Sybilla Patrizia
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Sybilla Patrizia is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and photographer from Austria, based in Tokyo.
In her work, she merges her passion for social impact and human stories with her background in fashion to create thought-provoking stories that cross the border between documentary, art and design.
Sybilla filmed VICE’s ‘The Dark Side of Manga’ which won an Emmy in 2023. Her short film ‘A Color I Named Blue’ about two Japanese indigo dyers premiered in competition at Sheffield DocFest, Palm Springs and DC/DOX, and received the Special Mention at DOC NYC in 2025. It was screened at the Barbican Center London in May 2026. ‘Toma Unrestored’ about a couple who revives a forgotten Japanese priest house into an art space in Nara, premiered on NOWNESS in 2025.
She also served as Japan Unit Director on ‘Our New World’, a feature documentary about communities around the world adapting to climate change, featuring Japan’s Ama free divers and their fight to save disappearing seaweed beds. Sybilla is currently in post-production of her feature film "PLASTIC LOVE!" which deals with the global waste issue through the eyes of Japan’s traditional packaging artists and waste workers.
In her work, she merges her passion for social impact and human stories with her background in fashion to create thought-provoking stories that cross the border between documentary, art and design.
Sybilla filmed VICE’s ‘The Dark Side of Manga’ which won an Emmy in 2023. Her short film ‘A Color I Named Blue’ about two Japanese indigo dyers premiered in competition at Sheffield DocFest, Palm Springs and DC/DOX, and received the Special Mention at DOC NYC in 2025. It was screened at the Barbican Center London in May 2026. ‘Toma Unrestored’ about a couple who revives a forgotten Japanese priest house into an art space in Nara, premiered on NOWNESS in 2025.
She also served as Japan Unit Director on ‘Our New World’, a feature documentary about communities around the world adapting to climate change, featuring Japan’s Ama free divers and their fight to save disappearing seaweed beds. Sybilla is currently in post-production of her feature film "PLASTIC LOVE!" which deals with the global waste issue through the eyes of Japan’s traditional packaging artists and waste workers.
