
Kaori Oda
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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.
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Toward a Common Tenderness (2017)
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FLASH (2015)
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GAMA (2025)
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Lost in Bosnia (2014)
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Underground (2025)
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Cenote (2020)
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Night Cruise (2019)
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Lighthouse (2024)
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TUNE (2018)
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Aragane (2017)
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Night Train (2021)
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FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR (2025)
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Thus a Noise Speaks (2012)
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Conniving (2014)
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Karaoke Cafe BOSA (2022)
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Theory of Colours: prologue (2017)
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TEN (2017)
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Homo Mobilitas (2022)
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By the Sea (2024)
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Black Red Ultramarine White Lemon (2024)
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Recording with Mother "Working Hands" (2025)
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Church of the Wind (2018)
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Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today? (2022)
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colere-ON: Sep 27 - Oct 5 (2021)
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Kandachime (2024)
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The Thread of Red Cocoons (2012)
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