Deaffest, the UK’s leading Deaf-led Film & Arts Festival, returns for its 14th festival this May with the theme Unlocked.
Get your tickets for Deaffest 2022!
See the list of nominations for the 8th Film & TV Awards.
We are looking for volunteers to support Deaffest 2022 from the 6th – 8th May 2022.
Stallholders are welcome to promote their charity/business or to sell products/creative work/food at Deaffest 2022.
Deaffest 2022 Film & TV Awards: the shortlist
Here/Not Here | Dir. Bim Ajadi, UK
Hope | Dir. David Ellington, UK
Illustrating Sam Newton | Dir. Lily Drummond, Australia
Veneer | Dir. Louis Neethling, UK
2AM | Dir. Samuel Ash, UK
Louder Is Not Always Clearer | Dir. Toby Cameron, UK
Silent World | Dir. Charlie Dennis, UK
What if? | Dir. Teresa Garratty, UK
Mister Michel | Dir. Julien Bourges, France
Old Mother Tongue | Dir. Mark Trifunovic, Canada
The Multi | Dir. Storm Smith & Mikail Chowdhury, USA
The Perfect Darling | Dir. Fabien Geret, France
Deaf, Little & Loud | Dir. Rosie Benn, UK
Four Deaf Yorkshiremen Go Dating | Dir. Louis Neethling, UK
BBC See Hear on Tour | Dir. Camilla Arnold, UK
This is Deaf: LGBTQIA+ Life | Dir. Giles Bowman, UK
Lost, Taken, Murdered | Dir. Vivien Sabel, UK
Magic Hands Black History | Dir. Aimee Campbell-Nottage, UK
Scotland, Forgive me | Dir. Will Clark, Scotland
The Pumpkin King | Dir. Paul Miller, UK
Getting Personal with Richard D France | Dir. Cathy Heffernan, UK
Strange Signs | Dir. Kateryna Pavlyuk, UK
Summer in Lockdown | Dir. Cathy Heffernan, UK
The Time is right for us | Dir. Stanko Pavlica, Switzerland
Julien Bourges | Mister Micheal, France
Mark Trifunovic | Old Mother Tongue, Canada
Natasha Ofili | The Multi, USA
Teresa Garratty | What if?, UK
Aimee Campbell-Nottage | Magic Hands Black History, UK
Camilla Arnold | BBC See Hear on Tour, UK
Cathy Heffernan | Summer in Lockdown, UK
Mark Trifunovic | Old Mother Tongue, Canada
Jonny Cotsen | Louder Is Not Always Clearer, UK
Kevin Walker aka Signkid | Silent World, UK
Nadeem Islam | Here/Not Here, UK
Ryan Pendley | Here/Not Here, UK
Natasha Ofili | The Multi, USA
Natasha ‘Raffie’ Julien | Lost, Taken, Murdered, UK
Ralitsa Rodriguez | Old Mother Tongue, Canada
Zoë McWhinney | The Perfect Darling, France
Ahmed Mudawi | Dismantling Racism, UK
Deepa Shastri | Getting Personal with Richard D France, UK
Donna Mullings | Dismantling Racism, UK
Nadeem Islam | BBC See Hear on Tour, UK
New episode of Deaffest: Rewind is now online! Our host Adam Bassett interviewed special guest Camilla Arnold about her successful career as the first deaf female Series Producer for BBC’s See Hear.
Special thanks to Adam Bassett and Camilla Arnold
Executive Producers | Nikki Stratton & Marilyn Willrich
Producer & Director | Jack Smallwood
Floor Interpreters | Rosie Copeland & Mary-Jane Derbyshire
Subtitles | Rosie Copeland, Zeranna Bueno Del Carpio & Alban Ward-Welch
Productions | Zebra Uno Ltd & Stone’s Throw Media
Also special thanks to Awards for all Funding to making this happen.
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