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 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.

 

Kaori 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.

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