Eimi Imanishi

Director at DIFF 2026

Eimi Imanishi is a Japanese and American filmmaker. Her award-winning short films include Battalion To My Beat (2016) which won the Canal+ Award for Best International Short at Le Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand in 2017, and One-Up (2017). Imanishi’s debut feature film Nomad Shadow had its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2025.