My Dearest Sister
Synopsis
A filmmaker’s personal journey to reconnect with her sister, a successful potter living in the ruins of Fukushima is interlocked with her spiritual quest of bridging east and west, feminine and masculine, and shadow and light in her mind.
Festivals
- RIDM - Rencontre internationales du documentaire à Montréal, Canada, 2018.
- Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montreal, Canada, 2019.
- Raindance Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2019.
- Reelworld Film Festival, Canada, 2020.
- Braunschweig International Film Festival, Germany, 2020.
Director: Kyoka Tsukamoto
Script: Kyoka Tsukamoto
Cast: Yuuka Bergman, Kyoka Tsukamoto
DOP: Pierre Tissor, Claude Lafrance, Alex Margineanu, Kyoka Tsukamoto
Sound: Eric LeMoyne
Editing: Kyoka Tsukamoto
Music: Kyoka Tsukamoto, Sarah Page
Art direction: Claude Lafrance
Production: Michel Ouellette, Kyoka Tsukamoto
Originally from Tokyo, Tsukamoto moved to Canada after earning an art degree in metallurgy (Toyama University), and began film studies at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, in 1997. She emigrated to Canada in 1998. After graduating from university, Tsukamoto moved to Montreal and carried out a few experimental tests. She also composes music for her movies and plays the piano.
