Kazuhiro Soda

Kazuhiro Soda
Jury member for the Graduation Films of 2021 (DN edition 8)

Kazuhiro Soda is a Peabody Award winning filmmaker. He's also a recipient of the Marek Nowicki lifetime achievement prize awarded by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights.

He 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.

His latest film ZERO received the Ecumenical Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, and the Best Film Award at the Festival des 3 Continents in 2020.

He is also the author of eight books published in Japan.