Caption Competition

Want to be in a chance of winning a free ticket to the Deaf Party at Deaffest on Sunday 17th May 2015?

Caption the photo below with your best, funniest or most creative line for a chance to win!

Who’s in the photo: Directors of Zebra Access Nikki and Marilyn and Visual Vernacular Performer Giuseppe Giuranna.

Terms and Conditions

– Participants must be 18 years of age or older.

– Participants will have until 2pm on 29th April 2015.

– Only one caption is allowed per participant. Caption to be in English and with no profanity.

– Those associated with Deaffest (i.e. employees, volunteers) are not eligible to enter.

– If you’re captioning via Twitter, please include #Deaffest in your tweet.

– Participants must be the original creator of their caption.

– Deaffest will notify the winner via the Deaffest’s Facebook status or a tagged tweet from the @Deaffest account.

– If the winner does not respond to the notification within 2 working days, another winner will be chosen.

– Prize is a ticket to the Deaf Party on the evening of Sunday 17th May 2015 (including food). Prize does not include travel/accommodation expenses.

Deaffest

No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie Screens at Deaffest

Showing for the first time in the UK at Deaffest 2015!

SuperDeafy must reveal the man behind the cape to find true love and inspire a young deaf boy to believe in himself. The movie follows the evolution of this unique hero. A beloved character and role model, SuperDeafy has a worldwide following. He has been turned into t-shirts, posters and dolls… and now a movie. This film marks the first time in cinematic history that a SAG commercial feature film is being executive produced exclusively by deaf executive producers and directed by a deaf director. The film will be 100% open captioned.

Director: Troy Kotsur

Starring: John Maucere, Michelle Nunes, Marlee Matlin, Ashley Fiolek, Peter Hulne, Zane Hencker

Suitable for all ages

Date: Sunday 17th May 2015

Location: Light House

Times: 8.30pm – 9.50pm

Editing Workshop

Editing workshop in BSL led by Deaf filmmaker Bim Ajadi

Bim Ajadi

Bim has worked passionately in the media for several years. His work includes co-directing a film for the opening of the London Paralympic Ceremony for Channel 4 and directing an inspirational short film Champion of the World. Bim was also a previously a Ben Steiner Bursary winner for his film Dead Money.

A workshop for filmmakers of any learning level.  For those who want to learn about software in FCPX, or those who want to understand film-making editing techniques.

If there is anything specific you wish to learn about, do let us know! Also, if you have any editing work that you would like to have feedback on, feel free to bring them along for Bim to check out.

Participants can either work in pairs or alone.

Suitable for aged 16 and over (Deaf participants will be given priority)

Date: Saturday 16th May 2015

Location: School of Arts & Design, MK Building, Molineux Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1SB

Times: 2pm – 5pm