Ayako IMAMURA

今村彩子

Ayako IMAMURA


Born in Nagoya, Ayako IMAMURA studied sign language at Aichi University as well as film and deaf culture at California State University. Since 2001, she has been shooting documentary films about the everyday life of deaf people. Raising awareness about the discrimination of deaf people in Japan through lectures and film screenings, she also teaches sign language at Japanese universities. At Nippon Connection, her other documentary films THE CONNECTING BRIDGE (2013 / NC’14) and START LINE (2016 / NC ‘17) were also screened.

Films shown at Nippon Connection

I Quit, Being “Friends”, Japan 2020 (Cinematography) NC21
I Quit, Being “Friends”, Japan 2020 (Director) NC21
Start Line, Japan 2016 (Director) NC17
Start Line, Japan 2016 (Cinematography) NC17
The Connecting Bridge, Japan 2013 (Director) NC14
The Connecting Bridge, Japan 2013 (Cinematography) NC14
The Connecting Bridge, Japan 2013 (World sales) NC14

Guest at Nippon Connection

The Connecting Bridge, NC14

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