Aya Domenig was born in Japan in 1972 and grew up in Switzerland. From 1992 until 2000 she studied Social Anthropology, Film Studies and Japanology at the University of Zurich, specializing in Visual Anthropology. During an exchange year at the Hitotsubashi University of Tokyo (1997) she shot her first documentary film OYAKATA (The Master). OYAKATA was part of her master thesis when she graduated from University three years later.
From 2001 to 2005 Aya Domenig studied Film Directing at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). Her graduation film HARU ICHIBAN (Spring Storm) was screened at various international Filmfestivals such as Locarno and Clermont‐Ferrand and was awarded the Prix Cinécinéma at the Premiers Plans Film Festival in Angers. Her film THE DAY THE SUN FELL premiered at the 68th edition of the Locarno International Filmfestival (Critics Week).
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