"Meditative but memorable"
--Kenneth Turan, film critic, Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio
Judge's Award, 36th Annual Northwest Film & Video Festival

"...a distilled meditative work in black and white shot on real film and utterly beautiful in its simplicity."
--Jury Citation (2nd Place), 29th Black Maria Film & Video Festival

Shot on high-contrast black & white film, "When Herons Dream" imagines the perspective of a great blue heron as it moves through the seasons and a Northwest landscape shaped by water.

Sound design: Susie Kozawa and Esther Sugai

Studio recording engineer and final sound mix: Tom Stiles, Jack Straw Productions

Film processing and preparation: Alpha Cine

HD telecine transfer: Modern Digital
 

Sound artists Susie Kozawa (left) and Esther Sugai (right) during a recording session at Jack Straw Productions, Seattle