Kaori Flores Yonekura
Kaori Flores Yonekura | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | Venezuelan |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
Kaori Flores Yonekura is a Venezuelan filmmaker of Japanese descent (nikkei).
Education
Yonekura graduated with a degree in production from the EICTV.[1]
Career
She has been a member of the selection committee for the Documenta Caracas Festival,[2] the script evaluation committee for the Franco-Andean Workshop Sembrando Cine,[3] and the isLAB International Project Development Workshop, as well as of the jury for the Bordes Festival in San Cristóbal and short film jury of the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival.[4][5]
Her documentary Nikkei received the Signis Venezuela Award and was awarded as the Best Documentary at Fescive, as well ass nominated for Best Documentary at the Icaro Central American Film Festival, for the Doc Andino Award, and for Best Documentary at Documenta Caracas.[6] Her feature film El extraordinario viaje del dragón was Venezuela's candidate for the 40th Goya Awards as Best Ibero-American Film.[7]
References
- ↑ Comunicaciones (2014-11-26). "Egresados de la EICTV ganan prestigiosos certámenes de guión". Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-22.
- ↑ Archived 2016-12-29 at the Wayback Machine y Premio Doc Andino Archived 2017-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Taller regional Franco-Andino de escritura de guiones cinematográficos "Sembrando Cine"". La France au Venezuela / Francia en Venezuela (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2026-05-22.
- ↑ "Festival de Cortos". Fundación Cultural Bordes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-22.
- ↑ "Short Film Competition | Vancouver Latin American Film Festival". oldversion.vlaff.org. Retrieved 2026-05-22.
- ↑ "NIKKEI". Programa Ibermedia (in European Spanish). 2026-05-20. Retrieved 2026-05-22.
- ↑ "El extraordinario viaje del Dragón » Premios Goya 2026". www.premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 2026-05-22.
External links
- "NIKKEI. Entrevista a KAORI FLORES YONEKURA". Iribarrenfilms.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-09.
- "It's good to say "I'm Nikkei" because I am part of something - Part 2". Discover Nikkei. 2010-11-02.
- "Films | Nikkei Film". nikkeifilm.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-03.
- Fermín, Daniel (2015-02-01). "Kaori Flores Yonekura, historia de una «nikkei»". Daniel Fermín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-22.