Person

Kaori Oda

Directing · Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Kaori Oda, born in Osaka, Japan in 1987, is a filmmaker and artist. In 2016, she completed a Doctor of Liberal Arts in filmmaking in Sarajevo, supervised by Béla Tarr. Aragane (2015), shot in a Bosnian coal mine, premiered at Yamagata International Film Festival. Toward a Common Tenderness (2017) had its world premiere at DOK Leipzig and TS’ONOT / Cenote (2019), shot in underwater caves in Yucatán, premiered in Rotterdam. GAMA (2023) screened at MoMA Doc Fortnight and Cinéma du Réel. Oda received the Nagisa Oshima Prize in 2020 and the New Face Award of the Japanese Education Minister in 2021.

Known for

Filmography

2026MasayumeCinematography
2025Jibun, Maru! Ippo no HanashiCinematography
2025In Their TracesCinematography
2025A Very Straight NeckDirector of Photography
2025GAMADirector
2025UndergroundDirector
2025FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR
2025Recording with Mother "Working Hands"Director
2024By the SeaDirector
2024KandachimeDirector
2024Black Red Ultramarine White LemonDirector
2024LighthouseDirector
2023Ryuichi Sakamoto | OpusCamera Operator
2022Karaoke Cafe BOSADirector
2022Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today?Director
2022Homo MobilitasDirector
2021Night TrainDirector
2021My Love: Six Stories of True LoveCinematography
2021colere-ON: Sep 27 - Oct 5Director
2020CenoteDirector of Photography
2019Night CruiseDirector
2018Church of the WindDirector
2018TUNEDirector
2017AraganeDirector of Photography
2017Toward a Common TendernessHerself
2017Theory of Colours: prologueDirector
2017TENDirector
2016It Could Be a FilmDirector of Photography
2015FLASHDirector
2014Lost in BosniaWriter
2014ConnivingDirector
2012Thus a Noise Speaks
2012The Thread of Red CocoonsDirector

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