Toru Kubota
@torukubota.bsky.social
Documentary filmmaker. Former political prisoner. Based in Thai-Myanmar border or in Tokyo.
https://www.torukubota.com
https://www.torukubota.com
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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
📆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
December 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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
📆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
202512docuathan002.peatix.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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
202512docuathan002.peatix.com
Today at Garden Cinema in London! A few seats are still available here! www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/securin...
September 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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
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
August 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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
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
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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
📆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
August 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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
📆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...
-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...
ミャンマーで予定される「ファシスト選挙」の実態｜久保田徹 | Toru Kubota
今月初め、ミャンマー軍は緊急事態宣言の解除を発表した。今冬に総選挙を行うことを計画している。
ミャンマー国軍、非常事態宣言を解除 クーデター4年半、総選挙へ：朝日新聞
2021年2月のクーデターでミャンマーの全権を握った国軍は7月31日、統治の根拠としてきた「非常事態宣言」を解除したと発
digital.asahi.com
一見すると「選挙が行われる」という見出しは良...
note.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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...
-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...
Reposted by Toru Kubota
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
「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
「外国人増加で犯罪が?」「外国人労働者が日本人の賃金を?」広がる情報を検証「不法滞在者」めぐる誤りも | NHK | フェイク対策
【NHK】参議院選挙の投開票日を前に、SNSで「外国人」に触れる投稿が増えています。各党の訴えも激しさを増していますが、候補者の発…
www3.nhk.or.jp
July 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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
「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.”
July 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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.”
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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...
📆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...
July 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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...
📆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.
Looking forward to learning alongside filmmakers from South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China, and building solidarity across Asia in the fight against authoritarianism.
June 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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.
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.
June 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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
Rejecting Militarism: Shared Experience, Resistance, and Solidarity. #MilkTeaAlliance
June 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Honored to join Panel Discussion at 17:30 on June in Shinjuku.
Rejecting Militarism: Shared Experience, Resistance, and Solidarity. #MilkTeaAlliance
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。
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May 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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...
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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。
May 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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
ufpff.com/en/entry
CALL FOR ENTRIES – UFPFF 2025 – 国際平和映像祭 （UFPFF） – UNITED FOR PEACE FILM FESTIVAL
際平和映像祭(UFPFF)は平和をテーマにした映像祭です。平和を願う世界中の若者が、映像によって互いを知り、国を越えたつながりを持ってほしいという願いから毎年9月21日のピースデーに合わせて開催しています。
ufpff.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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
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.
April 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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!
April 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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
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
ミャンマー大地震 ご寄付のお願い | Docu Athan ドキュ・アッタン
ミャンマー大地震、ご寄付のお願い
～軍政を通さない着実な支援のために～
3月28日午後、ミャンマー中部マンダレー付近を震源とするマグニチュード7.7の大きな地震が発生しました。ミャンマーでは「この100年で最大」ともいわれる規模で、震源地に近いマンダレーやザガイン地域などで甚大な被害が出ていることが明らかになりつつあります。
30日の時点でミャンマー軍は1700人が死亡したとしていますが、これは...
www.docuathan.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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
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
Donations can be made via credit card, or PayPal. (Bank transfers are limited to Japanese banks.)
www.docuathan.com/en/earthquake
Myanmar Earthquake: Appeal for Donations | Docu Athan ドキュ・アッタン
— For Direct and Reliable Aid That Bypasses the Military Junta — On the afternoon of March 28, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit near Mandalay in central Myanmar. Called “the largest in a century,” the q...
www.docuathan.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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
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...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Myanmar earthquake: Junta continues air strikes after devastating quake
A UN Special Rapporteur tells BBC it is "nothing short of incredible" that the military would "drop bombs when you are trying to rescue people".
www.bbc.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
History has shown that the Myanmar military abuses humanitarian aid. They drop bombs instead of relief.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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
www.myanmarearthquakehelp.com/en/donate
Myanmar Earthquake Relief
Support earthquake relief efforts in Myanmar
www.myanmarearthquakehelp.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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
www.myanmarearthquakehelp.com/en/donate
Drop all charges against Iraninan filmmakers Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha!
For more information,
www.icfr.international/cases/clear-...
For more information,
www.icfr.international/cases/clear-...
Clear Maryam & Behtash of All Charges Now! - The ICFR calls on the Iranian government to immediately and unconditionally drop all charges against filmmakers Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha
news, cases
www.icfr.international
February 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Drop all charges against Iraninan filmmakers Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha!
For more information,
www.icfr.international/cases/clear-...
For more information,
www.icfr.international/cases/clear-...
Reposted by Toru Kubota
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...
📆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...
February 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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...
📆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...
english.dvb.no/why-i-founde...
Why I founded ‘Docu Athan’ to document voices and stories
Guest contributor Toru Kubota On Nov. 17, 2022, I was inside Insein Prison’s solitary confinement room number 29 when guards approached the iron bar door with excitement. They declared: “You are relea...
english.dvb.no
February 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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...
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
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
ドキュ・アッタンシアター # Tokyo 開催します！
ドキュ・アッタンシアター # Tokyo 開催します！Docu-Athan Teater #Tokyo
www.docuathan.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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
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