Deaffest welcomes sponsors who would like to support Deaffest 2019.
If you would like to support the 13th international Deaf Film & Arts Festival, while also promoting your business – we have a variety of sponsorship packages available!
Depending which package you buy, we can promote your business by:
- Online video – if you already have or want to create your own short video about your business (under 2 minutes long) we will share this through our social media platforms twice before the Deaffest weekend.
- Promote your logo on our Deaffest website.
- Display your logo on the big screen during Deaffest weekend.
- Advertise your brand in our festival programme.
- Hold a stall at the Deaffest Stalls Fair.
This is a fantastic opportunity to shine the spotlight on your brand. We work with international organisations across the globe, including our partner Shanghai International Deaf Film Festival and we aim to boost the publicity of not just your brand, but of your support towards the festival.
All requests for sponsorship packages will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis and there are a limited number of stalls and packages available – so get in touch with us at enquiries@deaffest.co.uk as soon as possible.
Submit your film to Deaffest 2019!
Deaffest would like to invite UK and International emerging and established deaf filmmakers, and those whose films have significant deaf involvement, to submit their films to the 13th film and arts festival, taking place in Wolverhampton, UK from Friday 17th May – Sunday 19th May 2019.
Click below for information and an application form:
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Young Deaffest Film Award Application Form | must be under 18 to apply.
BSL VIDEO | INTERNATIONAL SIGN VIDEO
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Film & TV Awards and Non-Competition Category Application Form | must be 18 or over to apply
August 22, 2018
The first ever Shanghai International Deaf Film Festival (SHIDFF) to take place soon!
We shared the news last December, that Deaffest Founders & Directors Nikki Stratton and Marilyn had flown over to Shanghai, where they worked in partnership with Shanghai International Deaf Film Festival (SHIDFF) to organise their first ever film festival.
Over the past year, the relationship between Deaffest and SHIDFF has flourished as we have worked closely with SHIDFF’s Founding Director Zheng Xiaosan (Sam Zheng) and Shanghai Open University’s consultant Dr. David James. The SHIDFF’s team, including Festival Events Coordinator Chen Linglin (Celine), have worked so hard in organising their festival and it is our great pleasure to announce that the festival will take place in Shanghai from 21st September to 23rd September 2018.
The host of SHIDFF 2018 is Xiaoshu Alice Hu who is deaf and is a hip-hop dancer, actress and graphics designer. Originally from Shanghai, she studied at the University of Fine Arts in Shanghai and now resides in Vienna, where she is known for her work as a staunch advocate for social inclusion in her role as Program Innovator for the MyAbility Social Enterprise Company.
Nikki Stratton and Marilyn Willrich will be attending the festival and are very excited to experience all the festival has to offer, meeting new faces and exploring the talents of the filmmakers, visual and performing artists that will be showcased there.
Open to people of all ages, SHIDFF will have film screenings, an art and photography exhibition, filmmaking workshops, panel discussions, an information fair and a Gala Awards ceremony. For more information about SHIDFF: http://shidff.org/
We will post more news after the festival to let you know how it went!
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