“What is Home?”
Regardless of place or culture, home is core to human life. So what happens to a person or a family or a community when disaster disrupts that delicate core?
Address Unknown is an immersive VR documentary series which explores disasters and the lasting impact they have on homes and communities across different distinct cultures: Fukushima in Japan, Orchid Island in Taiwan and other places across South East Asia. Using VR, this project transports viewers to meet the communities and people who have weathered the storm of disaster, and explore how they survived in the aftermath of trauma.
part one – Fukushima Now
2024 | Japan, USA, Taiwan | Documentary
VR360 | 25 min
The first part of the Address Unknown series takes audiences to the heart of Fukushima to meet the survivors living in the shadow of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear spill crisis today. Using volumetric capture & photogrammetry technology, the project transports viewers into an experience that explores the disaster and the lasting impact it’s had on communities and the environment. We reveal how a community endures in the aftermath of trauma and recalls memories of homes they can longer return to.
director arif khan
Arif Khan (b.1989) is a British writer & director based in Tokyo, Japan. He’s held roles at Airbnb Creative Studio, Warner Bros. Animation and Oculus Story Studio, the Emmy Award-winning Facebook team dedicated to the research and development of virtual reality storytelling. His short films and VR projects have screened at festivals all over the world including the Sitges International Film Festival, SIGGRAPH, Imagine Film Festival, and Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg.
His last project, Black Ice VR, had its world premiere at SXSW 2022. Prior to receiving his M.F.A. in Film Production at USC – School of Cinematic Arts, he earned his Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge.
PROJECT status
Completed
credits
Writer & Director：Arif Khan
Art Direction：Ruben Frosali
Lead Developer：Ruben Frosali
Music: Yusuke Tsutsumi
Sound：Andrew Vernon
Main Cast：Tomiko Muto, Yuji Onuma, Shinichi Sato
Supported By
Gotham Film & Media Institute
United States-Japan Foundation
Produced By
Estela Valdivieso Chen – Executive Producer
Arif Khan – Producer
Adam Cullen Young – Producer
Jamie Lin – Co-producer
Production Company
Serendipity Films Ltd.
Twisted Nerve Productions
Young Films International, LLC