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.
Karaoke Cafe BOSA
Karaoke Cafe BOSA
Karaoke Cafe BOSA
Synopsis
Karaoke Cafe BOSA is located in the suburbs of Osaka, Japan. It's a place where elderly neighbors gather to chat and sing. Cafe BOSA leaves traces in these days of unrest as a time capsule of the Anthropocene.
Director's Profile
ODA Kaori
Filmography
2010 Thus a Noise Speaks
2011 The Wanderer
2012 The Thread of Red Cocoons
2014 Conniving
2014 Lost in Bosnia
2015 Flash
2015 Aragane
2017 Toward A Common Tenderness
2017 Theory of Colours: Prologue
2017 Ten
2018 Tune
2018 Wind Church
2019 Cenote
2019 Night Cruise
2021 Night Train
2022 Karaoke Cafe Bosa
2023 GAMA
