Organized by Public Institute for the Deaf of Rome, the First Deaf Film Festival of Rome – CINEDEAF – came to an end on 5 May 2012.
The festival, divided in four sections, offered to its audience the opportunity to enjoy 33 works produced by deaf or hearing directors from all over the world and purposely subtitled by Associazione CulturAbile Onlus. The organizing committee expresses its great enthusiasm in communicating the deep interest showed by people. In fact, Cinedeaf registered an audience of about 1,400 people and the official blog – cinedeafroma.wordpress.com – had more than 20,000 visitors. Moreover, both TV and press agencies were really highly interested in the Festival. People had the opportunity to enjoy a lot of very exclusive events. For example, Cinedeaf showed the Italian première of THE HAMMER and SEE WHAT I’M SAYING and the first showing in Rome of the film SONO RIMASTO SENZA PAROLE by Elisabetta Sgarbi, who not only was among the audience with one of the main characters of her film – the writer Pino Roveredo – but they also answered all questions coming from the audience.
Thanks to the support of the American Embassy was also possible to let Italian audience enjoy the enchanting work by the deaf artist Christine Sun Kim who made a live performance on sound and its vibrations. In addition, thanks to the presence of many directors or, in some cases, of actors – both from Italy and all over the world – people had the opportunity to attend to various debates about the showed movies or shorts and Deaf Cinema in general. The Festival had also a special section: a CONTEST addressed to deaf and hearing directors from all over the world. Selected among 150 films that applied for the competition, 19 works were shown and judged by a skilled jury that were present during the three days of the Festival. On 5 May, the jury members awarded the following prizes:
BEST SHORT FILM – DEAF DIRECTOR ex-aequo
“FAIRYTALE OF LONDON TOWN” (by Louis Neethling, UK, 2010, 27’)
“THE END” (by Ted Evans, UK, 2011, 23’52”)
BEST SHORT FILM – HEARING DIRECTOR
“QUIET SIGNS OF LOVE” (by Yannis Nikolakopoulos, Australia, 2011, 15’15”)
BEST DOCUMENTARY – DEAF DIRECTOR
“UN ARETINO SUL TETTO DEL MONDO” (by Simone De Palma, Italy, 2008, 19’)
BEST DOCUMENTARY – HEARING DIRECTOR
“I’M DEAF AND I DIDN’T KNOW” (by Igor Ochronowicz, France, 2009, 70’)
Jury members gave a special mention to DEAF JAM (by Judy Lieff, USA, 2010,70′).
Finally, CINEDEAF TEAM would like to thanks all participants and all the guests – both from Italy and abroad– who took part to the First Deaf Film Festival of Rome, warmly hoping to see all of you again at the next edition.
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We are pleased to inform you that the COMPLETE PROGRAMME of the Festival is now available.
Into the section TICKETS you can find all the necessary information to buy tickets for May 3, 4 and 5.
Follow us for new updating!
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We’d like to inform you that the selections for the Cinedeaf CONTEST are closed. Festival screenings are going to be inserted into the sections “CONTEST” and “MONDO DEAF”. There will be also “SPECIAL EVENTS” and “WORKSHOP” with unpublished screenings for the first time here in Italy!
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We are pleased to publish the outcomes of the selection for the CINEDEAF Film CONTEST.
See you soon for new updates about screening program, workshop and special events!
February the 28 the dead line for the SCHOOLS section has expired.
We would like to thanks again everyone who sent their films to Cinedeaf and we would like to inform who participated for the schools section will be directly notified by email no later than March 15.
Good luck to everyone!!
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Dear friends
we’d like to inform you that the dead line for the submissions at the CINEDEAF’s CONTEST for the Deaf and Hearing sections has expired. The Festival will take place on May 3-4-5 @ Nuovo Cinema Aquila, Rome.
Thanks to the huge number of italian and foreign Deaf and Hearing artists who sent their films to the Cinedeaf Direction.
Many compliments to all the artist for the very good quality of their films.
CINEDEAF goes on with the selections phase end will inform the selected artists within March 15 through private message.
We also would like to remind SCHOOLS that the extended dead line for this section will expire on February the 28!
Welcome into the new blog of CINEDEAF, the first Rome Deaf Film Festival!
We are working hard in order to organize a great event, rich of meetings, unpublished screenings and workshops with the aim of deepen deafness subject and the importance and the beauty of Deaf culture and Sign Language!
ENTER THE CONTEST!
Are you an experienced or beginner Deaf director and you want to have the chance to show your films inside a real cinema?
Are you a hearing director whose films have Deafness as subject?
Are you a high school Deaf student and you want to try to direct a video product, alone or with your class?
This is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for!
On May, the 3, 4 and 5 2012, there will be the first edition of the Deaf Film Festival at “Nuovo Cinema Aquila” in Rome. The aim of the Festival is to enhance and showcase national and international Deaf directors videos and hearing persons productions which subject is Deafness, Deaf culture and Sign Language.
Is already possible to submitt your films into the following sessions:
- “Deaf directors”
- “Hearing directors”
- “High Schools”
Submission is free.
Film submission is allowed no later than January, the 31st 2012.
To enter the contest is required to:
1) Read the full regulation
2) Fill and sign Submission Form
3) Send Submission Form with two copies of the film on DVD
Selected films will be included into Festival schedule.
To enter the contest and have more information about it read the full regulation or cantact us to:
