For Deaf people, simply getting an education and a job is demanding, but their various obstacles can be inspiring for viewers. Milan Fritz is able to use his story to fulfill himself and help others, selling what he has learned in his life during his studies. The documentary captures Milan's past and present life through archival photographs and video footage. [Poster image description: A film poster for the film “Between Two Worlds.“ White poster with black text. A photograph on the top half shows a white adult man sitting on the grass with&nbsp;a white female child. The man is signing to the child while the child looks up. Behind them is a field of wheat and a horizon of trees. The bottom half of the poster shows the title with smaller text underneath: “a documentary film by Ivan Crnac”. A block of small print text shares the production credits. On the bottom are three logos for the following:&nbsp;Film Academy of Miroslav Ondricek in Pisek (FAMO); Hudebnibank.cz; and Cun.cz.] [Movie still image description: A man wearing a t-shirt and shorts and has his hair pulled in a short pony, sits in a blue kayak as he grasps a pole set in the water. Someone else’s legs are visible as they stand on the wooden dock next to the boat. The background is blurred grass and trees.]

Between Two Worlds

A documentary capturing Milan Frirtz's past and present life through archival photographs and video footage.

A Deaf person is a person who does not hear. There seems to be nothing else to know about deafness, but there is much more. In a world fit for the hearing, Deaf people are faced with communication problems every day: from access to information and culture, to education and training. For over two thousand years and until the second post-war period, Italy’s Deaf people could not enter into marriage, inherit, or have any kind of possession. The history of the Deaf is unknown to most. It is the story of a community united by a language, a culture, and an identity. The Deaf one, with a capital D. [Poster image description: Movie poster for “With capital D.” Against a green-blue background, a white woman with blond hair stands with hands on waist. She is wearing a blue shirt and an orange skirt. The shirt has a red shield logo with a white S letter on it. In the upper left corner is a logo with laurel leaves on either side and black text: Best Documentary CineFacts Quarantena Film Festival 2020.” In the upper right corner are two logos for Inmediazione and Otto Per Mille Valdese. White text on bottom: Con La S Maiuscola. Lingua, cultura e identità Sorda. Un documentario di Immediazione. www.immediazione.org.”] [Movie still image description: An object that looks like a person’s head with eyes showing and grassy hair sprouting from top is on the left side while the background i s blurred.]

With a Capital D

The history of Italy's Deaf is unknown to most. It is the story of a community united by a language, a culture, and an identity.

A Hong Kong traveler and a Deaf girl in Nepal use their own ways to communicate and find their own voice. By chance, they met each other in the city of Kathmandu. What have they found? [Poster image description: A poster for Seattle Deaf Film Festival. A silhouette of the Seattle skyline of skyscrapers surrounded by pine trees and mountains in various shades of green under a blue sky. A friendly smiling BigFoot peeks from behind a tree in the foreground. A yellow path leads from the bottom towards the middle of the city skyline with the Space Needle featured prominently in the middle. In the sky area on the right side is a stylized neon light-up sign slightly slanting with words in red-orange backed by faint black supporting lines: “Seattle Deaf Film Festival” with smaller red-orange&nbsp;text underneath: DeafSpotlight.org/sdff.” In upper left corner in the sky area, there are words in orange “Virtual Festival:” with white text underneath: “April 8 - 10, 2022.”] [Movie still image description: Flyer for Seattle Deaf Film Festival with the film title in center. Temporary image placeholder.]

Don’t Just Hear

A Hong Kong traveler and a Deaf girl in Nepal use their own ways to communicate and find their own voice.

Filmed during the Clin d'Oeil 2019 Festival, attended by more than 8,000 Deaf people from all over the world, this short documentary film features twelve Deaf artists from nine countries sharing their vision of Deaf art. [Poster image description: A film poster for the film “Deaf Art In Action.“ A white poster with title in red and black, with smaller black text underneath with the production credits: “Director &amp; Film editing Emlio Ferrero, Interviewer Fernando Sanz, Assistant &amp; Second Camera Jose Luis Garcia-Gil, Translation &amp; Subtitling Monica Rodriguez, Post-Production Assistant Marita Munoz.” On the bottom half is a photo showing a small fair or market scene with a jump house, booths, and people&nbsp;walking around. The fair is set in a grove of trees on a grassy field.] [Movie still image description: A parade of people wearing white shirts with a logo on front as they stand in rows with drums in front of them. Behind them are spectators watching the parade in front of them. In the distance is a white fair-type tent canopy.]

Deaf Art in Action

This short documentary film features 12 Deaf artists from 9 countries sharing their vision of Deaf art.

Deaf signers telling the story of the Chinese in Chittagong, from the days of the 15th Century to the time of the Independence War of the Bengalis in 1971. Portraying the history of the Chinese from a Deaf person’s point of view, the film shows two Chinese families leaving Chittagong as a result of the War. [Poster image description: A poster for Seattle Deaf Film Festival. A silhouette of the Seattle skyline of skyscrapers surrounded by pine trees and mountains in various shades of green under a blue sky. A friendly smiling BigFoot peeks from behind a tree in the foreground. A yellow path leads from the bottom towards the middle of the city skyline with the Space Needle featured prominently in the middle. In the sky area on the right side is a stylized neon light-up sign slightly slanting with words in red-orange backed by faint black supporting lines: “Seattle Deaf Film Festival” with smaller red-orange&nbsp;text underneath: DeafSpotlight.org/sdff.” In upper left corner in the sky area, there are words in orange “Virtual Festival:” with white text underneath: “April 8 - 10, 2022.” ] [Movie still image description: Flyer for Seattle Deaf FIlm Festival with the film title in center. Temporary image placeholder.]

Silent Memory: Chinese in Chittagong

Deaf signers telling the story of the Chinese in Chittagong, from the days of the 15th Century to the time of the Independence War of the Bengalis in 1971.

Erminia, by order of the Spanish Government, is involved in a important mission with Rolando. If they fulfill their purpose, they will change the history of the world's Deaf community. Will they get it? [Poster image description: A film poster for the film “Milan 1880.“ The black poster shows a collage of six people with alternating hues of brown and blue. Underneath the pictures, white text: “Milan 1880. Un cortometraje de alessandro abbate.” then production credits.On the top, white text: “Jose Luis Garcia-Gil. Jose Antonio Pinto. Maria Jose Lopez. Miguel Ferre. Alessandro Abbate. Abel Juaristi. Fernando Sanz.”] [Movie still image description: A black and white image showing a woman standing next to a man. The woman is signing “bird” as the man looks on her. They both are wearing old-fashioned clothing to fit the year 1880.]

Milan 1880

Erminia, by order of the Spanish Government, is involved in a important mission with Rolando. If they fulfill their purpose, they will change the history of the world's Deaf community.

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