Naomi KAWASE

Director

Country: JAPAN

Biography

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.

Films presented in Cannes

2011 - HANEZU NO TSUKI (HANEZU) - In Competition Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editor
2007 - MOGARI NO MORI (THE MOURNING FOREST) - In Competition Director, Screenplay
2003 - SHARASOJYU - In Competition Director, Screenplay, Actor
1997 - MOE NO SUZAKU - Section parallèle Director

Awards

2007 - Grand Prix - MOGARI NO MORI (THE MOURNING FOREST) - Long métrage
1997 - Caméra d'or - MOE NO SUZAKU - Long métrage

Member of the Jury

2013 - Feature films - Member