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D.C. Deaf Film Festival Schedule of Events and Films
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D.C. ASL Film Festival Schedule of Events and Films
Note: Download and print the schedule here for the Festival overview (in PDF format). Scroll below to see detailed film descriptions.
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Friday, May 1, 2009 –
"Reel Poetic Justice"
Time: 6:00
PM to 10:30 PM
Location: Andrew
Foster Auditorium, Gallaudet University
Description: Six
"Reel Poetic Jusice" films and "The Deaf Family" Feature (7 total)
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Time
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Movie Title
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Country
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Genre(s)
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6:00 PM
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Director's
Showcase:
The Heart
of the Hydrogen Jukebox
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USA
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Documentary
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7:45 PM
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Ten minute break
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8:00 PM
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Excerpts from The Rosa Lee Show
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USA
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Poetry
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The
Unnoticed Life
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DC, USA
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Poetry
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A Story
about Ch'ien-niang
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DC, USA
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Storytelling
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The
Tortoise and the Hare
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DC, USA
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Storytelling
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Bewogen
(Motioning)
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Sweden
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Poetry
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9:00 PM
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Ten minute break
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9:15 PM
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Feature:
The Deaf
Family
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USA
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Comedy
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
– "Reel International"
Time: 1:00
PM to 10:00 PM
Location: Andrew
Foster Auditorium, Gallaudet University
Description: Twenty-six "Reel
International" films and "See What I'm Saying" Feature (27 total)
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Time
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Movie Title
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Country
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Genre(s)
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1:00 PM
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A
Showcase of New Zealand Shorts:
Bionic
Hand Implant
Time to
Think
Unlocking
the Past
Beautiful
Hands
Return of
the Hand
Love 1st
Time
Peter
Researching
the Sign of Time
The Last
Laugh
Goodbye Buzzy
Signs of
the Bill
Life's In
Your Hand
The Hammer
The
Witching Hour
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Comedy
Drama
Drama
Drama
Drama
Drama
Drama
Drama
Comedy
Drama
Drama
Art
Suspense
Comedy
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2:30 PM
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Ten minute break
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2:45 PM
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Alice and
the Aurifactor
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Germany
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Adventure, Fantasy
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The Guest
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UK
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Suspense
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Herrie in
Mijn Hoofd (Noises in My Head)
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Netherlands
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Documentary
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4:45 PM
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Ten minute break
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5:00 PM
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Notte
Sento
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Italy
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Art,
Romance
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Feature:
Voices from El-Sayed
(sneak preview promotion)
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Israel
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Documentary
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Jag Tänker – Alltså
Finns Jag (I Think – Therefore I am)
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Sweden
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Documentary
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6:00 PM
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Ten minute break
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6:15 PM
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Four Deaf
Yorkshiremen and the Missing Wife
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UK
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Comedy
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The
Rubbish Monster & More
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South
Africa
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Animation
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Schizophrenia
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UK
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Horror, Suspense
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Här Tecknade Alla (Here Everybody Spoke
Sign Language)
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Sweden
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Documentary
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Danny
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UK
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Drama
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7:30 PM
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Fifteen minute break
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8:00 PM
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Director's
Showcase:
See What
I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary
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USA
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Documentary
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Followed by the VIP
Filmmakers Private Reception
This Saturday event is for those
filmmakers whose films were accepted in this festival and festival attendees
who purchase the VIP Film Festival Combo Pass including the Filmmakers Private
Reception.
Sunday – May 3, 2009
– Part 1 – "Reel North American"
Location: Andrew
Foster Auditorium, Gallaudet University
Time: 1:00
PM to 6:00 PM
Description: Six "Reel North American"
films and "The Legend of Mountain Man" Feature (7 total)
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Time
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Movie Title
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Country
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Genre(s)
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1:00 PM
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The Blue
Box
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Utah
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Action, Thriller
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Lexie
Cannes (sneak preview promotion)
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Oregon
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Suspense
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Stoked
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Texas
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Documentary
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Discovering:
Shuktara
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USA/India
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Documentary
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2:30 PM
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Ten minute break
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2:45 PM
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Interface
(sneak preview promotion)
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Canada
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Science
Fiction
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Excerpts from The Rosa Lee Show
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USA
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Skits
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3:45 PM
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Fifteen minutes
break
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4:00 PM
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Feature:
The Legend
of the Mountain Man
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USA
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Family,
Thriller
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Sunday – May 3, 2009
– Part 2 – "Reel D.C. and Youth"
Location: Multipurpose Room
(MPR), Student Activity Center, Gallaudet University
Time: 1:00
PM to 6:00 PM
Description: Twelve
"Reel D.C. and Youth" films and several MSSD student films
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Time
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Movie Title
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Submissions
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Genre(s)
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1:00 PM
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Model Secondary School for
the Deaf Student Films
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High
School
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Various
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1:30 PM
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Ten minute break
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1:45 PM
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Carter
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Gallaudet
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Thriller
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The Lost
Marooner
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Gallaudet
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Comedy
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Sick Love
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Gallaudet
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Horror
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The
Stranger That Signs
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Gallaudet
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Suspense
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Chalkboard
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RIT
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Art,
Comedy
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Tara's Story
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Gallaudet
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Documentary
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The Making
of Agamemnon
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Gallaudet
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Documentary
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3:00 PM
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Ten minute break
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3:15 PM
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Out of
Limb
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Gallaudet
Graduate School
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ASL Comedy
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A Brutal
Awakening
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Gallaudet
Graduate School
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Documentary
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First
Crush
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George
Washington University
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Art
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My Fear
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DC
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Documentary
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Let's Talk
About: Mainstreamed and Deaf Schools
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DC
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Documentary
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Fifteen minute break
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4:00 PM
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Feature:
The Legend
of the Mountain Man
in Foster
Auditorium
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USA
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Family,
Thriller
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Followed by the Awards
Ceremony and Public Reception
Sunday's schedule concludes with
the Awards Ceremony. Festival attendees are invited to take part and enjoy the
concluding reception open to the public.
That's a wrap!
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Alice and
the Aurifactor
Category: Reel International
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Jörg Fockele / 1995 / Germany / 15 minutes / B
& W / Adventure, Fantasy
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Deaf Alice saves the land of the deaf from an
evil sorcerer who transforms people into hearing mutants. Expressionist fairy
tale that explores the struggle of the deaf community in a world dominated by hearing people.
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Beautiful
Hands
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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Lorriane Butler / 2007 / New Zealand /
7 minutes / Color / Drama
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Over the years Deaf people have been oppressed and were not able to
use their hands for their own language, and signing was not accepted until
recently.
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Bewogen
(Motioning)
Category: Reel Poetic Justice
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Anja Hiddinga and Lendeert Pot / 2005 / Netherlands
/ 35 minutes / Color / Art, Poetry
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Poetry in sign language. An
experimental project in which five poems (Reflection, Fire, Polder, Strand,
and Growth) are each approached differently by the filmmakers in close
cooperation with the poets. A new form results: film poetry.
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Bionic
Hand Implant
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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Gordon Hay / 2007 / UK – New
Zealand / 7 minutes / Color / Comedy
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There are 6.6 billion people on this planet. 70 million of them are
hearing. In our sign language society, approximately 59,000 people have
received a bionic hand implant, and about 250,000 are on the waiting list.
The Deaf race has never been so complete. But first, we must go back to the
beginning!
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The Blue
Box
Category: Reel North American
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D. Lance Pickett / 2008 / USA / 21 minutes /
Color / Action, Thriller
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Lisa finds herself being charged with
the murder of her husband. The problem is Lisa doesn't remember becoming a
widow. A detective, doctor and an interpreter attempt to help Lisa restore
her memory of her husband's death and the Blue Box, which may contain the key
to proving her innocence. The suspense of her journey in discovering her lost
memories may endanger her life.
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A Brutal
Awakening
Category: Reel D.C. and Youth
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Andrew Jones / 2008 / USA / 25 minutes / Color
/ Documentary
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Adrian, a young Deaf dancer, shares her
charming yet heartbreaking stories of growing up struggling against fitting
into the box created for her. We share her diary-like experiences as she
leads us through her journey for acceptance.
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Carter
Category: Reel D.C. and Youth
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Brian Suchite,
Zilvinas Paludnevicius, and Joey Caverly / 2008 / USA / 10 minutes / Color / Thriller
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A guy lost a huge amount of money during his
poker game, and he has to figure out how to pay back the money he owes to a
big bad person.
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Chalkboard
Category: Reel D.C. and Youth
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Alice Lo / 2005 / USA / 4 minutes / Color /
Art, Comedy
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Chalkboard is the filmmaker's response to
watching two hours of sound theory in class. Chalkboard recorded the sounds
she can make. Alice Lo used the chalkboard, a tool associated with learning
and reception. She inverted its history, using it as a weapon, creating a
powerful metaphor to voice the space between the hearing and the non-hearing
worlds.
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Danny
Category: Reel International
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David Ellington / 2008 / UK / 17 minutes /
Color / Drama
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Deaf teenager Danny, bereaved, bullied and
unable to relate to his father, is pushed into making a dark decision.
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Feature
Film
The Deaf
Family
Brought to you through the generosity of
Purple.
Category: Reel North American
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Mosdeux
(Wayne Betts, Jr. and Chad W. Taylor) / 2007 / USA / 91 minutes / Color /
Comedy, Family
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Anything
that could go wrong inside The Deaf Family will go wrong! This light-hearted
family sitcom about a dysfunctional deaf family going through trials and
tribulations as each characters experiments with something new, only to
realize that by being deaf and accepting one's identity as a deaf person,
they will be accepted by everyone (including hearing people).
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Discovering:
Shuktara
Category: Reel North American
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Christy Smith and David Justice / 2009 / India
/ 34 minutes / Color / Documentary, Foreign
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This is the
remarkable story of 18 boys and girls in Kolkata, India who were given a new
chance at life after being abandoned by their families or escaping abusive
homes. While many non-government organizations (NGOs) in India often overlook
homeless children who are deaf or have a disability, Shuktara embraces them.
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First
Crush
Category: Reel D.C. and Youth
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Michelle
McAuliffe / 2006-2008 / USA / 10 minutes / Color / Art
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First Crush
is an example of miscommunication. In this piece, the filmmaker interviewed
strangers with a video camera. She asked each individual about his or her first
crush. Throughout the editing process, what was a sweet, giggly story about
someone's first crush turned into a private hell of her as she agonizingly
tried to lip-read what was being said word for word.
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Four Deaf
Yorkshiremen
and the
Missing Wife
Category: Reel International
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Charlie Swinbourne / 2008 / UK / 10 minutes / 12
minutes / Color / Comedy
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The Four Deaf
Yorkshiremen return in a sequel this time to argue about the loves they had
lost, with £20 at stake!
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Goodbye
Buzzy
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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Robert Marquet / 2007 / New Zealand / 6
minutes / Color / Drama
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A silent
movie about the last memory of Buzzy.
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The Guest
Category: Reel International
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Pierce Starre and Bim Ajadi / 2007 / UK / 13
minutes / Color / Suspense
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Bed and Breakfast owner Valerie Clarke, the
larger than life character, makes her first booking in over Twenty Years and
is about to be awoken from her incredibly depressing life. All hell is about
to break loose because Valerie is no longer a young twenty something who was
pretty and slim but instead a withered old hag who devoted her life to
Georgie, her troubled son. She sets out to entice her guest and invites him
to her 'party'... But will it turn out the way she has planned it? Or is she in
for a surprise?
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The
Hammer
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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Brent
Macpherson / 2007 / New Zealand / 7 minutes / Color / Suspense
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A lone engineer working in
a factor came up with an unexpected surprise at being accused of murder, but
did he do it???
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Här
Tecknade Alla
(Here
Everybody Spoke Sign Language)
Category: Reel International
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Gunilla
Wågström Lundqvist / 2000 / Sweden / 29 minutes / Color / Documentary,
History
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A
community where all speak sign language, where deaf and hearing lives side by
side – an impossible dream? No, this community did exist for more than
300 years! In this film, we meet Nora Ellen Groce, an author who wrote about
the history of Martha's Vineyard where everybody, deaf and hearing, knew sign
language.
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Feature
Film; Regional Premiere
The Heart
of the Hydrogen Jukebox
Category: Reel Poetic Justice
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Miriam Nathan
Lerner / 2009 / USA / 117 minutes / Color / Documentary, History
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This film
chronicles the evolution of ASL poetry from the beginnings of deaf poets
experimenting with translation of written English poems into ASL renditions
by Malz, Panara, and Bragg, to the realization that original poetry could be
created in ASL. After Stokoe's research validated ASL as a bona fide
language, pride in ASL led to works by Ella Mae Lentz, Patrick Graybill,
Clayton Valli, Debbie Rennie, and Peter Cook. Rochester, NY, and NTID played
a crucial role in the mid 80's in local deaf and hearing poets fusing into a
unified poetry community. Live performances that have never been seen in
public are included.
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Herrie in
Mijn Hoofd (Noise in my Head)
Category: Reel International
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Anja Hiddinga / 2006 / Netherlands / 92 minutes
/ Color / Documentary
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Four (approximately) 20-minute
documentaries made by deaf teenagers about their own lives.
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Interface
Category: Reel North American
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Chantal Deguire / 2009 / Canada / 18
minutes / Color / Science Fiction, Fantasy
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Sneak preview promotion: In today's world
there is sometimes too much greed, hunger, and desires just for one person.
When greed and power become part of the daily ritual, things can go badly.
Jason Smith soon finds himself in a world unlike no other. Will he have what
it takes to ultimately make the right sacrifice?
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Jag Tänker
Alltså Finns Jag
(I Think
Therefore I am)
Category: Reel International
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Gunilla Wågström Lundqvist / 2000 /
Sweden / 29 minutes / Color / Documentary, History
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This
documentary highlights the history of deaf school and different attitudes
toward deaf students and their abilities to learn. It starts in Spain in the
16th century and ends with the infamous Milan Conference of 1880.
The film presents historical research on the two competing methods of deaf
education: Oralism vs. Sign Language.
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The Last
Laugh
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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Joanne Fraser / 2007 / New Zealand / 4
minutes / Color / Comedy
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What life
was like for deaf people in 1987 and then 2007, and finally the future, 2027.
Two deaf people struggle to overcome harassment but in the end have the last
laugh!
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Feature
Film
The
Legend of the Mountain Man
Brought to you through the generosity of Sprint.
Category: Reel North American
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Mark Wood / 2008 / USA / 113 minutes /
Color / Family, Thriller
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Set in picturesque
Montana, the film features a typical, dysfunctional family of five. The
father, who has been at odds with his parents for many years, decides to send
his three children to his parents' ranch for the summer. The children
unexpectedly encounter a creature, one that has never been seen nor recorded
in history books. Viewers accompany the children on a heartwarming journey as
they navigate the family's past and try to reconcile some of the estranged
family members.
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Let's
Talk About...:
Mainstreamed
Schools and Deaf Schools
Category: Reel D.C. and Youth
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Jennifer Witteborg / 2009 / 21 minutes / Color
/ Documentary
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What are the experiences of
mainstreamed Deaf people who entered a Deaf school? Seven perspectives show a
human common factor.
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Lexie
Cannes
Category: Reel North American
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Tom Bertling / 2009 / USA / 6 minutes / Color /
Suspense
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Sneak preview
promotion: Lexie Cannes, a woman who cannot hear, is
exposed to a sinister underworld after a series of events that results in her
coming face to face to two men stalking her -- one with injurious intents,
the other with more benevolent motives. In a twist of fate, the confrontation
provides Lexie with means to resolve a mystery previously unknown to her.
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Life's In
Your Hand
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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David McKee / 2007 / New Zealand / 5
minutes / Color / Art
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A peek
through the windows of an ordinary couples life together.
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The Lost
Marooner
Category: Reel D.C. and Youth
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Brian Suchite / 2007 / USA / Color / 6 minutes
/ Comedy
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A man stuck on a small island in the middle
of nowhere. What can he do? He discovers a bottle and spends time thinking
about what he will write.
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Love 1st
Time
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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Joyce Ferguson / 2007 / New Zealand / 7
minutes / Color / Drama
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Nirvana, just moved to Christchurch from Auckland, fell in love with
Michael. His parents now want to meet Michael's new girlfriend.
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The
Making of Agamemnon
Category: Reel D.C. and Youth
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Jose Saldana / 2008 / USA / 23 minutes / Color
/ Documentary
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Explores the condition of deafness by
documenting theatre director Ethan Sinnott as he directs the drama Agamemnon
using an all-deaf cast/crew. Sinnott's play is a metaphor for the deaf world that
the documentary's director Saldana and all those he is filming live in
everyday.
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My Fear
Category: Reel D.C. and Youth
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Stevie Platt / 2007 / USA / 5 minutes / Color /
Documentary
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Patty Feris survived two different violent
situations with two men through her life. Patty went to a domestic violence
women victim center. She shares her experience with violence against women.
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Notte
Sento
Category: Reel International
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Daniele Napolitano / 2008 / Italy / 8
minutes / Color / Art, Romance
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A girl misses her train to Milan and is
set to wait overnight in Rome until dawn. However, a chance encounter with a
guy changes her plans and the nightlights of the capital turn into the
background to a tender love story. An extraordinary chemistry made of knowing
glances and small gestures fills the few instants that separate them both
from the sunrise.
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Out of
Limb
Category: Reel D.C. and Youth
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Bridget Klein and Benjamin Bahan / 2007 / USA /
5 minutes / Color / ASL Cinema, Storytelling
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Experiments with American Sign Language
and film techniques.
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Peter
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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Pollyanna Ferguson / 2007 / New Zealand
/ 7 minutes / Color / Drama
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A hearing
child growing up with Deaf parents in different time periods.
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Researching
the Sign of Time
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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Pollyanna Ferguson / 2007 / New Zealand
/ 7 minutes / Color / Drama
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The time
machine will enable us to see the future of sign language... but there can be a
mishap!
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Return of
the Hand
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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Anna Dubbelt / 2007 / New Zealand / 5
minutes / Color / Drama
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A remarkable discovery brings a lost world together for two Deaf
people, across time, as they exchange news and experiences.
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The Rosa
Lee Show
Note: Excerpts will be shown only.
Category: Reel Poetic Justice; North
American
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Rosa Lee / 2004-08 / USA / 13; 11 minutes
/ Color / Poetry; Skits
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A compilation of original performance
art compiled from four years of live touring. While the material on the DVD
originates from the live show, most of it has been filmed in the studio bringing
to life the characters, stories, music, and poetry of the live show.
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The
Rubbish Monster
Category: Reel International
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Braam Jordaan / 2006 / South Africa / 1 minute /
Color / Animation
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The animation,
"THE RUBBISH MONSTER", is set in a littered squatter camp. We focus on a man
who casts his empty cigarette box away carelessly. As soon as the cigarette
box lands on the ground, it begins to twitch. All the litter in the vicinity
suddenly amalgamates into a humanoid rubbish monster, which proceeds to
attack the locals. Additional footage will be shown.
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Schizophrenia
Category: Reel International
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Simon Herdman / 2007 / UK / 7 minutes / Color /
Horror, Suspense
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Schizophrenia,
with another fantastic performance by David Sands, depicts the story of Matt
whose whole concept of reality is wrapped by the illusion of evil clowns,
with the results terrifying and the consequences deadly...
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Feature
Film; Regional Premiere
See What
I'm Saying:
The Deaf
Entertainers Documentary
Category: Reel North American
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Hilari Scarl / 2009 / USA / 107 minutes / Color
/ Documentary
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Deaf people can
do anything but hear. But an all deaf rock band? An internationally famous
deaf comedian? A hard of hearing singer who is considered "not deaf enough"?
A deaf modern day Buster Keaton who teaches at Juilliard? Follow the journeys
of four deaf entertainers through a single year as their stories intertwine
and culminate in some of the largest events of their lives.
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Sick Love
Category: Reel D.C. and Youth
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Brian Suchite / 2008 / USA / Color / 6 minutes
/ Horror
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A guy wakes up in middle of nowhere taped and
bounded. There is a mysterious woman who has an obsession. How does he get
out of it?
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Signs of
the Bill
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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Michael & Nirvana May / 2007 / New
Zealand / 5 minutes / Color / Drama
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In our Deaf world, we experience different ways of signs but where
do we go now for the Bill of our future.
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Sipho the
Lion
Note: Will be shown together with the
Rubbish Monster.
Category: Reel International
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Braam Jordaan / 2007 / South Africa / 2 minutes
/ Color / Animation
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The animation, "Sipho the Lion", was
done for South Africa's successful WFD 2011 bid presentation at WFD 2007 in
Madrid, Spain.
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Stoked
Category: Reel North American
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Laura Garcia / 2008 / USA / 25 minutes / Color
/ Documentary
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Stoked is a new documentary film about
13 deaf students going off to camp... Surf camp. Thanks to The Expedition
School's unique philosophy of using nature as a classroom, thirteen students
from the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) experienced a first – a road
trip to the Texas coast to catch some waves that ultimately transformed their
lives.
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A Story about
Ch'ien-niang
Category: Reel Poetic Justice
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Tracey Salaway / 2006 / USA / 7 minutes / Color
/ Storytelling
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An ASL storyteller, Monique Holt tells
a following story about a young girl named Ch'ien-niang. The young girl takes
her new pathway after leaving her family behind and she misses her family.
After a short period, she and her family face a great secret that will never
be discussed. Inspired by a story "Ch'ien-niang," Chen Xuanyou.
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The
Stranger that Signs
Category: Reel D.C. and Youth
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Jonathan Lewis / 2008 / USA / 7 minutes / Color
/ Suspense
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A serial killer is out killing deaf women.
Fortunately, one of them escaped from the killer's grasp and survived. She
then reports to the police and an interpreter is reserved for her.
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Tara's
Story
Category: Reel D.C. and Youth
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Melissa Malzkuhn / 2006 / USA / 13 minutes /
Color / Documentary, Social Justice
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This film shows the story of the Unity
for Gallaudet protests in 2006 through the eyes of one of the student
leaders, Tara.
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Time to
Think
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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Sara Pivac Alexander / 2007 / New
Zealand / 7 minutes / Color / Drama
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Time to think is a story about a young Deaf man's journey through
time. What does the future hold for New Zealand's Sign Language and Deaf
Culture? This film will make you think!
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The
Tortoise and the Hare
Category: Reel Poetic Justice
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Zilvinas Paludnevicius / 2008 / USA / 5 minutes
/ B & W / Storytelling
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Classic ASL story about the tortoise
and the hare.
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Unlocking
the Past
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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Cheryl Anton / 2007 / New Zealand / 7
minutes / B & W / Drama
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Holly, a Deaf orphan girl living with her aunt, discovers a key.
This key unlocks the past, revealing a secret.
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The
Unnoticed Life
Category: Reel Poetic Justice
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Bridget Klein and Benjamin Bahan / 2006 / USA /
5 minutes / Color / ASL Cinema, Poetry
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This art film blends the rhythms of American
Sign Language with those of the natural world.
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Feature
Film; Regional Premiere
Voices From
El-Sayed
Category: Reel International
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Oded Adomi Leshem / 2008 / Israel / 75 minutes
/ Color / Documentary
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Sneak
preview promotion: In the
picturesque Israeli Negev desert lays the Bedouin Village of El-Sayed that
has the largest percentage of deaf people in the world. Through generations a
unique sign language has evolved making it the most popular language in this
rare society that accepts deafness as natural as life itself. The village's
tranquility is interrupted by Salim's decision to change his deaf son's fate
and make him a hearing person using the cochlear implant operation. Note: First 15 minutes will be shown only.
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The
Witching Hour
Category: Reel International; New
Zealand Shorts
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Sonia Pivac and Victoria Skorikova / 2007
/ New Zealand / 7 minutes / Color / Comedy
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Two naughty boys. Two desperate parents. One
solution. Set in a suburban community, the witching hour weaves a web of
mystery and trickery.
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* Deaf/Hard of Hearing Filmmaker(s)/Director(s)
**Hearing Filmmaker(s)/Director(s)
*** Film in ASL only. Voice interpreters will be present
**** To preserve the artistic integrity of the filmmakers' message, this film is in sign language only.
***** English subtitles
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