Deaffest

The UK's leading Deaf Film & Arts Festival

December 7, 2009

Success at Deaffest 2009

After a very busy weekend Deaffest 2009 went with a bang and was a massive success! The weekend saw attendances of 1300 people with a diverse mix of Deaf and hearing filmmakers, media practitioners, industry organisations, students and the general public from across the UK and overseas. The festival showcased films directed and produced by Deaf filmmakers from the UK and all around the world including Spain, Ireland, New Zealand, South Korea and Israel.

Deaffest Film & TV Gala Awards

We were pleased to have such special guests as Sabina Iqbal, founder of Deaf Parenting UK and nominated as one of the most powerful Muslim Women in Britain by The Times, Australian comedian Rob Roy on his world tour and Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries, previously known as Max and OB from Hollyoaks, who talked about their varied television and presenting career at Young Deaffest. Read more about the weekend.

Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries at Deaffest

Deaffest will be moving to May from 2010 with the dates of the next festival set for 21 – 23 May 2010. See you next year!

Posted by Deaffest on December 7, 2009 in NEWS.

Deaffest 2009 Gala Winners!

The winners at this year’s Deaffest Film & TV Gala Awards were…

Best TV Programme:
Wicked Series 2 Prog 1 Ramon Woolfe, UK, 2009

Best Experimental Film:
The Deaf Man Dir DJ Kurs, USA, 2007

Best Factual Film:
The Deaf Brain Dir Sarah Tavner, UK, 2009

Best Drama:
Stiletto Dir William Mager, UK, 2008

Highly Commended: Glee Dir Jules Dameron, USA, 2009

We would like to congratulate everyone who entered their film into this year’s Gala Awards, the standard was very high!

Posted by Deaffest on December 7, 2009 in NEWS.

Surprise Guests:

Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries previously known as Max and OB from Hollyoaks, are joining us at Light House or Deaffest this Saturday!

In 2008 after 10 fulfilling years playing Max & OB in Channel 4’s flagship soap Hollyoaks, winning a British Soap Award for ‘Best Onscreen Partnership’ and an NTA Award, Matt Littler & Darren Jeffries said goodbye to the show to develop their TV and media careers with Money North…

18 months on and they are already firmly established as 2 of the nation’s favourite TV presenters . From initial slots on The Hollyoaks Music Show & Freshly Squeezed they quickly developed their own brand of presenting appearing as roving reporters on Channel 4’s 2008 coverage of the V Festival to hosting their own show at the Edinburgh Festival & presenting Orange Rock Corp for T4. The duo also managed to develop their hugely popular radio show for Bauer’s Rock FM (narrowly missing out on a Sony newcomer nomination after only 3 months on air), presented The Clothes Show Live in Birmingham and became the faces of the Royal Air Force.

2009 has so far seen the boys becoming the faces of 4Music hosting The Versus Chart while launching their own ratings winning show “Red Bull Rivals” again for T4 while making numerous personal appearances with their own live show at venues across the UK.

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You can also find out more about the pair by visiting their facebook page.

You can see the full festival listing here and tickets are still available for the Saturday Evening Gala Awards Ceremony by calling 01902 716 055 or visiting www.theticketsellers.co.uk and searching for “Light House” under venues.

Posted by Deaffest on November 26, 2009 in NEWS.