Directing
Kaori Oda
JA, EN, MK cinema · 32 credits
Birthplace
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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
Masayume
Cinematography
FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR
Actor, Director, Director of Photography, Editor
GAMA
Director
Underground
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
A Very Straight Neck
Director of Photography
In Their Traces
Cinematography
Jibun, Maru! Ippo no Hanashi
Cinematography
Lighthouse
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
Camera Operator
Karaoke Cafe BOSA
Editor, Sound, Director, Cinematography
Homo Mobilitas
Director
Night Train
Director
Cenote
Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Writer
Night Cruise
Director
Church of the Wind
Director
TUNE
Director
Toward a Common Tenderness
as Herself, Director, Cinematography, Writer, Editor, Sound
Aragane
Editor, Director of Photography, Director
Theory of Colours: prologue
Director, Cinematography, Editor
TEN
Director
Možeše da bide film
2016
It Could Be a Film
Director of Photography
FLASH
Director, Cinematography
Lost in Bosnia
Writer, Director
Conniving
Editor, Cinematography, Director, Writer
Thus a Noise Speaks
Actor, Director, Camera Operator, Sound Mixer, Writer, Sound Editor, Editor
The Thread of Red Cocoons
Editor, Director, Writer