the production company Tiny Planets. She is committed to the creation of more sustainable and equitable imaginaries that can have an influence on reality.
Amaury La Burthe
Director
Amaury La Burthe is a director, creative technologist and the founder of the immersive studio Novelab. He started in R&D working for Sony and later joined Ubisoft to work on AAA franchises, such as Prince of Persia and Far Cry. As a creator, Amaury has won several international recognitions such as the Tribeca film festival Storyscapes, the Peabody and the Europa Awards.
