Beautiful Izu
Tourism Campaign, 2024
Tourism Campaign, 2024
Agency+Production: Lontra
Film Director+Photographer: Sybilla Patrizia
Cinematographer: Jayce Ong
Film Director+Photographer: Sybilla Patrizia
Cinematographer: Jayce Ong
Shot on location in Izu, Japan.
Photo Campaign
Video Campaign
色をこえて青を見る A color I named blue
Coming soon16min
Director&Producer: Sybilla Patrizia
Producer: Mai Hosomura
Executive Producer: Mai Ushikubo, Reina Senga
Cinematography: Andrzej Rudz
Editor: Mariko Ide
Associate Producer: Hidekazu Tsutsui
Gaffer: Yosuke Shimada
Sound Mixing: Kentaro Kimura
Colorist: James Clayton Daniels
Color Assistant: Takashi Albrecht
Featuring:
Kenta Watanabe
Shinya Kato
Supported by:
Yahoo! News Expert Documentary
Arts Council Tokyo [Startup Grant]
Canon Creator Society
Tokyo Docs
Docedge Kolkata
Producer: Mai Hosomura
Executive Producer: Mai Ushikubo, Reina Senga
Cinematography: Andrzej Rudz
Editor: Mariko Ide
Associate Producer: Hidekazu Tsutsui
Gaffer: Yosuke Shimada
Sound Mixing: Kentaro Kimura
Colorist: James Clayton Daniels
Color Assistant: Takashi Albrecht
Featuring:
Kenta Watanabe
Shinya Kato
Supported by:
Yahoo! News Expert Documentary
Arts Council Tokyo [Startup Grant]
Canon Creator Society
Tokyo Docs
Docedge Kolkata
Two Japanese indigo dyers embark on a transformative, inner journey: one uncovers the profound meaning within the hues of blue, while the other finds a new way to see through his colorblindness.
Driven by the memory of a deep shade of blue he cannot forget, Watanabe dedicates his life to the pursuit of recreating Japan’s most perfect shade of indigo. With each passing season, he seeks to understand the unique alchemy of factors that will bring forth his ideal hue — but none succeed. Fate introduces him to Kato, a young artisan who is colorblind. Kato too stands at a crossroads—will he let his condition limit him, or will he use his ability to see color in a way no one else can?
As both men embark on their individual, inner journeys — we witness the deeply personal story of Japan’s most famous color, and uncover the emotional and physical transformations that create this shade of blue.
Driven by the memory of a deep shade of blue he cannot forget, Watanabe dedicates his life to the pursuit of recreating Japan’s most perfect shade of indigo. With each passing season, he seeks to understand the unique alchemy of factors that will bring forth his ideal hue — but none succeed. Fate introduces him to Kato, a young artisan who is colorblind. Kato too stands at a crossroads—will he let his condition limit him, or will he use his ability to see color in a way no one else can?
As both men embark on their individual, inner journeys — we witness the deeply personal story of Japan’s most famous color, and uncover the emotional and physical transformations that create this shade of blue.
AMA — women of the sea
2024
2024
Behind-the-scenes stills from METAMORPHOSIS, a feature-length documentary featuring the story of Japan’s free divers whose century-old tradition is now threatened by “isoyake.” Masae-san and her community are fighting to protect their precious abalone, but will Mie’s Ama culture and the underwater world survive the looming threat caused climate change?
More coming in 2025.
More coming in 2025.
Après surf — a photo essay
2024
2024
Shot in Chiba, Japan.
Shot at the legendary Okura lobby in Tokyo.