Biography

Kimi Meguro was the only Japanese director under 35 invited to on-site programs, such as the Ateliers Varan, and to official multilingual filming labs associated with the 4 major international film festivals and the 51st Oscars in Brazil (2023), as of the 2021 festival season in the Far East.

Kimi also engaged with 3 TIFF platforms including Toronto, Tashkent (Moscow and Afro Asian), and Tokyo (Busan) in several roles, and participated in the Jeonju International Short Film Festival (2023), which showcases only the top 0.4% of all shorts.

Right after studying abroad in Spain, Kimi appeared in a regional film that garnered international attention, with features in the International New York Times and The Japan Times (2014). The film went on to set a new Japanese record for long-running screenings (2015-2019).

Has stayed in approximately 200 cities around the world, met friends over 100 nationalities and taught himself 4 to 5 different languages, since his mid-20s.
- IMDb mini biography by: Experimental Cinema (Spain) and Darakchi (Uzbekistan)

Youth judges' comments on Kimi's film "Pueblo" (The Return to Dreams):

. "A film that embodies the director's artistic spirit, presenting a world shaped by their singular creative vision."

. "The visual storytelling is elegant and nuanced, allowing the audience to interpret and engage with the film on multiple levels."

. "A thought-provoking film that challenges conventional norms, offering a fresh and unique perspective on its subject matter."
- IMDb mini biography by: Student World Impact Film Festival (US) youth jury

A review about "Pueblo" film (Korean to English):

We watch movies. And there are many things in them. We see people, we see distant views, we see backgrounds. We watch it, and we wonder: what story is the movie telling? Do we need to find out what the movie is telling, no, what story must the movie be telling? Here's a movie with scenes from different villages (Pueblos). A silent movie with no sound. Maybe, because of this, we can pay more attention to the images it shows. There are people. People who need to move, people who need to stay. There are those who dream, those who have nothing but dreams, and those who have no dreams. There are those who claim a certain sincerity of faith, and those who take it lightly. Or, some may be casual about it and then go deeper into it. We encounter all kinds of people, and we don't know what their truth is, but we encounter them all the time. There are not only people in the village. We also encounter animals. People and animals, nature and matter, lie awkwardly but familiarly around us. And we look at it and wonder, what does it mean, what should it mean?
- IMDb mini biography by: Jeonju ISFF (Korea)