Naomi Kawase

Born and raised in Nara, Japan, Naomi Kawase became in 1997 the youngest winner of the Camera d’Or at Festival de Cannes with her first feature Suzaku. Ten years later she came back with her 4th feature, Mogari (The Mourning Forest) and received the Grand Prix. She also received the Carrosse d’Or from the Directors’ Fortnight in 2009. One of her many documentary works, Genpin (2010), received the FIPRESCI Prize at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in 2010. In 2012, her new film Hanezu and Genpin were internationally released, as well as Kawase’s retrospective was held at la Cinémathèque Française. Besides being a filmmaker, Naomi Kawase is also the founder of the Nara International Film Festival in which she welcomes and collaborates with young emerging filmmakers from all over the world as the project’s producer. 

FILMOGRAPHY 

1992 Ni tsutsumarete – doc. short

1994 Katatsumori – doc. short

1995 Ten, mitake – doc. short

1996 Sun on the Horizon (Hi wa katabuki) – doc. 

1997 Suzaku (Moe no suzaku)

1997 Somaudo monogatari – doc. 

1999 Manguekyo – doc. 

2000 Firefly (Hotaru) 

2001 Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth (Kya ka ra ba a) – doc. 

2003 Shara (Sharasôju) 

2003 Tsuioku no dansu – doc. 

2004 Shadow – doc. short

2006 Tarachime – doc. short

2007 The Mourning Forest (Mogari no mori) 

2008 Nanayo (Nanayomachi) 

2009 Visitors (Eo-ddeon bang-moon) – segment „Koma" 

2009 In Between Days – doc. short

2010 Genpin – doc. 

2011 3.11 Sense of Home – doc. short – segment „Home" 

2011 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero 

2011 Hanezu (Hanezu no tsuki) 

2012 Chiri – doc. 

2014 Still the Water (Futatsume no mado) 

2015 An