Short Film

Texada

Experience a poetic virtual reality journey that intertwines the ancient geological upheavals of our planet with the vibrant life of a contemporary mining community, all captured through immersive animation and 360-degree video.

Produced by

Nicholas Klassen and Dana Dansereau

Directed by

Josephine Anderson and Claire Sanford

Project Description

This immersive animation of ancient geological upheavals, combined with a 360-degree video of a contemporary mining community, offers a poetic virtual reality experience.

About the 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 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.