My Small Land
The mission of the Centre d'art et essai de la Cinémathèque québécoise (CAECQ) is to primary program Quebec-made documentaries and independent fiction, as well as international documentaries, animated and foreign films, while encouraging opportunities for meetings between the public and the artists. Its programming is presented in conjunction with the Cinémathèque québécoise’s under the label New releases.
Special Mention of Amnesty International Film Award at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival
For Sarya, a Kurdish refugee girl in Japan, life seems to be looking up; her grades at school are enough to pursue college, she's surrounded with good friends and her relationship with Sota is becoming special. Sarya's life becomes upside down, however, when she learns that her family's refugee status is turned down, restricting her family of work and traveling across the city. Her father, who had continued to work to sustain a living, is taken into custody for illegal employment. Sarya is now suddenly forced into a situation where she is responsible not only for her younger siblings but for her very existence.
Emma Kawawada
Emma Kawawada was born in Ibaraki, Japan. She graduated from Waseda University where she studied theater and film arts in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
She joined production company BUN-BUKU, mainly led by KORE-EDA Hirokazu and NISHIKAWA Miwa, in November 2014 and was the assistant for Director KORE-EDA Hirokazu for The Third Murder and Director HIROSE Nanako for His Lost Name. She also directed several episodes of Kyo-no, Akinai between 2015 and 2016.
