Japanese Director Naomi Kawase to Lead Doha Film Festival Jury

By Nick Vivarelli

Nick Vivarelli

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Japanese auteur and Cannes regular Naomi Kawase will preside over the main competition jury of the upcoming Doha Film Festival which is set to run Nov. 19-27 in the Qatari capital.

Japan’s best-known female film director, Kawase has a close rapport with the Doha Film Institute, having joined its Qumra program mentoring emerging filmmakers in 2016.

Kawase, who is based in her Japanese hometown, in Nara, won the Caméra d’Or for best debut feature film at Cannes for “Moe no Suzaku” (1997), and also won awards there for “Mogari no Mori” (2007) and “Hikari” (2017). In 2000, her film “Hotaru” won the FIPRESCI award at Locarno. Her latest feature, “Yakushima’s Illusion,” premiered in competition at Locarno in 2025. An experienced juror, she served on the 2013 Cannes competition jury.

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