Cenote
Person· Directing
Kaori Oda
- From
- Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known for
Filmography
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2025
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Jibun, Maru! Ippo no Hanashi
Film 03 Crew (Cinematography)
In Their Traces
Film 04 Crew (Cinematography)
A Very Straight Neck
Film 05 Camera (Director of Photography)
GAMA
Film 06 Directing (Director)
Underground
Film 07 Directing (Director) Camera (Director of Photography) Editing (Editor) Writing (Writer)
FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR
Film 08 Acting Directing (Director) Camera (Director of Photography) Editing (Editor)
Recording with Mother "Working Hands"
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2023
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2021
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2019
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2017
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Aragane
Film 25 Camera (Director of Photography) Editing (Editor) Directing (Director)
Toward a Common Tenderness
Film 26 Acting (Herself) Directing (Director) Crew (Cinematography) Editing (Editor) Sound Writing (Writer)
TEN
Film 27 Directing (Director)
Theory of Colours: prologue
Film Directing (Director) Crew (Cinematography) Editing (Editor)