Kaori Oda
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- A Very Straight Neck ... (Director of Photography)
- In Their Traces ... (Cinematography)
- FUKUSHIMA with Béla Tarr
- Underground ... (Director)
- GAMA ... (Director)
- じぶん、まる！ いっぽのはなし ... (Cinematography)
- Recording with Mother "Working Hands" ... (Director)
2024
- Black Red Ultramarine White Lemon ... (Director)
- Kandachime ... (Director)
- By the Sea ... (Director)
- Lighthouse ... (Director)
2023
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus ... (Camera Operator)
2022
- Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today? ... (Director)
- Homo Mobilitas ... (Director)
- Karaoke Cafe BOSA ... (Director)
2021
- My Love: Six Stories of True Love ... (Cinematography)
- Night Train ... (Director)
- colere-ON: Sep 27 - Oct 5 ... (Director)
2020
- Cenote ... (Director)
2019
- Night Cruise ... (Director)
2018
- Church of the Wind ... (Director)
- TUNE ... (Director)
2017
- Toward a Common Tenderness as Herself
- Aragane ... (Editor)
- Theory of Colours: prologue ... (Cinematography)
- TEN ... (Director)
2015
- FLASH ... (Cinematography)
2014
- Lost in Bosnia ... (Writer)
- Conniving ... (Director)
2012
- Thus a Noise Speaks
- The Thread of Red Cocoons ... (Director)