After being detained in 2022 for filming protests in Myanmar, Toru Kubota found a new way to support the country’s people: helping exiled Myanmar journalists keep telling the story. A powerful reminder that solidarity can take many forms. Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ud...

Latest @insightmyanmar.bsky.social pod is with @torukubota.bsky.social a Japanese documentary filmmaker who was detained & imprisoned in 2022 for filming a protest in Myanmar. Released after 111 days, he's kept a promise he made to another jailed journalist to "Keep working on Burma".

UFPFF is a student film festival open to works under 5 minutes—documentary, fiction, animation, anything goes—as long as it relates to the theme of peace from around the world. （Deadline: June 30th) www.ufpff.com/en/entry 5分以内の作品がある学生はぜひチェックしてみてください！

The short film screening at SOAS University in London organised by SolidariTee UK on 6 March. Empathy Trip is a student film I made before the coup. It follows Thet Swe Win's challenge to travel and unveil the Rohingya genocide despite widespread anti-Rohingya sentiment at the time.

Honored to be featured by NHK World, highlighting both my filmmaking and my works to support media workers in exile along the Thai–Myanmar border. youtu.be/S4udCxrVS6A?...

New event! 📆19th - 22nd Dec 🕑2pm, 4pm, 6pm daily JST Docu Athan hold "Theater #TOKYO - Art for Living, from Mae Sot" a screening exhibition showcasing short films produced by journalists & artists about the Myanmar coup. Details: 202512docuathan002.peatix.com

12月19-22日の間、東京にて上映型展覧会を行います。期間中は在廊する予定です。ぜひお越しください！ 202512docuathan002.peatix.com

Today at Garden Cinema in London! A few seats are still available here! www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/securin...

Delighted to announce that Resisters in Borderland will be showcased at the Hong Kong Film Festival 2025 in London! 22 Sept 2025 (Mon) 6pm, Garden Cinema Event Duration: Approx 2 hours Speaker: Sai, Toru Kubota, Tammy Cheung Securing the Story - Frontline Filmmaking and Digital Safety

New events! 📆12th - 28th Sept Hong Kong Film Festival UK 2025 is on including screenings of "Ten Years 十年" & the world premier of @torukubota.bsky.social's "Securing the Story – Frontline Filmmaking and Digital Safety: Resisters in Borderland" also classic films & talks www.hkff.uk/fullprogramme

ミャンマーの緊急事態宣言の解除と総選挙についてnote記事にまとめました。 -なぜ「ミャンマー政府」ではなく「ミャンマー軍」なのか -クーデターの背景と総選挙による権力の正当化の狙い - 中国とASEANの動き - 日本の役割 - MV「ファシスト選挙」が訴えること note.com/torukubota/n...

参院選に関連して広がる、外国人についての言説を改めて検証しました。 「外国人の増加で治安が悪化」という情報に根拠はなく、専門家は犯罪は減っていると明確に否定しています。 起訴率は日本人よりも高く、犯罪の類型も日本人と大きな違いはありません。 また、「外国人の低賃金が日本人の賃金に影響」という言説についても、別の専門家は、「明確な証拠はない」と指摘しています。 こうした言説の広がりが、排外主義をあおっているとの懸念も。それぞれの検証結果とともにまとめました。 https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20250716/k10014864391000.html

I had the chance to screen my film at the first East Asia Documentary Exchange Forum in Seoul. Truly inspired by the resilience of Korean civil society, still shaken by the martial law declaration, expressed strong solidarity, saying, “What happened in Myanmar could have been our future.”

New event! 📆12th July 🕖7pm Thailand Time Memories of Chiang Mai hold screening of @torukubota.bsky.social directed film "Resisters in Borderland" Free entry but donations to support humanitarian work in Myanmar's liberated regions. Details: www.facebook.com/events/s/res...

Film screening of Resisters in Borderland in Seoul — July 4! As part of the three-day forum organised by SEEAD. Looking forward to learning alongside filmmakers from South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China, and building solidarity across Asia in the fight against authoritarianism.

I was invited to speak at East Asia Democracy Forum in Tokyo. The local resistance of Myanmar is deeply intertwined with regional democratic resilience. I was grateful that I could continue this perspective to the global conversation.

Honored to join Panel Discussion at 17:30 on June in Shinjuku. Rejecting Militarism: Shared Experience, Resistance, and Solidarity. #MilkTeaAlliance

2月にスパイラル・ホールで開催されたシアターコモンズのパフォーマンスを目にする機会をいただき、メイ・リウによる" Homesick for Another World" ついてのレビューを書きました。 note.com/tct_archives...

国際平和映像祭（UFPFF）の公募が始まっております。締め切りは6月30日。学生による5分以内の映像であれば、フィクション・ドキュメンタリーどんなものでも対象です。今年から審査員として参加させていただくことになりました。

Entries are now open for the United for Peace Film Festival (UFPFF), open to student-made films under 5 minutes, fiction or documentary. I'm honoured to join this year as a jury member. Deadline: June 30. ufpff.com/en/entry

Hongkong, Tokyo, Bangkok, Utrecht -Thank you so much to my Chinese friends including those in the diaspora who organize film screening all around the world to support the people of Myanmar.

Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmar’s military, attended an international conference held in Bangkok. It's deeply amoral for these Asian leaders to welcome a perpetrator of mass atrocities, especially one under an ICC arrest warrant!

タイ-ミャンマー国境で活動する支援者やジャーナリストと協力し、地震被災地への支援キャンペーンを立ち上げました。 本当に支援を必要としている人々に援助を届けるためには、軍を迂回して直接届ける仕組みが必要です。 www.docuathan.com/earthquake

We are launching an earthquake relief campaign in collaboration with aid workers and journalists on the Thai-Myanmar border. Donations can be made via credit card, or PayPal. (Bank transfers are limited to Japanese banks.) www.docuathan.com/en/earthquake

History has shown that the Myanmar military abuses humanitarian aid. They drop bombs instead of relief. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The people of Myanmar urgently need your help after the devastating effects of the recent earthquake. Here is a trusted source where you can donate to support the relief efforts. www.myanmarearthquakehelp.com/en/donate

Drop all charges against Iraninan filmmakers Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha! For more information, www.icfr.international/cases/clear-...

New event! 📆8th & 9th Feb Docu Athan hold two day event of films & talks in Tokyo, looking at the situation in Myanmar and solidarity beyond borders. W/ guests Takuro Kotaka, Alric Lee of Hong Kong Lady Liberty & more Details: www.docuathan.com/news/docu-at...

Docu Athan is an initiative to support journalists and filmmakers in exile from Myanmar/Burma. We opened a physical space on the Thai-Myanmar border, where we provide free camera rentals and host journalism and filmmaking workshops for dissidents. english.dvb.no/why-i-founde...

Docu Athan will host the two-day event. As well as the film screenings, we'll hold sharing meetings to raise our “voices” together on various challenges in the world. Feb 8 12:00 - 20:00 Feb 9 12:00 - 17:00 【Venue】 Minato Commons (5-28-4 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014) 1000 yen

Jumped into the first film festival hosted by Amnesty International English Network in Tokyo. It was a great opportunity to present what's happening in Myanmar/Burma and share my experiences and projects. I hope gatherings like this happen more often to strengthen intercommunal support.

The Independent featured my comment in their piece. Japanese filmmaker jailed in Myanmar backs calls for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Toru Kubota, who was arrested while covering a protest in Yangon and whose case led to an international outcry, calls for Aung San Suu Kyi's release along with more than 20,000 detainees. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... @torukubota.bsky.social @torukubota23

2年前の11月18日、インセイン刑務所から解放された僕は羽田空港に到着しました。今はタイの国境の街で活動しています。署名に協力してくれた方々に活動報告を配信しました。 解放から2年 タイの国境地帯からの報告 chng.it/p6c6F52Lqb

路上は思ったより自由だった。

こんにちは！誰もいない、、！