Yuka Sato
Directing
Biography
Yuka Sato is a Japanese filmmaker based in Tokyo. She has created five short films since 2014. Her films focus on the life of women and have been shown inside and outside of Japan at venues such as the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the International Short Film Festival of Oberhausen and many others. She began curating films in 2019. Her curated collections include the Place M Film Festival (2019 and 2021, Tokyo), and dv_vd: Crossing Boundaries Between Photo and Film (2021, Montreal). In 2021 she held a solo photo exhibition of her work "Birthday", and she continues to search for the boundary between photography and film. Distribution by Vidéographe.
Known For
What is birth? It is said that being born into this world is the beginning of suffering: dukkha.
Birthday
Emerging from a period of withdrawal, a social recluse or ‘hikikomori’ relates her inner experiences against the backdrop of an illuminated and restless urban environment that never sleeps.
DIALOGUE
A story of a man and a woman in the darkroom. Watch as the world of photography and reality intersect.
NUMB
Enlarging a photo to its maximum size reveals another world created by the grain. It's like numerous people moving around in a crowd. This is a story of a woman who lives in such a city.
Camouflage
A warm and bright place hiding uncleanliness and fear. The slightest disorder of daily life brings the room down into deep darkness. Shot on 8mm film.