高雄限定專題｜小田香

1987年生於日本大阪，擅以音畫調度探索記憶。曾留學塞拉耶佛三年，2016年於貝拉・塔爾的指導下完成電影學位。首部長片《鑛》於日本山形國際紀錄片影展獲評審團特別提及獎，並入選TIDF等多項國際影展。後續作品也受邀至世界各大影展放映，如德國萊比錫紀錄片與動畫影展、鹿特丹國際影展等。2020年獲頒首屆鼓勵新銳創作者的大島渚獎，隔年再獲藝術選獎文部科學大臣新人獎（電影類），為日本當代最受矚目影像創作者之一。

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Cenote

In the northern Yucatán Península of Mexico, there is an abundance of 'cenotes' – sources of water that in ancient Mayan civilization were said to connect the real world and the afterlife. The past and present of the people living in and around them intersect, and distant memories echo throughout immersive scenes of light and darkness.

Aragane

‘Aragane’ is a Japanese word for small pieces of coal or stone excavated from a mine. The mine that I filmed in Bosnia bears this name. I found the mine while location scouting for another film. I was attracted to the place, the people, and the sheer amount of physical labour done under harsh circumstances in eight-hour shifts every day under the ground.

GAMA

On April 1, 1945, US troops invaded Okinawa, sparking a brutal WWII battle. Many civilians hiding in caves were misled into believing they would face American brutality if they surrendered and chose suicide. In caves, Mitsuo Matsunaga narrates their tragic end in a monotone, revealing the underground agony of Okinawa's inhabitants.

Exclusive Programme in Kaohsiung｜ODA Kaori

Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1987, Oda Kaori is a filmmaker and artist. Through images and sounds, her works explore memories of human beings. She completed the Doctor of Liberal Arts in Filmmaking under the supervision of Béla Tarr in 2016. Her first feature, Aragane (2015) shot in a Bosnian coal mine, had its world premiere at Yamagata International Film Festival and received Special Mention. The film has been screened at festivals such as Doclisboa, Mar del Plata IFF, Sarajevo FF, TIDF, and more. Her second feature, Toward A Common Tenderness (2017), a poetic film research, had its world premiere at DOK Leipzig. Her latest film, Cenote (2019), shot in underwater caves in Yucatan Mexico, premiered in the Bright Future section at IFFR 2020. She received the Inaugural Nagisa Oshima Prize in 2020 and the New Face Award of the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in 2021.