# The Pool Films Acquires Tokyo-Based Photographer and Director Xavier Tera’s Debut, ‘The Color of the Sun,’ Ahead of Venice Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-pool-films-acquires-tokyo-based-photographer-and-director-xavier-teras-debut-the-color-of-the-sun-ahead-of-venice-premiere-exclusive/
- Published: 2026-07-24T13:07:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-24T14:20:51+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/pool-films-xavier-tera-color-of-sun-venice-1236820143/
- Topics: Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, Film

## Key points

- Pool Films has bought worldwide rights to Xavier Tera’s debut feature.
- The film will premiere in Venice’s Horizons section.
- Okinawa-set drama examines adolescence, identity and military-base tensions.

## Summary

Paris-based The Pool Films has acquired worldwide rights to “The Color of the Sun”, the feature debut of Tokyo-based photographer and commercials director Xavier Tera, ahead of its world premiere in Venice’s Horizons section. The coming-of-age drama is set in Okinawa and explores belonging, identity and tension around the island’s extensive US military presence.

The Japanese- and English-language film follows teenager Kamei and his friends during their last summer before leaving school, after they meet Colin, who was raised on a US base. Shot on 35mm by cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, it is an Italy-Canada-Japan co-production featuring largely first-time actors; Pool Films will begin showing it to international buyers after Venice.

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