Today!!!! NIKKEI, SIGNIS prize in the II Fescive - Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela!
Nikkei is documentary about the identity of the Japanese who migrated to Latin America. It is the story of my grandparents, their trip from Japan to Peru, the media campaign against their race, World War II and the hope for a better life in Venezuela.
Direction: Kaori Flores Yonekura
- Script: Kaori Flores Yonekura
- Editing: Eyeletmy Rodriguez, Kaori Flores Yonekura
- Dir. Photography: Kaori Flores Yonekura
- Music: Alejandro Rosso
- Executive Producer: Kaori Flores Yonekura
- Coproducer: Hugo Shinki Higa
- Production Company: AC No Film (Venezuela) - Mullu Producciones (Peru)
“Nikkei, el documental de Kaori Flores Yonekura transita los hilos de la memoria, y utiliza como pretexto su historia personal de búsqueda para introducirnos a un tema complejo de identidad, integración y reconocimiento del “ser” latinoamericano” - Elizabeth Lino Cornejo - 07 Ago 2011
”(…) documental vanguardista que se desarrolla (…) en una “lingua franca del film” para acceder a diversas culturas, economías, expresiones emocionales, sistemas sociales y estructuras psicológicas; dan como resultado una semántica original con identidad propia” - Eduardo Ramos Olivera - 16 Ago 2011
”(…) me ha sido sumamente revelador, doloroso, melancólico y esperanzador. Buen trabajo” - Silvia Kamisato - 06 Ago 2011
“El ver tu documental me ha hecho reflexionar, tomar un punto de partida para construirme” - Suemi Meda Ruiz - 09 Ago 2011
Awards and Events
“Nikkei” is a production of AC NO FILM - VENEZUELA. Co-productions with Mullu Producciones in Peru, with support from the National Autonomous Cinematography Center of Venezuela and the Ibermedia Program (Iberoamerican film found).
It has received the following Awards:
- Best Latin American project - Bolivia Lab 2009
- Documentary Funding Program - CNAC 2009
- Participation in DocMeeting Argentina 2009 (Pitching Forum)
- Program 2009 IBERMEDIA
- Participation MIPCOM Cannes 2010 - Catalog Mundigo - Distribution for Europe and Asia.
Festivals Confirmed
Festival de la espiritualidad en el Cine Venezolano, FESCIVE 2012 - Official Selection Best Feature Documentary
Cine las Americas, Int. Fil Festival - 2012 - Official Selection Best Documentary
Guadalajara’s International Film Festival - 2012 - Official Selection Best Feature Int. Documentary
AtlantiDoc - 2011 - Official Selection Best Feature Int. Documentary
Icaro Central America Film Festival - 2011 - Official Selection Best Feature Int. Documentary
Documenta Caracas - 2011 - Official Seleccion Best Feature Venezuelan Documentary and Best Andean Documentary
Lima’s Film Festival - 2011 - Roadshow
Interviews
IRRIBARREN FILMS
http://iribarrenfilms.blogspot.com/2009/10/nikkei-una-entrevista-kaori-flores.html
ASOCIACIÓN PERUANO JAPONESA / DISCOVER NIKKEI
http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/article/3654/
NIPOBLOC
http://www.nipobloc.com/2011/04/nikkei-el-documental-una-conversacion.html#comment-form
Bio and Filmography - Kaori Flores Yonekura
My father is Venezuelan and my mother is Japanese. I was born in Merida, Venezuela, and at age 22 I graduated at International School of Film and TV of San Antonio de los Baños in Cuba (1999). I have dedicated my work to human rights, popular culture, indigenous people and identity. My most important works are:
- Documentary Series (13 episodes) “Injerencia, la invasión silenciosa” on the interference of the CIA in Latin America. PanaFilms - Telesur - Villa del Cine. Venezuela
- Matrices - Iraq: short, 23 minutes. About of the media manipulation to justify the Iraq’s invasion . AC NO FILM
- Documentary Series (35 episodes) “Somos”: dedicated to Venezuelan indigenous.
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