Kaori Oda

Moments in the life of a young Japanese filmmaker in Bosnia, charged with acoustic and visual poetry. Buoyant and essayistic entries in a process of self- and world-reassurance.  (more)

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.  (more)

The experiment presents a cinematic poem to filmmaking and film itself. Directed by eleven filmmakers, all under the vision of Bela Tarr's 'film.factory', delving into what keeps us making films.  (more)

Miners in a Bosnian coal mine. The camera silently watches over the miners working tirelessly amidst endless noise and the flickering light of lanterns.  (more)

A moving image work from Kaori Oda, inspired by the film "Desperate Man Blues".  (more)

A moving image work from director Kaori Oda.  (more)

When Kacchi came back home for summer break from abroad, she came out to her family as a homosexual. Her mother and father couldn't take it and answered in negative. Though Kacchi had a depression for their reactions, she decided to face her family again throughout ...  (more)

A short film about the "hand" that connect our world and the other side, under the background of "Matsuage" in Kyoto.  (more)

A cowherd, sheep, and the wind, all have an equal presence in the village. Death and life are one and indivisible.  (more)

In a train from Sarajevo to Zagreb, looking at the landscape of the foreign country from a window, I somehow felt nostalgic and a question crossed my mind. “What is my first memory?” Could primitive memories be found and shared in human beings? If collective ...  (more)

Old 8mm family film and images of fireworks combined together.  (more)

“Light and darkness, brightness and obscurity, or if a more general expression is preferred, light and its absence, are necessary to the production of color… Color itself is a degree of darkness.” –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe  (more)

Recorded the restoration work done for the reopening of Tadao Ando's "Chapel of the Wind" in Rokko, Kobe. It tells the length of time by showing the mold and moss that eroded the concrete. When the closed door is opened, the stopped time starts flowing again.  (more)

A train runs at night. Goldfish float in passenger’s dreams.  (more)

An omnibus movie produced to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Motomachi Eigakan.  (more)

Karaoke Cafe BOSA is located in the suburbs of Osaka. It’s a place where elderly neighbors gather to chat and sing. The film captures BOSA in these days of unrest as a time capsule of the Anthropocene.  (more)