Biography

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.
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