
Deaffest, the UK’s leading Deaf-led Film & Arts Festival, returns for its 14th festival this May with the theme Unlocked.
Check out what’s happening at Deaffest 2022 here. You can purchase your tickets online and click here to plan your visit to the festival.
Our Deaffest Online Cinema is now live – available until 14th May 2022. WATCH NOW!
See the list of nominations for the 8th Film & TV Awards and the non-competition entries.

We released our exciting news yesterday about our first ever Deaffest Online Cinema. You can now view the films and TV programmes nominated in each category of the Deaffest 2022 Film & TV Awards – click here!
(You will need to register and create an account on Encounters’ website prior to accessing the content).
You can enjoy these films and TV programmes for FREE from 12am (GMT) on Saturday 23rd April 2022 until 11.59pm (GMT) Saturday 14th May 2022.

Deaffest, the UK’s leading Deaf-led Film & Arts Festival, introduces their first ever online viewing platform: Deaffest Online Cinema.
When it comes to watching films and documentaries, we all like to sit in our comfortable chairs and enjoy viewing at our own convenience.

Deaffest has been working in collaboration with the Encounters Film Festival, the UK’s foremost short-film and animation festival, to bring you Deaffest Online Cinema, which showcases the films nominated in each category of the Deaffest 2022 Film & TV Awards.
You can enjoy these Films/TV programmes for free from 12am (GMT) on Saturday 23rd April 2022 until 11.59pm (GMT) Saturday 14th May 2022.
A direct web link to Deaffest Online Cinema will be shared via our website and app. (You will need to register and create an account on Encounters’ website prior to accessing the content).
Keep up to date with the latest news on our website and app, and by following us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
For more information please contact enquiries@deaffest.co.uk.



















