Oasis
Keiko Okawa / Special Screening / Japan / Japanese / 56:00 / 2022
Mai, an artist, and Rintaro, a bicycle builder. The two weave through their city on bicycles. A river an overpass, the ivy in a ditch, state housing in the process of demolition…. The film follows the couple as they move about, taking pictures of whatever catches their eyes. Mai believes that even these small stories from everyday encounters constitute the culture of a city and the film documents Mai’s process of incorporating these stories into her work.The film was produced as part of the “Cultural Narrative of a City”project, which strives to present the “City” of Minato Ward in all its delicate yet Vibrant cultural diversity.
Director’s Bio
Keiko OkawaBorn in Ishikawa Prefecture, 1978.Okawa has a degree from the Graduate School Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. She worked on Yuki and Nina(2009,dir.Suwa Nobuhiro)as an assistant editor.She also editor on the Haruhata-san’s Recorder(2022,dir,Sugita Kyoshi).and Small,Slow but Steady (2022, dir.Miyake Sho).and Following The sound(2023,dir,Sugita Kyoshi).and After The Fever (2024, dir.Yamamoto Akira) .and All The Long Nights (2024, dir.Miyake Sho).and Super Happy Forever(2024, dir.Igarashi Kohei).and Seaside Serendipity (2025, dir. Yokohama Satoko) .and Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2025, dir.Miyake Sho). she directed Oasis(2023).She also participates as a lecturer for “Children Meet Cinema.” a Japan-wide educational film work shop.
