Blending Fantasy with Film Texture: The Legend of Ochi Hits Cinemas

Crafted by Isaiah Saxon, Lensed by Evan Prosofsky, and Finished with Cinelab’s DFD Process

Now showing in cinemas, The Legend of Ochi marks the feature debut of writer/director Isaiah Saxon. Starring Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, Emily Watson, and Willem Dafoe, the film follows Yuri, a shy farm girl from the island of Carpathia, who sets off on a quest to return a wounded baby ochi, one of the mysterious creatures she was raised to fear..

Shot digitally by cinematographer Evan Prosofsky, the film was given its distinctive, tactile look through Cinelab’s Digital-Film-Digital (DFD) process. This involves transferring digital footage to Kodak film stock, processing it photochemically, and scanning it back to digital. The result is a rich film grain and authentic texture that brings Saxon’s mythic world to life.

The Legend of Ochi is a captivating blend of visual poetry and fantasy realism, made all the more immersive through the power of hybrid filmmaking.