The 9th Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival
Special Screening @ School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong

Date & Time: 11 May 2019 Sat 2:30pm
Venue: Future Cinema Studio (M6094), L6, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, 18 Tat Hong Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

The 9th Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival (HKIDFF) has gathered different kinds of Deaf films from all over the world, focusing on Deaf films by Deaf artists, about Deaf stories, developing discussion and promotion of Deaf culture. After six screenings the last three days, we are now starting our special touring screenings in local community, first stop is Future Cinema Studio in School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. During this special screening, we will present The Silent Child (The Best Live Action Short film of Oscar 2018) and Deaf Child (VPRO IDFA Audience Award, idfa 2017), bringing out the importance of sign education for Deaf identity and culture from the real life story of two Deaf Children, which echoes the theme for HKIDFF in 2019, Sign Education and Film Empowerment. And a short film of deaf comedy by Shenzhen deaf director will be screened with these two awarded deaf films.

The 9th Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival is co-presented by Hong Kong Association of the Deaf, Asian People’s Theatre Festival Society, Hong Kong Arts Centre, City University of Hong Kong with its School of Creative Media and Department of Social & Behavioural Sciences, supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and partnered with Centre for Community Cultural Development (CCCD) as long time partner.

The Silent Child
Director：Chris Overton
2017／20’ ／UK／In English with British Sign Language; Chinese and English Subtitles

Set in rural England, we follow the story of profoundly deaf child, Libby. Her middle-class family; consisting of two elder siblings, a constantly overwhelmed mother and a workaholic husband, seek out a quick fix to make their 'broken' child more equipped to handle the real world. But when they employ the help of a deaf-specialised social worker it becomes apparent that Libby is not the one who needs to be fixed.

The Best Live Action Short film of Oscar 2018

Deaf Child
Director：Alex de Ronde
2017／72’／Netherlands／In Dutch with Dutch Sign Language and American Sign Language; Chinese and English Subtitles

“Deaf Child” is a documentary about love. The director’s son, Tobias, is a deaf. Tobias lives in two worlds: one in need, the other as a fish in the water. As a father, Alex examines his choices in raising a deaf child. Were they right ones? Is his world not too limited? Should he have tried cochlear implants with which Tobias might have partial hearing? Has he overburdened Joachim too much with his brother’s handicap? And ultimately, was he a good father?

VPRO IDFA Audience Award, idfa 2017

Screen with Deaf Comedy:
Super Funny Deaf Couples
Director：Wang Yiqiang
2018／7’／China／In Putonghua with Chinsese Sign Language; Chinese and English Subtitles

It is a funny short film about 2 pairs of deaf couples.

Free Entrance, Limited Seats, registration will be on first come-first serve basis.
Email registration: please send your “Name / email contact / phone number / amount of participants” to our email  hkidff9@gmail.com

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Co-presenters: The Hong Kong Association of the Deaf, Asian People's Theatre Festival Society, Hong Kong Arts Centre, School of Creative Media - City University of Hong Kong, Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences - City University of Hong Kong
Partners: Centre for Community Cultural Development
Supported by: Hong Kong Arts Development Council
 

第九屆香港國際聾人電影節
特別巡迴放映@香港城市大學創意媒體學院

時間：2019年5月11日 週六 2:30pm
地點：香港九龍塘達康路18號香港城市大學邵逸夫創意媒體中心6樓未來電影工作室 (M6094)

【第九屆香港國際聾人電影節】集結世界各地的聾人電影，繼續以聾人為創作主體、拍攝聾人的故事、討論並傳播聾人文化。剛結束連續六場影院放映，我們馬不停蹄開始一系列社區巡迴放映，第一站即是香港城市大學創意媒體學院的未來電影工作室。特別放映此次電影節的開幕重頭戲，2018年奧斯卡最佳實景短片獎得主《沉默的孩子》（The Silent Child）與 2017年荷蘭阿姆斯特丹國際紀錄片節最受觀眾歡迎獎得主《聾童》（Deaf Child），從兩位聾童的真實故事討論手語教育對於聾人身分與文化的重要性，承繼此次香港國際聾人電影節的主題「手語教育與電影充權」，並特別同場加映來自中國大陸深圳的聾人喜劇短片《爆笑聾夫妻》。

香港國際聾人電影節由香港聾人協進會、亞洲民眾戲劇節協會、香港藝術中心、香港城市大學創意媒體學院、香港城市大學社會及行為科學系聯合主辦，由香港藝術發展局資助，社區文化發展中心作為長期合作夥伴。
 

沉默的孩子 The Silent Child
導演：Chris Overton
2017／20’ ／英國 UK／英語、英國手語、中英文字幕

故事發生在英格蘭的鄉村。莉比是一位天生聾童，她出生在中產家庭，有兩位兄姊，一位嚴格的母親和一位只顧工作的父親。他們嘗試尋找方法，想要令他們「有缺陷」的孩子盡快融入社會。但在他們僱用了一位專門幫助聾人的社工後，顯然地需要改變的並不是莉比……

奧斯卡最佳實景短片 2018

聾童
導演：Alex de Ronde
2017／72’／荷蘭／荷蘭語、荷蘭手語、美國手語；中英文字幕

《聾童》是一部關於愛的紀錄片。導演亞歷克斯的兒子托比亞斯是一位聾人。托比亞斯生活在兩個世界：一個是需要幫助的世界(健聽)，另一個則是如魚得水的(聾人世界)。作為一名父親，亞歷克斯重新審視了他決定撫養聾人小孩的選擇。他們是對的嗎？他的世界是不是太有限？他應否嘗試使用可能令托比亞斯得到部分聽覺的人工耳蝸？他是否因為托比亞斯的殘疾而使小兒子負擔過重？最後，他是個好父親嗎？

最受觀眾歡迎獎，荷蘭阿姆斯特丹國際紀錄片節 2017

同場加映：
爆笑聾夫妻 Super Funny Deaf Couples

導演：王毅強
2018／7’／中國／普通話、中國手語；中英文字幕

講述兩對聾人夫妻的爆笑趣事。

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合辦：香港聾人協進會、亞洲民眾戲劇節協會、香港藝術中心、香港城市大學創意媒體學院、香港城市大學社會及行為科學系
參與機構：社區文化發展中心
資助：香港藝術發展局