Finding himself in a house in the north of Iran by the Caspian Sea, the director picked up his handheld DV camera and began filming the seemingly anodyne events happening on the 500 metres of beach in front of his house—a piece of wood toyed with by the waves, people walking by the sea, indistinct shapes on a wintry beach or noisy ducks.
| Directing | Abbas Kiarostami | Director |
| Production | Marin Karmitz | Producer |
| Production | Makoto Ueda | Producer |
| Production | Alireza Shojanoori | Producer |
| Camera | Abbas Kiarostami | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Abbas Kiarostami | Editor |
| Sound | Abbas Kiarostami | Sound |
| Writing | Abbas Kiarostami | Screenplay |