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M.A.N.A

Across the Pacific, a coalition of large ocean states have combined their exclusive ocean territories into a new marine protectorate. This new alliance is known as M.A.N.A (Marine Archipelago Nations Alliance).






























In this docu-fictional interview with M.A.N.A sound analyst Joven Sakuma, we explore the vital role of “large ocean states” in marine governance across the Pacific. This film imagines how future attitudes toward marine protection, harvest and logistics might be radically adjusted by higher fidelity sensing and tracking of our oceans in combination with a return to far older cultural traditions of ocean stewardship.



PREMIERED  



UN OCEAN CONFERENCE 2025
Nice, France



SUBCONTRACTED BY  



Inferstudio

IN COLLABORATION WITH  



OcéanoFuturismos
TBA 21


.
TBA 21 ACADEMY

lawrence ola

BETHANY EDGOOSE
NATHAN SU
SARAH SU

BETHANY EDGOOSE
NATHAN SU
SARAH SU
ANDREW MERRIE
JOHN LYNCH
EDUARDO CASTILLO-
VINUESA
TILDE KRUSBERG

ANDREW MERRIE PHD

JOHN LYNCH PHD

BETHANY EDGOOSE

NATHAN SU

SARAH SU

NOUR HASSOUN

NATHAN SU
NOUR HASSOUN

EDUARDO CASTILLO-
VINUESA

NINA ŠPERANDA

CREDITS



PRODUCTION

VOICE ACTING [JOVEN SAKUMA]

DIRECTION



RESEARCH + CONCEPTUALIZATION








SCIENTIFIC DIRECTION

STORYTELLING + SCRIPT EDITING

WRITING

PRODUCTION DESIGN + CINEMATOGRAPHY

MUSIC + SOUND DESIGN

CHARACTER DESIGN + ANIMATION

3D ART


CURATION


PROJECT MANAGEMENT








































M.A.N.A

Across the Pacific, a coalition of large ocean states have combined their exclusive ocean territories into a new marine protectorate. This new alliance is known as M.A.N.A (Marine Archipelago Nations Alliance).

  

























In this docu-fictional interview with M.A.N.A sound analyst Joven Sakuma, we explore the vital role of “large ocean states” in marine governance across the Pacific. This film imagines how future attitudes toward marine protection, harvest and logistics might be radically adjusted by higher fidelity sensing and tracking of our oceans in combination with a return to far older cultural traditions of ocean stewardship.




PREMIERED



UN OCEAN CONFERENCE 2025
Nice, France



SUBCONTRACTED BY



Inferstudio

IN COLLABORATION WITH



OcéanoFuturismos
TBA 21





CREDITS





TBA 21 ACADEMY

lawrence ola


BETHANY EDGOOSE
NATHAN SU
SARAH SU

BETHANY EDGOOSE
NATHAN SU
SARAH SU
ANDREW MERRIE
JOHN LYNCH
EDUARDO
CASTILLO-
VINUESA
TILDE KRUSBERG

ANDREW MERRIE
PHD

JOHN LYNCH PHD


BETHANY EDGOOSE

NATHAN SU



SARAH SU


NOUR HASSOUN


NATHAN SU
NOUR HASSOUN

EDUARDO
CASTILLO-
VINUESA

NINA ŠPERANDA
PRODUCTION

VOICE ACTING
[JOVEN SAKUMA]

DIRECTION



RESEARCH +
CONCEPTUALIZATION








SCIENTIFIC
DIRECTION

STORYTELLING +
SCRIPT EDITING

WRITING

PRODUCTION
DESIGN +
CINEMATOGRAPHY

MUSIC + SOUND
DESIGN

CHARACTER DESIGN
+ ANIMATION

3D ART


CURATION



PROJECT
MANAGEMENT