Peace
SODA Kazuhiro
- Japan, USA
- 2010
- 75min
- color
Synopsis
What is peace? What is coexistence? And what are the foundations for them? Peace is a visual-essay-like observational documentary, which contemplates these questions by observing the daily lives of people and cats in Okayama city, Japan. There life and death, acceptan ce and rejection are intermingled. Three people and several stray cats are the main characters of Peace.
Review
Director
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SODA Kazuhiro
Soda Kazuhiro practices an observational method of documentary filmmaking based on his own "Ten Commandments" which prohibits him from doing pre-shoot research or writing a synopsis before filming. Starting with his debut feature documentary <Campaign>(2007) which won the Peabody Award in the U.S., he was invited to and awarded at numerous international film festivals with his works <Mental>(2008), <Peace>(2010), <Theatre 1 and 2>(2012), <Campaign 2>(2013), <Oyster Factory> (2015), <Inland Sea>(2018) and <The Big House>(2018). Soda's latest film, <Zero>(2020) was screened at MoMA Doc Fortnight and won the Ecumenical Jury Prize at Berlin International Film Festival. Campaign (2007)Mental (2008)Peace (2010)Theater 1 (2012)Theater 2 (2012)Campaign 2 (2013)Oyster Factory (2015)Inland Sea (2018)The Big House (2018)Zero (2020)
Credit
- ProducerSODA Kazuhiro
- Cinematography SODA Kazuhiro
- Editor SODA Kazuhiro
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