The Third Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival
Hong Kong Arts Centre Digital Cinema 22—24 February, 2013
In 2010, the Hong Kong Association of the Deaf initiated the First Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival with Hong Kong Arts Centre, Department of Applied Social Studies and School of Creative Media of City University of Hong Kong, Centre for Community Cultural Development, Asia People’s Theatre Festival Society, and other local Deaf groups and organizations. As one of the pioneers in Asian Deaf Film Festivals, the Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival is the pride of the Hong Kong society, providing the Deaf to express themselves through film and serving as a platform to enhance mutual understanding of different communities.
This is the third consecutive year for the Hong Kong Arts Centre to co-host the Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival. We are pleased to see its growth both in scale and scope over the years. This year, with documentaries, animations and drama films from more than 10 countries and regions, the Festival presents multiple perspectives on the identity, vulnerability, politics and life of Deaf people. Highlights include a family love story between a hearing daughter and her Deaf father, a documentary probing into the lives of Deaf people in China, an animation about a dream comes true for a Deaf animator, and an imaginative sci-fi about aliens taking all the sounds away from the world. The Festival also features a seminar inviting Deaf filmmakers from the UK to share their experience.
The screenings will be held at the newly renovated Hong Kong Arts Centre Digital Cinema (agnès b. Cinema). The Arts Centre has been instrumental in creating a barrier-free venue for different communities to appreciate arts without limits, so as to improve their quality of life. This year we have taken a big step towards this goal. The new cinema is now installed with subtitling equipment for the Deaf to support Deaf cinema, together with extra subtitles display screens on the back of the seats for people with partial sight. We also provide headsets enabling audio description for the visually impaired. The well-established facilities fully support the needs of various audiences, allowing all participants of the Festival to enjoy the films barrier-free and fostering social inclusion.
Apart from screenings, three guest speakers from the UK Deaf film industry are coming to Hong Kong to share their experience with us in a public seminar. They include Mr. Maverick Litchfield-Kelly (Hearing) (Creative Producer/Director of Neath Films Ltd., UK), Ms. Monica Rubio (Hearing) (Colourist/Post-Production Supervisor of Neath Films Ltd., UK), and Mr. Julian Peedle-Calloo (Deaf) (Former TV presenter of Deaf programme See Hear on BBC2/Deaf Director of 5 Needles & Confession).
The Hong Kong Arts Centre can arrange individual press interviews with the speakers.
Venue: agnès b. CINEMA (Upper Basement, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong) Tickets: $70/40* * Tickets for full-time students, senior citizens, aged 60 and above, and physically challenged individuals.
Tickets are available at all URBTIX outlets NOW. Credit Card Telephone Booking Hotline: 2111 5999 Ticketing Enquiries: 2734 9009 Internet Booking: http://www.urbtix.hk
Programme Schedule 22 February (Fri) By Invitation Only 8:00pm Programme 1: In Search of Deafhood Confession Dictation Little World My Dream Listening Eye: Deaf in the Three Links – The Zhang’s Animator Couple US (WIR)
23 February (Sat) 2:30pm Programme 2: Deafining Creativity Marianne Matters Push Me Collection: Ramesh Meyyappan Push Me Collection: The Journey- Ramesh Meyyappan Lost and Sound Shadow Stalker Part 1 Dream
5:30pm Programme 3: Sign Language Matters Strangers Secluded Words Hidden – Secrets in the Land of the Quiet Tonality I Sign, I Live It’s Your Own Fault 8:00pm Programme 4: Deafining Identity Politics Deafab 2009 Exodus: A Deaf Jewish Family Escapes the Holocaust Crossing the Divide September 11th 24 February (Sun) 2:30pm Programme 5: Deafining Time Silent Odyssey I Do Not have Time to Die Gone with the Time
5:00pm Deaf Film Festival Seminar－Becoming a Deaf Media Talent: Sharing The UK Deaf Filmmaking Experience # #Free Admission. Limited Seats Available. First-come-first-served. 8:00pm Programme 6: Deafining Kinship Life Out There You, Me Champion of the World CODA The Unspeakable Love Mystery Moor Silence of Love
About Hong Kong Arts Centre Celebrating its 35th anniversary in October, 2012, the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) has a strong heritage and is one of the most respected arts institutions in Asia. The HKAC has been serving the Hong Kong community as an NGO for over 30 years under a self-financing business model with its mission to promote contemporary arts and culture within and across the border. The HKAC houses facilities that include theatres, a cinema, galleries, classrooms, studios, restaurants as well as office spaces occupied by local and international arts and culture organisations. Its education arm, the Hong Kong Art School (the School), was established in 2000. The focus of the School award-bearing curriculum lies in four core academic areas, namely, Fine Art, Applied Art, Media Art, and Applied Theatre & Drama Education, and its scope covers programmes with academic levels ranging from Higher Diploma, Professional Diploma, Bachelor Degree to Master Degree. The short courses and the outreach projects of the School span an even wider variety of artistic disciplines. Hong Kong Arts Centre website：www.hkac.org.hk
Annie Ho (Marketing & Development Director) Tel: 2824 5306 / 9481 8706 E-mail: aho@hkac.org.hk
