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Kaori Oda

Kaori Oda

Osaka Prefecture, Japan

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.

Filmography
FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR poster
FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR
2025
Toward a Common Tenderness poster
Toward a Common Tenderness
2017 • Herself
Thus a Noise Speaks poster
Thus a Noise Speaks
2012