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Kaori Oda

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.

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Directing

2012

[ ] The Thread of Red Cocoons (Director)
[ ] Thus a Noise Speaks (Director)

2014

[ ] Lost in Bosnia (Director)
[ ] Conniving (Director)

2015

[ ] FLASH (Director)

2017

[ ] Aragane (Director)
[ ] Toward a Common Tenderness (Director)
[ ] Theory of Colours: prologue (Director)
[ ] TEN (Director)

2018

[ ] Church of the Wind (Director)
[ ] TUNE (Director)

2019

[ ] Night Cruise (Director)

2020

[ ] Cenote (Director)

2021

[ ] Night Train (Director)
[ ] colere-ON: Sep 27 - Oct 5 (Director)

2022

[ ] Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today? (Director)
[ ] Karaoke Cafe BOSA (Director)
[ ] Homo Mobilitas (Director)

2024

[ ] Kandachime (Director)
[ ] Black Red Ultramarine White Lemon (Director)
[ ] By the Sea (Director)
[ ] Lighthouse (Director)

2025

[ ] GAMA (Director)
[ ] Underground (Director)
[ ] FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR (Director)
[ ] Recording with Mother "Working Hands" (Director)

Camera

2012

[ ] Thus a Noise Speaks (Camera Operator)

2017

[ ] Aragane (Director of Photography)

2020

[ ] Cenote (Director of Photography)

2023

[ ] Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (Camera Operator)

2024

[ ] Lighthouse (Director of Photography)

2025

[ ] FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR (Director of Photography)
[ ] Underground (Director of Photography)
[ ] A Very Straight Neck (Director of Photography)

Editing

2012

[ ] The Thread of Red Cocoons (Editor)
[ ] Thus a Noise Speaks (Editor)

2014

[ ] Conniving (Editor)

2017

[ ] Aragane (Editor)
[ ] Toward a Common Tenderness (Editor)
[ ] Theory of Colours: prologue (Editor)

2020

[ ] Cenote (Editor)

2022

[ ] Karaoke Cafe BOSA (Editor)

2024

[ ] Lighthouse (Editor)

2025

[ ] FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR (Editor)
[ ] Underground (Editor)

Crew

2014

[ ] Conniving (Cinematography)

2015

[ ] FLASH (Cinematography)

2017

[ ] Toward a Common Tenderness (Cinematography)
[ ] Theory of Colours: prologue (Cinematography)

2022

[ ] Karaoke Cafe BOSA (Cinematography)

2025

[ ] In Their Traces (Cinematography)
[ ] じぶん、まる！　いっぽのはなし (Cinematography)

Sound

2012

[ ] Thus a Noise Speaks (Sound Mixer)
[ ] Thus a Noise Speaks (Sound Editor)

2017

[ ] Toward a Common Tenderness (Sound)

2022

[ ] Karaoke Cafe BOSA (Sound)

Writing

2012

[ ] The Thread of Red Cocoons (Writer)
[ ] Thus a Noise Speaks (Writer)

2014

[ ] Lost in Bosnia (Writer)
[ ] Conniving (Writer)

2017

[ ] Toward a Common Tenderness (Writer)

2020

[ ] Cenote (Writer)

2025

[ ] Underground (Writer)

Production

2020

[ ] Cenote (Producer)

Actor

2012

[ ] Thus a Noise Speaks (????)

2017

[ ] Toward a Common Tenderness (Herself)

2025

[ ] FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR (????)