My Floating World: Miyuki Tanobe

27m
Documentary
7

This documentary short is a portrait of Miyuki Tanobe, a Japanese painter who has chosen to make Québec her home. She works in the Nihonga style, applying centuries-old techniques to scenes drawn directly from the working-class neighborhoods of Montréal. The film records the progression of one of her paintings from preliminary sketch to completion.

Cast

Miyuki Tanobe
Herself

Crew

Ian Rankin
Director, Editor
Stephan Steinhouse
Director
Marc F. Voizard
Director
Stephan Steinhouse
Editor
Roger Rochat
Director of Photography
Peter Katadotis
Producer
Andy Thomson
Producer
Marie-Claude Bertrand
Sound
Joseph Champagne
Sound
Claude Lefebvre
Sound
André Duchesne
Music
René Lussier
Music

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