Aya Domenig
| Aya Domenig | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1972 Kameoka, Kyoto,[1] Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Residence | Zürich |
| Occupation | Anthropologist and filmmaker |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Notable work | Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel |
Aya Domenig (born 1972) is a filmmaker and anthropologist of Japanese–Swiss origin.
Early life and education
Born in Kameoka, Kyoto,[1] Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, Aya Domenig has joint Swiss and Japanese citizenship.[2] Her mother is of Japanese origin, Domenig's father is Swiss, and her grandfather, Shigeru Doi, worked at a Red Cross hospital in Hiroshima after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.[3]
In 1976 Domenig's parents moved to Switzerland, where they lived in Kilchberg and in Zürich-Hottingen.[4] She attended a gymnasium in Zürich, and from 1992 to 2000 she studied Social Anthropology, film and Japanology at the University of Zurich. Earning an Monbushô scholarship by the Government of Japan,[1] in 1996/97 Aya Domenig attended the Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo. Aya Domenig's practical experiences include language stays in France and Japan at the Sendagaya Japanese Institute, she made two internships and also worked as translator. Domenig graduated in Visual Anthropology in 2000, and in 2001 Domenig attended the film and video department at the ZHdK University Zürich where she graduated in 2005,[2] producing the short drama film Haru Ichiban (Frühlingssturm) in co-operation with the Osaka University of Arts and Visual Media (Osaka Geijutsu Daigaku).[1]
Work
Aya Domenig published a social study treating the relevance of the Swiss novel Heidi in 2001, and in 2007 she participated a study related to the funeral culture on behalf of the government of the city of Zürich.[5]
Aya Domenig's first documentary film was Oyakata - Der Lehrmeister, her graduation work in 1999, which was presented in 2000 and a 2001 at film festivals in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, in the UK and USA.[1][6] Her 2015 documentary film Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel was supported by the Swiss film subsidy (Filmstiftung) of the Canton of Zürich with the amount of CHF 145000 for research and production,[7] and produced by ican films gmbh and Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). Since I was a teenager, I always wanted to know more about the background of my grandfather.[8] Aya Domenig tells in her first feature film the fate of her grandfather who worked as doctor after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 in a Red Cross hospital in Hiroshima. While researching her film in the Hiroshima Prefecture, on 11 March 2011 the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster occurred, and Domenig decided to expand her project.[9][10] The documentary film premierred at the Festival del film Locarno on 9 August 2015.[10][11][12]
Filmography (excerpt)
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Oyakata - Der Lehrmeister | as director | |
| 2004 | Ein Tor für die Revolution | as cinematographer | |
| 2005 | Haru Ichiban - Frühlingssturm | as director, editor and writer | |
| 2006 | Zeit des Abschieds | as editor[13] | |
| 2011 | Mürners Universum | as writer | |
| 2015 | Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel | as director and writer | |
Festivals
- 2000: Oyakata at Internationales ethnografisches Filmfestival,[1] IWF Göttingen (Germany)
- 2000: Oyakata at 7th International Festival of Ethnographic Film,[1] London (England)
- 2001: Oyakata at 36th Solothurner Filmtage[1] (Switzerland)
- 2001: Oyakata at University of Texas, Festival of Ethnographic Film[1] (USA)
- 2002: Je t’aime at Schweizerisches Film- und Videofestival Spiez[1] (Switzerland)
- 2002: Je t’aime at Vevey Images `02[1] (Switzerland)
- 2002: Je t’aime at Festival der Nationen,[1] Ebensee (Austria)
- 2005: Haru Ichiban at Locarno International Film Festival,[1] (Switzerland)
Awards
- 2000: JVC Student Video Prize for Oyakata.[1]
- 2002: Goldener Drachen („bemerkenswerter Spielfilm“) for Je t’aime.[1]
- 2016: Swiss Film Award: nomination Best Documentary Film and Best Documentary Film for Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel.[14]
Publications
- Aya Domenig: „Cute Heidi“. Zur Rezeption von Heidi in Japan. In: Heidi. Karrieren einer Figur (p. 149-165). Offizin, Zürich 2001, ISBN 3-907496-09-4.
Literature
- Ins Landesinnere und darüber hinaus. Perspektiven des Schweizer Dokumentarfilms – 14 Porträts. Published by Schweizer Feuilletondienst (SFD). Limmat Verlag, Zürich 2014, ISBN 978-3-85791-747-9.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Diplomfilme - Haru Ichiban (Frühlingssturm)". Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- 1 2 "Aya Domenig". swissfilms.ch. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ↑ Takuro Noguchi (2012-10-22). "Swiss filmmaker making documentary on A-bomb survivors". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ↑ "Auf den Spuren der Vergangenheit: Aya Domenig über ihren Dokumentarfilm „Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel“" (in German). westnetz.ch. 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
- ↑ "Wandel der Bestattungskultur in der Stadt Zürich" (in German). Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich. 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ↑ Sascha Renner (2007-09-27). "Das kleine Zürcher Filmwunder" (in German). uzh.ch. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
- ↑ "Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel" (in German). filmstiftung.ch. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- ↑ Giorgia Del Don (2015-08-21). "Aya Domenig Director". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ↑ "Tragödie einer ganzen Generation" (in German). 10vor10. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- 1 2 "Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel". swissfilms.ch. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- ↑ "Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel". Festival del film Locarno. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- ↑ "Spurensuche in Hiroshima: Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel" (in German). Der Landbote via sda. 2015-08-09. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
- ↑ "Zeit des Abschieds" (in German). viennale.at. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
- ↑ "Nominations for the 2016 Swiss Film Award". Swiss Film Award. Retrieved 2016-01-29.