
Kaori Oda
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
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.
Best known work
Filmography
2026
MasayumeCinematography
2025
Jibun, Maru! Ippo no HanashiCinematography
2025
In Their TracesCinematography
2025
A Very Straight NeckDirector of Photography
2025
GAMADirector
2025
UndergroundDirector, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
2025
FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARRDirector, Director of Photography, Editor
2025
2024
By the SeaDirector
2024
KandachimeDirector
2024
2024
LighthouseDirector, Director of Photography, Editor
2023
Ryuichi Sakamoto | OpusCamera Operator
2022
Karaoke Cafe BOSADirector, Cinematography, Sound, Editor
2022
2022
Homo MobilitasDirector
2021
Night TrainDirector
2021
2021
colere-ON: Sep 27 - Oct 5Director
2020
CenoteDirector, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Producer
2019
Night CruiseDirector
2018
Church of the WindDirector
2018
TUNEDirector
2017
AraganeEditor, Director of Photography, Director
2017
Toward a Common Tendernessas Herself, Director, Sound, Writer, Editor, Cinematography









