Shingo OTA
太田信吾
Shingo OTA was born in Nagano in 1985 and made his first films while studying philosophy at Waseda University. His graduation project, the short film GRADUATION (2009), won two awards at the Image Forum Festival in 2010. Shingo OTA has previously been welcomed as a guest in Frankfurt for his first feature documentary, THE END OF THE SPECIAL TIME WE WERE ALLOWED (2013 / NC ‘14). His first non-documentary feature FRAGILE (2014) was screened at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival. For NUMAKAGE PUBLIC POOL (2025 / NC ‘26), he received the Student Jury Prize at the 2025 Kinotayo Film Festival.
Films shown at Nippon Connection
Numakage Public Pool,
Japan 2025 (Director)
NC26
Numakage Public Pool,
Japan 2025 (Cinematography)
NC26
Numakage Public Pool,
Japan 2025 (World sales)
NC26
The End Of The Special Time We Were Allowed,
Japan 2013 (Director)
NC14
The End Of The Special Time We Were Allowed,
Japan 2013 (Script)
NC14
The End Of The Special Time We Were Allowed,
Japan 2013 (Cast)
NC14
Guest at Nippon Connection
The End Of The Special Time We Were Allowed, NC14
Numakage Public Pool, NC26