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Toru Kubota

Documentary Filmmaker

Born in 1996. While he was a bachelor student in political science, he documented the situation of the Rohingya internment camps in western Myanmar and created “Light up Rohingya” (2016), which solidified his decision to use his camera to give voice to the voiceless. Later, he collaborated with media companies such as the BBC, NHK World, and Al Jazeera. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, he earned acclaim for co-directing the NHK program “Tokyo Ritornello (2020)” which shed light on the often overlooked and marginalized immigrant communities facing hardship in Japan.In In 2023, he co-founded the Docu Athan project with Yuki Kitazumi, an initiative dedicated to supporting journalists in Myanmar.

Awards

2024

Mitsui Group Future Challengers Audition 

Internet Media Awards 

2021

2020

2017

2016

Glaxy Award| Encouragement Award

Anti-Poverty Journalism Award

ATP Television | Documentary Award

Asia International Youth Film Festival | Best Documentary Award

Kuma Foundation Creator Scholorship

United for Peace Film Festival | AFP Award

Films

2022

NHK World | The Master Weavers of Amami

Camera/ Research

NHK World | Natural Ice Farmers​

Camera/ Research

Camera/ Research

2018

Director/ Camera/ Editor

Director/ Camera/ Editor

Director/ Camera/ Editor

Exhibition

みなとコモンズ | ドキュ・アッタンシアター #東京​
京都芸術センター |ドキュ・アッタンシアター #京都

座・高円寺ドキュメンタリー映画祭 |特集 Yahoo! 短編ドキュメンタリー選
​水平都市 | 銃ではなくカメラで闘う人々
ドキュメメント | 想起するまなざし
​札幌国際短編映画祭 | ドキュ・アッタン特集
東京ドキュメンタリー映画祭
Punk! The Revolution of Everyday Life @ 東京藝大

Lecture

京都芸術大学 | 映像制作概論・ノンフィクション
London South Bank University
University of the Arts London
報道実務家フォーラム
Funding the Commons | 
ヒューマン・ライツ・ナウ
国際基督教大学 | 東南アジアの政治と国際関係​
青山学院大学 | Human Rights Issues in the World
北海道大学 | 東アジアメディア研究センター
専修大学 | 国際コミュニケーション学部
神奈川県私立中学高等学校協会 |
ロータリー財団 |

Education

2019-2020

University of the Arts London  MA Documentary

2019

Keio University BA in Political Science

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