Emma KAWAWADA 川和田恵真
My Small Land
マイスモールランド
Nippon Cinema ª
17-year-old Sarya is often asked what her native country is. The answer is not easy, as she moved to Japan from Turkey as a refugee with her Kurdish family. She feels at home in Japan, is a good student, and even falls in love with a co-worker from her part-time job. But when Sarya’s family loses its refugee status, her world collapses. Emma KAWAWADA’s coming-of-age film portraits the precarious situation of the Kurdish community in Japan.
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My Small Land (NC 2023)
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マイスモールランド
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Japan, France 2022
114 minutes
World sales
Gaga
Cast
Lina ARASHI, Daiken OKUDAIRA, Arash KAHAFIZADEH, Lilly KAHAFIZADEH, Lion KAHAFIZADEH
About Emma KAWAWADA
川和田恵真
Emma KAWAWADA, born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1991, studied theater and film arts at Waseda University and shot her first film CIRCLE (2012) during her studies. Since 2014, she has been working for the production company Bun-Buku which was founded by director Hirokazu KOREEDA. For his film THE THIRD MURDER (2017 / NC ’18), KAWAWADA acted as assistant director. In 2022, her feature film debut MY SMALL LAND (2022 / NC ’23) was shown in the Generation Kplus section of the Berlin International Film Festival.