Kaori ODA

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Kaori ODA


Kaori ODA was born in Osaka in 1987. From 2013, she lived in Sarajevo for three years, studying film under Béla Tarr. Her first two feature-length documentaries, ARAGANE (2015) and TOWARD A COMMON TENDERNESS (2017), were shown at numerous international film festivals. In 2020, she was the first recipient of the newly established Nagisa Oshima Award for outstanding young filmmakers.

Films shown at Nippon Connection

Ts'onot / Cenote, Japan, Mexico 2019 (Director) NC20
Ts'onot / Cenote, Japan, Mexico 2019 (Script) NC20
Ts'onot / Cenote, Japan, Mexico 2019 (Cinematography) NC20
Ts'onot / Cenote, Japan, Mexico 2019 (Sound Design) NC20