MINKA
“beautifully perfect…an amazing short film”
-Movie Pie
A film about place and memory, a farmhouse in Japan, and the lives of the people who called it home.
MINKA is a short documentary about a remarkable Japanese farmhouse and the memories it contains. In 1967, an American journalist and a Japanese student rescued the ancient house from the snow country of Japan, and their lives were forever changed.
Role: Editor
Director: Davina Pardo
Awards: Cinema Eye Honors nominee - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking, IDA Awards Nominee - Best Documentary Short, Florida Film Festival - Grand Jury Award for Best Doc Short, Savannah Film Festival - Special Jury Award.
Screenings: Aspen Shortsfest, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Hot Docs, True/False Film Festival, DOC NYC, Sheffield Doc/Fest, SILVERDOCS, Palm Springs ShortFest, DOK Leipzig, Seattle International Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, The New York Times.