Praise for Naomi Kawase Authors Érik Bullot École nationale supérieure d'art de Bourges Keywords: Japanese cinema, independent cinema, photography, Naomi Kawase Abstract This essay by French artist and critic Érik Bullot traces the evolution of a set of issues in the films by Japanese Film-maker Naomi Kawase. Bullot analizes Kawase’s relation with photography and independent cinema, her mix of genres (documentary, diary, intimate narratives, art video, poetic meditation, autobiography, essay) and the main topics she tackles: traces, disappearances, abandonment and childhood. Downloads PDF (Català) Published 2012-11-05 Issue No. 18 (2012): Desorden y transgresión en el mundo antiguo Section Miscellaneous License The Author retains ownership of the copyright in this article, unless the opposite is expressed, and all rights not expressly granted in this agreement, including the nonexclusive right to reproduce, distribute, perform, and display the article in print or electronic form, and grants, Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat the exclusive rights to print publication of the Article for a period beginning when this Agreement is executed and ending twelve (12) months after the first publicaton of the work in this Journal. After this time, the work will be available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license, by which the article must be credited to the Author and the Journal be credited as first place of publication. Beginning twelve (12) months after the article´s first publication, the Author is free to enter in seperate, additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the work as published in this journal. The Author is encouraged to post the work online (eg in institutional or subject repositories, or on their website) after the exclusivity period of twelve (12) months has expired, as it can lead to productive exchanges as well as a greater citation of the published work (see The Effect of Open Access).