Daniel López ダニエル・ロペス
ウムイ「芸能の村」
UMUI – Guardians Of Traditions
Nippon Docs ¾
Ryukyu dance and sanshin music are among the most impressive traditions from Okinawa. Director Daniel LÓPEZ, being of Swiss-Spanish origin and living in Okinawa, is fascinated by the way these art forms are still being passed on from one generation to the next. Observing the young and the old, he portraits century-old customs that are threatened to be lost.
Related Events:
Performance: Lion Dance From Okinawa
Guests:
ダニエル・ロペス, Tomoya OGOSHI
Cityscapes & Countryside Documentary Music
ウムイ「芸能の村」
Umui geino no mura
日本 2022
75 分
海外セールス
ダニエル・ロペス
About Daniel López
ダニエル・ロペス
Daniel López was born in Switzerland in 1970 and moved to Okinawa in 2003. In 2010, he graduated from the University of Arts in Okinawa. He then worked as a photographer, publisher and TV presenter. In 2015, he made his first feature-length documentary KATABUI – IN THE HEART OF OKINAWA (NC ’16). UMUI – GUARDIANS OF TRADITIONS (2022 / NC ’23) was awarded the Grand Prix for Best Anthropological-Ethnographic Film at the 2022 Tokyo Documentary Film Festival.
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