Zhang Peng. Photo taken by SHIDFF’s photography team.
We are saddened to share that China’s well-known Deaf sign language poet and VV artist Zhang Peng has passed away at the age of 45.
Founders and Directors of Deaffest Nikki Stratton and Marilyn Willrich had the privilege of witnessing his amazing work during their visit to China last year.
He was planning to perform at Deaffest 2019, his presence will be greatly missed.
Zhang Peng and Deaffest’s Co-Founder & Director Nikki Stratton. Photo taken by Deaffest.
The deadline to submit your film to Deaffest for FREE is Thursday 31st January 2019.
After the 31st January deadline, the final deadline is Thursday 28th February 2019.
The deadline to enter our art competition is Tuesday 5th February 2019.
If you have any queries please contact us at enquiries@deaffest.co.uk.
We’re delighted to share the news that that the CKF International Film Festival’s Best Editor Award has gone to Bim Ajadi, who directed Deaffest’s music video I Believe by Yolanda Adams – congratulations to Bim!
The music video involved a collaboration between performing artists Chris Fonseca (UK) and Rosa Lee Timm (US). A group of young people from the NDCS joined the action, signing to Yolande Adams’ song, I Believe, and had an inspirational experience working with the two talented Deaf professionals. The video was filmed and directed by award-winning filmmaker Bim with Zebra Uno Production and Music Video Producer Stacy Lawrence.
The music video was chosen for the Annual Selections, where 30 entries were selected from across the submission categories.
The winners were announced at the CKFIFF in Swindon on 23rd November 2018. Many congratulations to all of the winners!
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