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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Known for
- Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (2023) — Camera Operator
- Cenote (2020) — Director of Photography
- Thus a Noise Speaks (2012)
- Underground (2025) — Director
- My Love: Six Stories of True Love (2021) — Cinematography
- Toward a Common Tenderness (2017) — Herself
- Church of the Wind (2018) — Director
- Aragane (2017) — Director of Photography
- Karaoke Cafe BOSA (2022) — Director
- TEN (2017) — Director
- FLASH (2015) — Director
- Recording with Mother "Working Hands" (2025) — Director
- A Very Straight Neck (2025) — Director of Photography
- FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR (2025)
- Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today? (2022) — Director
- GAMA (2025) — Director