hi.
My email is: nofilm@gmail.com
please write after March 14. I am not available the next few days.
Kaori
Nikkei on Cinesul Rio de Janeiro. Unica exhibición 23 de junio Correios Video, a las 13hrs. Rio de Janeiro.
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:
- Opening - Chile North’s International Film Festival 2012
- Winner SIGNIS Prize - Fescive 2012
- Best Documentary - Fescive 2012
- Icaro Central America Film Festival - 2011 - Nominated to Best Feature International Documentary
- 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
Cinemaissí (october 2012) - Official Selection
Elcoriente (september 2012) - Official Selection
Festival of the Iberoamericana documentary memory 2012 - Competition
Icaro’s Nicaragua Film Fest. 2012 - Show Case
Cinesul 2012 - Migration and Travel’s Showcase
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
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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