Favorite dir: Anahí Berneri, Edward Yang, Jonas Mekas, Kim Ki-duk, Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Wim Wenders, Nadine Labaki, Matt Ross, Fatih Akın, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Gerald Kargl, Damjan Kozole, Jia Zhangke, Sidney Lumet, Robert Altman, Damián Szifron, etc
His filmography includes "Pueblo (2022)" which was selected for the top 0.4% section at the Jeonju surpassing Sundance's Shorts rate, and an only 3:59 film "NOH Men (2021)" which was invited to represent Japan at the Tashkent and its filmmaking program. It is one of the oldest throughout Asia and a former-unified fest by "world's Big 4" (from a perspective and sources of the Far East). While KiMi cherishes such histories, the NOH Men was also screened online at the Athens Digital Arts during the Covid-19.
After studying in Spain in 2014, KiMi spent over 6 years on an art journey, learning various styles of cinematography and screenwriting from 5 different cultures. He's currently working on some exciting international co-productions!
Other commercial works |
Directing: Change Fashion, Shiseido cosmetics, Education tips for Kids (Foreign Language), Music Videos
Art consultant: Echigo-Tsumari Triennale (the oldest in category), Int'l Association (regional)
Museum staff: Setouchi and Yokohama Triennale, Tokyo Metropolitan Art, some Non-profit org
Model: Tokyo Walker Magazine, Loewe, Shiseido web, Latin Music Videos
Actor for films: Pueblo, Roommate (Toei), Mirai Shutter, Reset (Asian FF of Dallas, 2014), etc...
His Uncles |
Yuichi Akata 赤田祐一 - the editor-in-chief of Battle Royale (Best-selling Novel / the original source material for that same titled film starring Takeshi Kitano 北野武),
Yoshiro Akata 赤田義郎 - SEGA, SQUARE CO., LTD. USA (Video Game Development), Beams (JP Fashion)
KiMi's Logo Design / Bruno Ruiz (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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2014年渡西し、バルセロナ大学視聴覚部門 ESCAC に勤務。美術展、制作会社、俳優エージェントを経て、2021年実験映画『NOH Men』が、第17回アテネデジタルアーツフェスティバルのビデオアート部門など世界各国の芸術祭で上映される。同作で、97年までモスクワ映画祭の偶数年版であった、タシケント国際映画祭の若手監督ラボへ現地招待され、翌年、ウズベキスタン、日本、スペイン、アルゼンチンの国際共同製作としてショートフィルム『The Return to Dreams』(原題: Pueblo)が完成した。
『The Return to Dreams』は、南米映画界で最大のアワードショーの一つ、第51回グラマド映画祭公認 Festival Nacional de Cinema de Guaíba にノミネートされ、韓国・全州国際短編映画祭の国際コンペティション部門15作品に、倍率約250倍の中選出。製作国内においては、2023年中央アジア独立系作品を扱う複合型芸術祭の映画部門、Cinema Love で特別上映が組まれた。
国際映画製作者連盟 FIAPF が提案した、第13回タシケント映画祭には、35歳以下の日本人監督代表として参加し、黒沢清監督『旅のおわり世界のはじまり』以来のウズベキスタンでの映画撮影となった。近年では、ジョニー・デップ、北野武監督、『レオン』のリュック・ベッソン等が参加しており、1958年エジプト・インドネシアと共同で Afro-Asian Film Festival として始まったアジア全体でも古い国際映画祭の復活版に参加できた。
また、東日本大震災の10年後を扱った中編ドキュメンタリードラマ『COVID-19 X ...』で、第19回広州国際ドキュメンタリー映画祭のインターナショナル・ピッチングや、2022年チャイナ・ドラゴン・アワード等に入選。同年、越後妻有アートトリエンナーレのコンサルタントを務めた。Kimi Meguro の強みとして、広域アジア・イスラム圏(旧ソビエト圏)・ヨーロッパ・アメリカ大陸それぞれの映画撮影スタイルの経験かもしれない。
  • Producer (6 Credits)
    The Return to Dreams2022
    Experimental, Short, Other
    COVID-19 × ...2021
    Documentary, Experimental
    NOH Men2021
    Documentary, Music Video, Short
    ¿Eh?2021
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Other
    DESERTER 22020
    Short
    Deserter2008
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Director (5 Credits)
    The Return to Dreams2022
    Experimental, Short, Other
    COVID-19 × ...2021
    Documentary, Experimental
    NOH Men2021
    Documentary, Music Video, Short
    DESERTER 22020
    Short
    Deserter2008
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Writer (4 Credits)
    TBD
    Student, Screenplay, Short Script, Treatment, Other
    The Return to Dreams2022
    Experimental, Short, Other
    DESERTER 22020
    Short
    Deserter2008
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Acting (2 Credits)
    COVID-19 × ...2021
    Documentary, Experimental
    Deserter2008
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Lead (1 Credit)
    The Return to Dreams2022
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Calligraphy and Title Letter Design (1 Credit)
    NOH Men2021
    Documentary, Music Video, Short
  • DOP, Editor (1 Credit)
    NOH Men2021
    Documentary, Music Video, Short
  • Sound (1 Credit)
    NOH Men2021
    Documentary, Music Video, Short
  • Subtitles (1 Credit)
    NOH Men2021
    Documentary, Music Video, Short
1st place in popularity ranking of Uzbek shorts as of May-August, 2023 and Sept-Oct, 2024
The Return to Dreams
IMDb
Worldwide
2024
Int'l Competition (Top 0.4%)
The Return to Dreams
Jeonju International Short Film Festival
Jeonju, South Korea
2023
Horror / Thriller
The Return to Dreams
ONED art/experimental film festival
Beijing, Toulouse (France) and/or Online
2023
Quarter-Finalist Award / Comedy
The Return to Dreams
SWIFF / Student World Impact Film Festival - Total submitted films: 13,868 from over 120 nations
NJ, USA
2023
2nd place in popularity ranking of 275 Uzbek movies as of May 15, 2023
The Return to Dreams
IMDb
Worldwide (an Amazon company)
2023
accredited by 51st Gramado Festival (Brazilian Oscar)
The Return to Dreams
22º Festival Nacional de Cinema Estudantil de Guaíba/Mostra Nacional e Internacional de Curtas e Longa Metragens
Guaíba, Rio Grande do Sul
2023
Out of Competition / Moc Fest
The Return to Dreams
Cinema Love (by Swiss and Israeli Agencies, Tuborg, Coca Cola or British Council, etc)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2023
Digital Experimental Cinema / EU
The Return to Dreams
Live Soundtrack (67th or 68th episode with Music Live)
Serbia (Belgrade), Sweden (Malmö, Gothenburg), Croatia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia or Switzerland
2023
Connecting Creators Community
The Return to Dreams
Festival Angaelica, 16th (supported by 2014 Slamdance FF)
Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Screened / Romantic Film Category
The Return to Dreams
Taiga Community
Khabarovsk, Russia
2022
Movie Streaming Service
NOH Men
Dokuso Theater
Tokyo
2022
Finalist
NOH Men
21 islands International Short Film fest in NYC
New York
2022
Nominated / competition of China Dragon Awards
COVID-19 × ...
22nd China International Conference of Science and Education Producers
Beijing
2022
Finalist, 13th Edition
COVID-19 × ...
Festival Internazionale del Cinema Patologico
Roma
2022
Semi Finalist / 10th Edition
COVID-19 × ...
Independent Video Film Festival of Youtube Art Club
Greece
2022
Official Selection
COVID-19 × ...
Cameroon International Film Festival
2022
Video Art - Official Selection
NOH Men
Athens Digital Arts Festival, 17th / Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs also participated
co-financed by the Hellenic Republic and the European Union
2021
2 categories nominated and invited as a representative under 35 y.o. filmmakers of East Asia
NOH Men
Tashkent International Film Festival, 13th (1958, 68 - 97, 2021 - )
(ex-Moscow IFF's even year edition with FIAPF A-lists) Due to the political decision to organize only one "A" festival for all socialist countries, Karlovy Vary IFF was forced to alternate year by year with Moscow IFF between 1959 and 1993.
2021
International Pitching Session
COVID-19 × ...
19th GZdoc - largest in China or Eastasian Documentary category
Guangzhou, Guangdong
2021
Best Screenplay
TBD
University's selection for Film department lab (16mm)
Tokyo
2010
Arthouse Cinema Screening
Deserter
Tollywood
Tokyo
2008
JazzTimes Television
The Return to Dreams
Madavera Expojour JazzTimes Film Festival
USA
Selected
NOH Men
Festival RENUAC
Santiago
Official Selection
NOH Men
Noble International Film Festival And Awards
India
Official Selection
NOH Men
Venice Architecture Film Festival
Venice
Official Selection
NOH Men
12 International Mobile Film Festival
North Macedonia, South Korea and USA
The cast has won several awards
NOH Men
59th-60th Fukushima Festival of Arts (1962 - )
Animation - Official Selection
NOH Men
Lima Web Fest, 5th
Lima, Peru
Experimental
COVID-19 × ...
DokuBaku international Documentary Film festival
Baku
Online Screening
DESERTER 2
Lift Off
London
Short Film Experimental
DESERTER 2
Buenos Aires International Film Festival
Online
Officially screened
DESERTER 2
Coal City Film Festival
Lagos
Best Film
DESERTER 2
# Am Latino
Maryland
Best Short Documentary
DESERTER 2
Fickin International Film Festival
Kinshasa
Official Selection
DESERTER 2
Phoenix Short film festival
Toronto, ON
College
Colegio Maravillas, Málaga, Spain
with South African host mother
2014
College
Eleven Arts, Inc. Acting workshop (American-mixed method)
Mentor: Amir Naderi, etc.
20112014
College
Screenwriting and Filmmaking program - Fellow (Uzbekistan State Institute of Arts and Culture, Uzbekkino), Central Asia
As a representative under 35 y.o. filmmakers of East Asia, with a Korean director | Mentor: Luc Besson, etc.
20212022
College
ESCAC (Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia) works, Barcelona, Spain
Advertisement (Acting)
College
20th Cinemadamare (79th Venice Biennale participating lab), Italy, TBD
Filmmaking, Screenplay in foreign languages
College
A Uni of Arts
Film (8mm, 16mm, 35mm), JP format-screenwriting, English teacher: popular dir. Nagisa Ōshima 大島渚's son
College
Tashkent Film School (Mentor: Danièle Incalcaterra)
Doc n Journalism / due to Kimi's closing screening at Film Fest Cinema Love (which was cancelled suddenly in June, 2023)
College
Several Latin, Chinese or Spanish Actor's agents (casting, its private classes)
Practicing Multilingual Scripts (including French, some African or Korean projects)
20142021
High School
Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates
When 17
High School
An Elementary School, Rouen, France
Volunteer
High School
Toronto Int'l Film Festival and some actor agents, ON, Canada
Volunteer, Amazon Original series shooting experience (and a leading role in film)
Nickname
Kimi
Hometown
Fukushima Pref, JP hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accidents
Gender
Other
Eye Color
Brown
・His name KIMI means YOU in his mother tongue!
・In late 2010s, when KiMi lived in Spain, he visited San Sebastian Film Festival a couple of times as a visitor. Usually goes to art museums in cities around the world without info and spends time there. Similarly, while waiting for a film screening, a young staff of the festival told him where Gael García Bernal was staying. And later he met Gael in front of the hotel entrance. Also, the best director awarded Anahí Berneri followed his social media, watched KiMi's films and she passed on her recommendation to him. Good Education for filmmaking.
・In 2021, when KiMi was invited to the youth filming lab of Tashkent Film Festival, Uzbekistan, former Soviet Union (1958 AAFF, 1968-), his mentor was a French director Luc Besson of the "Léon: The Professional" film. The following year, Takeshi Kitano and Johnny Depp also attended there. One of his uncles Yuichi Akata is a writer and the editor-in-chief of best-selling novel "Battle Royale". In the same titled film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Kitano starred later.
・His future dream would be visiting over 100 countries or goin' to another planet...
Favorite dir: Anahí Berneri, Edward Yang, Jonas Mekas, Kim Ki-duk, Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Wim Wenders, Nadine Labaki, Matt Ross, Fatih Akın, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Gerald Kargl, Damjan Kozole, Jia Zhangke, Sidney Lumet, Robert Altman, Damián Szifron, etc
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