Montréal based filmmaker Kyoka Tsukamoto has been working on some experimental films and essay works to establish her creative signature; the specificity of the film medium as the complexity of a mind - it is a sculpture of time and space, as it connects pieces of perceived reality, memories and dreams.
Experimentations of cinematic language and explorations in artistic storytelling methods have always been her great interests. The stories that she tells carry several layers of psychological, geographical, social, cultural and spiritual content that are organically entangled, to mirror human nature which is never simple.
Kyoka Tsukamoto produced/directed her first feature-length hybrid documentary “My Dearest Sister” which won the cinematography award from the Reelworld Film Festival, and earned the best female filmmaker award, “Die Tilda” nomination at the Braunschweig International Film Festival. The film was also an official selection at the Raindance Film Festival, the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), and the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma.
Triggered by the tsunami, a filmmaker embarks on a personal journey to reconnect with her estranged sister. Guided by the image of the ancient Queen Himiko, the journey unlocks the source of the sisters’ anguish and finds, amidst the rubble and broken dreams of Fukushima, the voice with which to ...
