Texada
2023 | Canada | Directed by Josephine Anderson and Claire Sanford | Produced by ONF | NFB | English, French
17 min.
Licensing
How big is time? On the remote Canadian island of Texada, the everyday existence of human life—work, play and dreams—is juxtaposed with the tectonic shifts of the planet rising and falling in cyclical patterns of creation, extinction and renewal. In this impressionistic VR project, co-directors Claire Sanford and Josephine Anderson merge 360-degree live-action footage, captured across the island mining community, with 3D animation of geologic upheaval to create an immersive, poetic experience.
Real and imagined landscapes document a journey through the Earth’s formation to the current moment: twinned streams of existence mixing and mingling in an ever-changing flow. As geologic forces continue to unfold, the only constant is transformation. Yet amongst the great heave of history, glimpses of temporal beauty, like finding beautiful stones on a beach, help us understand our place in the universe.
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Awards and festivals
- Doc LabIDFA Doc Lab Competition For Immersive Non-Fiction, Amsterdam (2023)
Credits
Written and Directed by
Claire Sanford Josephine Anderson
Featuring
Michael Sanford
Jacob Robert
Deniece Sulyma
With the Participation of
Sarah Bond
Mike Cocchrane
Ava Gordon
Jewels Goforth Smullin
Alivia Gussman
Peder Norbygaard
Dale Robertson
Carole Robertson
Dean Robertson
Morgan Robertson
Carlie Robertson
Paige Spence
Peter Stiles
Arleen Suen
Ted Thomson
Darren Zant
Producers
Nicholas Klassen
Dana Dansereau
Executive Producer
Rob McLaughlin
Project Manager
Jasmine Pullukatt
Technical Director
Vincent McCurley
Developer
Charm Games
Alan Jernigan (Studio Director)
Will Phillips (Art Director)
Matt Austin (Technical Lead)
Cory S Hawthorne (Audio Lead)
Derek Young (Creative Director)
Dinos Tsiknis (Technical Director)
Isabelle Rash (Operations Manager)
Cinematographers
Claire Sanford
Josephine Anderson
Sound Recordists
Claire Sanford
Josephine Anderson
Sound Designer
Hanna Matahri
Music
Elori Saxl
Creative Consultant
Jonny Ostrem
Story Consultant
Jessica Dymond
Colour Grading
Elemental Post
Graphic Designer
Kara Blake
Studio Operations Managers
Camille Fillion
Janine Steele
Studio Administrator
Victoria Angell
XR Distribution and Market Development
Tammy Peddle
Marketing Coordinator
Julie Fortin
Publicist
Katja De Bock
Legal Services
Peter Kallianiotis
Many Thanks to
Comox Valley Art Gallery Curated Residency Program
Special Thanks to
Karen Vanderborght • Faron Gallier • Winston Lanyon • Mark Dolmont • Sacha Ratcliffe • Angela Somerset • Denise Lawson • Glen Sanford • Selina Crammond • DOXA Documentary Film Festival • Tony Massil • Olivia McGilchrist • Nicolas Ayerbe Barona • Teri Snelgrove • Annabella Stoll-Dansereau • Stephanie Reed Peter Lock • Julie Clarke• Scott Bainbridge • Amira Abouelalla • Leena Minifie • Rosemary & Max Anderson • Lisa Blackwell • Daniel Anderson • Matthew Anderson • Christopher Anderson • Bryan Marthaler • Freja Marthaler • Deborah Dumka • Hannah Sanford • Sophie Sanford • Mike Sanford • Doug Dumka Charlotte Meredith •Kim George • Fox George-Sanford
Note from the directors
We are fortunate to have grown up at the edge of the Salish Sea, with its mountains and valleys, its cedars, firs and sword ferns, its black-tailed deer, whiskered seals and bioluminescent tides. The memories of our earliest childhood wonders reside here, alongside those of generations who called the region home long before our parents and grandparents arrived on its shores.
It also holds the stories of multigenerational pains and cruelties. All of these threads are interwoven, and our vantage is but one in the grand expanse of time. For many thousands of years, Texada Island has been home and host to the Tla’amin, shíshálh and K’ómoks peoples. We are deeply grateful to those with whom we share this place.
Joséphine Anderson
Director
Josephine Anderson is a Vancouver-based documentary filmmaker who works across the documentary and interactive formats to address themes like time, irreverence and female experience. Josephine’s work has screened at international festivals, including Tribeca and IDFA, and has been presented by The New Yorker Documentary, Vimeo Staff Picks, CBC, the Canada Council for the Arts.
Claire Sanford
Director
Claire Sanford is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and video artist whose work explores the natural world, human identity and how they overlap. Her projects have been exhibited internationally at film festivals and galleries, including IDFA, DOC NYC, Hot Docs and TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten, and on online platforms such as Vimeo Staff Picks.ng your block.
