Or if you’d prefer an Irish get-away, Irish Deaf Society is hosting their first Irish Deaf Film Festival in October!
It’s being held at the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin (yes, the name’s almost exactly the same as the Light House where Deaffest is held!) on 14 – 16 October.
Check out their website www.irishdeaffilm.ie for more information
Feel like having a holiday in Spain? They’ll be hosting the III International Film Festival in Sign Language, on November 10 2012 at Leidor Cinema, Tolosa!
Some information from their website:
The association of deaf people in Tolosaldea-Goierri (Basque Country – Spain), is preparing the “III International Film Festival in Sign Language”.GAINDITZEN AWARDS 2012. Until this year we’ve celebrated the International Short-Movies Festival of Language of Signs, but this year as novelty we will celebrate the International Films Festival of Language of Signs. The festival will be celebrated during all the week with films, documentaries and short-movies. As novelty we will also celebrate a competition called “Silent Art”. Three contests will be celebrated: Feature film contest, short film contest an “Silent Art” contest.
Visit their website http://www.gainditzen.com/english/ for more information.
A selection of photos from Deaffest 2012 have been uploaded to our Flickr account.
Thanks goes to Kelly-Ann Plummer, our photographer at Deaffest 2012, for her superb work!
Here’s one of our favourite photos, of Def Motion performing in the courtyard at Light House.
