Ayako IMAMURA

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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.

ニッポン・コネクション上映作品

友達やめた。, 日本 2020 (撮影) NC21
友達やめた。, 日本 2020 (監督) NC21
Start Line, 日本 2016 (監督) NC17
Start Line, 日本 2016 (撮影) NC17
架け橋~聞こえなかった3.11, 日本 2013 (監督) NC14
架け橋~聞こえなかった3.11, 日本 2013 (撮影) NC14
架け橋~聞こえなかった3.11, 日本 2013 (海外セールス) NC14

ニッポン・コネクション・ゲスト

The Connecting Bridge, NC14