KANA, Tomoko

海南友子, b. 1971 (Tokyo)

• official website
• started her career at the NHK
• became an independent filmmaker in 2000
• her first independent work Mardiyem debuted at the Yamagata International Film Festival in 2001
• From the Land of Bitter Tears won the Japan Journalist Congress Award
• won the Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award at the Sundance International Film Festival for her first narrative film screenplay Two by the River (2007)
• Otake, Tomoko. Film shows war's China legacy: Documentary portrays suffering from arms Japan left. The Japan Times. 24 July 2004.
• Tehrani, Sam. Winners of the 2007 Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award. Cinema Without Borders. 26 Jan. 2007.
• Beautiful Islands Trailer
• Official Website for Beautiful Islands
• Essay: Joel Neville Anderson. "Beautiful Islands", Cinespect. 15 September 2010.
• Interview: Justin Tedaldi. "Interview with 'Beautiful Islands' director Tomoko Kana", Examiner.com. 31 August 2010.