Two-time Cannes winner Japanese director Naomi Kawase says she wants to get back to making documentaries so she can continue her search for her identity.

Kawase was in town last weekend to give a talk at Cinematheque-Passion which hosted the 2nd Macau International Documentary Festival. Kawase was the director-in-focus of the festival.

Speaking to the media after her talk, Kawase said it was pleasant to be at the festival as the focus was on filmmaking rather than other things, such as when she was at the Cannes Film Festival.

“It’s a big stress in Cannes”, Kawase said, recalling how the conversations in Cannes were mostly about the red carpets, celebrities, what clothes people were wearing, the winners and the losers, as well as the number of female directors taking part in the festival – just three this year.

Japanese director Naomi Kawase poses for a photo after speaking to the media at Cinematheque-Passion on Sunday. Photo: Iong Tat Choi

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