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Kaori Oda

From · Osaka Prefecture, Japan Films · 24

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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

Underground poster

Recording with Mother "Working Hands" poster

Recording with Mother "Working Hands"

Karaoke Cafe BOSA poster

Karaoke Cafe BOSA

Church of the Wind poster

Church of the Wind

Career timeline

2025

FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR

2024

Black Red Ultramarine White Lemon

2022

Karaoke Cafe BOSA Notable

Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today?

2021

colere-ON: Sep 27 - Oct 5

2020

2019

2018

Church of the Wind

2017

Toward a Common Tenderness

Theory of Colours: prologue

2015

2014

2012

Thus a Noise Speaks

The Thread of Red Cocoons

Frequently appears with

Full filmography

GAMA poster

Underground poster

FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR poster

FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR

Recording with Mother "Working Hands" poster

Recording with Mother "Working Hands"

Black Red Ultramarine White Lemon poster

Black Red Ultramarine White Lemon

Lighthouse poster

Karaoke Cafe BOSA poster

Karaoke Cafe BOSA

Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today? poster

Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today?

Homo Mobilitas poster

Night Train poster

colere-ON: Sep 27 - Oct 5 poster

colere-ON: Sep 27 - Oct 5

Cenote poster

Night Cruise poster

Church of the Wind poster

Church of the Wind

TUNE poster

Aragane poster

Toward a Common Tenderness poster

Toward a Common Tenderness

Theory of Colours: prologue poster

Theory of Colours: prologue

TEN poster

FLASH poster

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