Quote from Oli Millar: “Mackenzie and I love nothing more than shooting film in Japan, and this Adidas project found us returning to our beloved Aaton A-Minima and little Arri 235. We chose colour stock, manipulating the channels to extract B&W in post. We did use some 5222 Double-X as well to be fair. One of the job highlights was converting the producer’s bathroom into a darkroom for rolling A-Minima spools. The lab in Osaka hadn’t seen A-Minima spools in a while so when they received it they were concerned maybe we had shot everything with the emulsion reversed! Luckily it was just a chance to remind them about this unique camera, and everything developed perfectly.”

Mackenzie Sheppard is a film director. He is Canadian, born in the Uk, but was raised in Japan from the age of 5. He currently lives in Tokyo. His visual diversity and magical take on stories has received widespread acclaim around the world. His work has been recognized at award winning festivals around the world, such as the Cannes Young Director Awards in both 2015 and 2016. VISIT EARTH, his first original series was nominated for Best of the Year at the Vimeo Festival 2020, and viewed over 50 million times on YouTube. His ‘Liberty Fields’ docu-film for Guinness won Best Web Film at AICP 2020. SiGNALS was his first indie mini series that premiered in 2021. He won a Cannes Silver Lion for his award winning music video Nike Juku in 2023, and was shortlisted for another 9 Cannes Lions for his New York Times campaign in 2023.