Deaffest
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Deaffest, is the UK's only Deaf-led film and television festival, which celebrates the talents of Deaf filmmakers and media artists from all over the world.[1] It is hosted by Light House Media Centre in Wolverhampton. It is one of two festivals hosted by Light House, the other of which is Flip Animation Festival.
History[]
Since 1998, Wolverhampton's Light House has hosted the annual Deaf Film and TV Festival. Originally a collaboration with the British Deaf Association (BDA), the festival took a hiatus in 2005 and was re-launched in 2006 as Deaffest. Deaffest 2010 was the twelfth festival to be held in Wolverhampton since 1998.[2] The festival is managed by a steering group including representatives from Zebra Uno, Light House and University of Wolverhampton.
Deaffest 2010[]
Deaffest 2010 took place on the 21–23 May.[3]
The award winners for Deaffest 2010 were:
- Best In Festival:
- Departure Lounge - Louis Neethling
- Ben Steiner Bursary:
- Stephen Collins - His pitch for the film Luke Starr
Deaffest 2010 was made up of the following...
- A selection of short films from Encounters International Film Festival specially subtitled for Deaffest 2010.
- An insight into the BSLBT and a screening of some of the short films they have screened.
- International Deaf films from Hong Kong, Norway, Singapore, Bulgaria, Australia, Finland and France.
- Pitching sessions from the hopefuls for this year’s Ben Steiner Bursary and a chance to see the winning film from last year’s Bursary, Dead Money by Bim Ajadi.
- Award for the Best in Festival presented on the Saturday night of the festival.
- Face painting and balloon fun for families and an information fair from local and national organisations.
- A free subtitled screening of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland.[4][5]
Deaffest 2009[]
The award winners for Deaffest 2009 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:
- See Hear: The Deaf Brain - 2009
- 8 Best Drama:
- Stiletto - Dir. William Mager, UK, 2008 [6]
References[]
- ^ "About". 5 August 2009.
- ^ "The Mandy Network | Jobs for actors, performers, filmmakers and production crew".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-06-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Festival programme now confirmed!". 27 April 2010.
- ^ http://www.ndcs.org.uk/news/other_news/deaffest_2010.html/
- ^ "BBC - See Hear Blog: See Hear at the Deaffest".
External links[]
- Deaffest’ website
- Deaffest’s photo stream
- Light House Media Centre's website
- Deaffest 2009[permanent dead link]
- Film festivals in England
- Deaf culture in the United Kingdom