色をこえて青を見る A color I named blue
Documentary Short
16min
Film Festivals:
Sheffield DocFest, International Short Film Competition ‘25
Palm Springs ShortFest, Documentary Short Competition ‘25
Short Shorts Film Festival&Asia, Non-Fiction Competition ‘25
DC/DOX ‘25
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. For years he tries to understand the unique alchemy of factors that will bring forth his ideal hue until fate introduces him to Kato, a young artisan who is colorblind. Together, they uncover a new way to see blue beyond just color.
Featuring:
Kenta Watanabe
Shinya Kato
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
Poster Design: Jan Wojda
Kenta Watanabe
Shinya Kato
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
Poster Design: Jan Wojda
Film Stills:
OUR NEW WORLD
Notre Nouveau Monde — Quand la Terre Nous Surprend
Feature-length documentary and series, 2025
Role: Japan Unit Director
90’+ 52’ (FRA) | 3 × 52’ (ENG, GER)
Boréales, Federation Studios, Lionfish Films, Terra Mater Studios, Servus TV, France Télévisions, USHUAIA TV, CNC, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Notre Nouveau Monde — Quand la Terre Nous Surprend
Feature-length documentary and series, 2025
Role: Japan Unit Director
90’+ 52’ (FRA) | 3 × 52’ (ENG, GER)
Boréales, Federation Studios, Lionfish Films, Terra Mater Studios, Servus TV, France Télévisions, USHUAIA TV, CNC, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Our planet is in a state of flux. Entire ecosystems are transforming under the pressure of a rapidly changing climate.
From mountain peaks to coral seas, habitats are shifting. Species – both animal and plant – must adapt or vanish. Human-made emissions have disrupted nature’s balance. However, there are people on the frontlines, doing what they can to face this transformation head-on. Climate change affects more than just wildlife. It alters the natural rhythms of Earth itself. Droughts and heatwaves are drying out once fertile land, while alpine regions are seeing the opposite: snow and ice retreat, and green takes over. In the oceans, temperate waters are becoming warm enough to host tropical life. The very identity of places is being rewritten.
Filmed in Kenya, Alaska, India, Australia, France and Japan.
From mountain peaks to coral seas, habitats are shifting. Species – both animal and plant – must adapt or vanish. Human-made emissions have disrupted nature’s balance. However, there are people on the frontlines, doing what they can to face this transformation head-on. Climate change affects more than just wildlife. It alters the natural rhythms of Earth itself. Droughts and heatwaves are drying out once fertile land, while alpine regions are seeing the opposite: snow and ice retreat, and green takes over. In the oceans, temperate waters are becoming warm enough to host tropical life. The very identity of places is being rewritten.
Filmed in Kenya, Alaska, India, Australia, France and Japan.
Featuring:
Masae Matsumoto and the Ama community of Osatsu, Mie.
A film by:
Gilles Dufraisse and Fred Fougea
JAPAN UNIT
Director: Sybilla Patrizia
Production Manager: Tina Keiko J.
Fixer: Riho Hayashi
DoP: Ivan Kovac
Underwater DoP: Keiju Kawase
Underwater Assistant: Ken Tachibana
Sound Recordist: Koty
Driver: Ryohei Egami
Service Production: Panic Ball
Masae Matsumoto and the Ama community of Osatsu, Mie.
A film by:
Gilles Dufraisse and Fred Fougea
JAPAN UNIT
Director: Sybilla Patrizia
Production Manager: Tina Keiko J.
Fixer: Riho Hayashi
DoP: Ivan Kovac
Underwater DoP: Keiju Kawase
Underwater Assistant: Ken Tachibana
Sound Recordist: Koty
Driver: Ryohei Egami
Service Production: Panic Ball
Shizuoka Heritage
Tourism Campaign, 2025
Tourism Campaign, 2025
Client: Shizuoka Prefecture
Production: Lontra
Producers: Remi Watabe, Yosuke Ashizawa
Director&Editor: Sybilla Patrizia
DoP: Andrzej Rudz
Colorist: Mai Kawamura
Colorist Producer: Setsuna Go
Production: Lontra
Producers: Remi Watabe, Yosuke Ashizawa
Director&Editor: Sybilla Patrizia
DoP: Andrzej Rudz
Colorist: Mai Kawamura
Colorist Producer: Setsuna Go
Shot on location in Shizuoka, Japan:
Akiha Fire Festival
Hoko-ji Temple
Izu Seinan Coast,
Yusuge Park
Arai Ryokan
Utsunoya Mountain Pass
Kunozan Toshogu Shrine
Miho no Matsubara
Akiha Fire Festival
Hoko-ji Temple
Izu Seinan Coast,
Yusuge Park
Arai Ryokan
Utsunoya Mountain Pass
Kunozan Toshogu Shrine
Miho no Matsubara
Stills
Currently in production
PLASTIC LOVE!
Unwrapping Japan’s toxic affair with plastic
plasticlovefilm.com
Sunny Side of the Doc, Global Pitch 2024, Official Selection
PLASTIC LOVE!
Unwrapping Japan’s toxic affair with plastic
plasticlovefilm.com
Sunny Side of the Doc, Global Pitch 2024, Official Selection
Director, DoP: Sybilla Patrizia
Creative Producer: Clementine Nuttall
Editor: Mariko Ide
Format: 90min Documentary
Original Language: Japanese
Subtitles: Japanese, English
プラスチック・ラブ！
ドキュメンタリー映画
予想上映時間: 90分
言語: 日本語
字幕: 日本語、英語
Creative Producer: Clementine Nuttall
Editor: Mariko Ide
Format: 90min Documentary
Original Language: Japanese
Subtitles: Japanese, English
プラスチック・ラブ！
ドキュメンタリー映画
予想上映時間: 90分
言語: 日本語
字幕: 日本語、英語
From the hands of Tokyo’s trash collectors all the way to a rural Zero Waste village—we follow social trailblazers as they unravel decades of unsustainable practices that have led Japan to become one of the world’s worst, hidden plastic polluters, sparking a search for radical ideas that may save us, and our planet, from a plastic-wrapped future…
日本を世界最大の隠れたプラスチック汚染国の一つに導いた長年の非持続的な慣習を紐解き、都会のゴミ回収業者から地方のゼロ・ウェイスト村まで、社会の先駆者たちを追いかけます。プラスチックに包まれる未来から、私たちと地球を救うかもしれない過激なアイデアを探ります...
日本を世界最大の隠れたプラスチック汚染国の一つに導いた長年の非持続的な慣習を紐解き、都会のゴミ回収業者から地方のゼロ・ウェイスト村まで、社会の先駆者たちを追いかけます。プラスチックに包まれる未来から、私たちと地球を救うかもしれない過激なアイデアを探ります...
藍染 INDIGO
2024, photo essayShot in Kamiita, Tokushima prefecture.