Kazuhiro Soda

Kazuhiro Soda is a Peabody Award winning filmmaker. 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. He imposes these rules on himself in order to minimize preconceptions and to be able to make unexpected discoveries while filming and editing. His debut feature documentary “Campaign”(2007) was invited to many prestigious festivals such as Berlinale and was aired in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world. ​Soda's latest film "Inland Sea" (2018) is invited to Berlinale and will be released in Japan in April 2018. "The Big House" (2018) will be released in June 2018. He is currently working on "Second Life". He is also the author of seven books published in Japan. He taught at the University of Michigan as a visiting professor from 2016 till 2017.