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Kaori Flores Yonekura Nuevo Objetivo Film
Kaori Flores Yonekura

Director

Kaori Flores Yonekura Nuevo Objetivo Film

Nuevo Objetivo Film is the company of Kaori Flores Yonekura, a filmmaker with extensive experience in the audiovisual and graphic arts fields in Venezuela, Japan, and Latin America. In addition to creating and producing independent films, she distributes films in the cultural and educational markets of the United States (Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, NYU, and 20 other relevant universities), while also providing production services for projects around the world (Brazil, Germany, Costa Rica, Switzerland, among others).

Kaori studied at the International School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV). She has received scholarships and residencies related to filmmaking and cultural promotion from various organizations such as the French Institute, O'Higgins University, Ibermedia, the Carolina Foundation, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bolivia Lab, and the National Autonomous Center for Cinematography. She earned a diploma in "Postwar Japan" from the University of Tokyo. She has over 30 credits in individual and collective audiovisual productions, and her works have been presented at more than twenty festivals and competitions around the world.

She is the creator and director of the CINESCOPE Film Training Program, which awards over 400 scholarships to Latin American filmmakers and cultural managers with the support of the Ibermedia program. She also collaborates on script and project selection, as well as development consulting, at isLAb (Puerto Rico), Flicc (Mexico), PDVSA La Estacia (Venezuela), and in competitions and workshops at the French Embassy in Venezuela that involve Andean filmmakers. She has also collaborated with the University of the Arts of Ecuador with workshops at the "Interactos" event. She is a founding member of the Venezuelan Film Academy.

Gabriela Kobayashi is a prominent lawyer specializing in the entertainment industry, with a focus on international film distribution. Drawing on her extensive legal expertise and strategic market insight, she has become a key figure at Nuevo Objetivo Film, where she manages license negotiations and regulatory compliance for a diverse portfolio of clients and film content. Her background includes significant experience in drafting and negotiating distribution agreements for cinema, television, and digital platforms, positioning her as an expert in structuring deals that protect filmmakers' interests and maximize the global reach of their work.

Kaori Flores Yonekura Nuevo Objetivo Film
Gabriela Kobayashi

Licenses Coordinator

Kaori Flores Yonekura Nuevo Objetivo Film
Kaori Flores
Yonekura

Director

Producer

Kaori Flores Yonekura is a filmmaker. Her body of work is backed by recognition from leading film academies across Ibero-America.

Her debut feature, "Nikke"*, has garnered over 30 international selections and is part of permanent collections at 24 universities and museums in the United States, while "The extraordinary journey of Dragon" has won awards and been screened at festivals in Europe, Asia, and Ibero-America.

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Ztuyoshi
Flores Yonekura

Creative Director

Ztuyoshi Flores Yonekura is a graphic designer, university educator, and art director with an extensive career. His visual signature is evident in the feature-length documentary *Nikkei*, while his creative imprint extends to the multi-award-winning film *El extraordinario viaje del Dragón* (The Extraordinary Journey of the Dragon); for this project, he developed the aesthetic concept in close collaboration with his sister, Kaori, establishing a visually rich universe of high artistic merit that has been showcased at festivals across Europe, Asia, and Ibero-America.


In the academic realm, he leads visual arts and design education at the Universidad de los Andes (ULA), building strategic bridges that connect contemporary graphic research with the preservation of historical memory. His leadership and conceptualization skills are underpinned by the success and prestige his work has garnered within academic, cultural, and cinematic circles.

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