Every year, Canada receives hundreds of thousands of students from around the world. To make the most of their Canadian experience, many opt to live with a host family. Homestay is one family’s story of life with international students—a look at how complete immersion in another culture can create a clash of expectations and change our understanding of family, hospitality, nationality and love.
This 15-minute creative non-fiction narrative was designed for an interactive room-scale VR environment.
HOMESTAY
Interactive Virtual Reality | 15 min | 2017
Co-created with Jam3 and the NFB Digital Studio
Best XR for Change, Games for Change Festival 2019
Audience Choice Award Winner, Vancouver International Film Festival 2018
Official Selection Geneve International Film Festival 2018
Official Selection Dok Leipzig 2018
Official Selection Geneve International Film Festival 2018
Official Selection FIPADOC 2019
Official Selection Open City Documentary Film Festival 2019
Official Selection Fantoche – International Animation Film Festival 2019
Official Selection Rencontres internationales du documentaire 2019
Official Selection IDFA DocLab 2016
among others
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada
Written by Alison Broddle & Paisley Smith
Narration by Paisley Smith
Designed and Developed by Jam3
Executive Creative Director Pablo Vio
Executive Producer Media Ridha
Creative Director Dirk van Ginkel
Producer Jason Legge
Technical Director Aaron Morris
3D artist and Animator Sonia Bashash
Developers Michael Phan, Rueben Pereira
Designer Pedro Barroso
Original Music Boombox Sound
Sound Design Boombox Sound
Coroner Voiced By Paul Bates
Story and Sound Editor Robert Ouimet
Producers Robert McLaughlin, Loc Dao