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2004 Evening Schedule 6-10 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE THIS SCHEDULE IS STILL TENTATIVE (as of 5/ 18) AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.  

Evening Session 5:00 -10:30 p.m.

 

NOTE: This has recently changed. Please check times again to be certain.

 

Evening Reception

5:00

Evening Program Introduction 10 min

6:00

 

God Kill Her

6:10

Avi Hemmy              Israel

2002  Documentary

20 min

Powerful documentary portrays deaf Israeli women.

One Way Street

6:30

Robert Hoskin            Japan

1996 Comedy JSL

11 min

Fun-loving and sensitive Deaf man has fun when he finds a pretty girl's telephone card.

Oublie

6:41

Philippe Le Goff          France

2003 Comedy LSF

1 min

Another short from France.

Chance for Love

6:42

Robert Hoskin            Japan

1997 Drama JSL

21 min

This intimate melodrama is the gripping, tense, and starkly realisitic portrait of a deaf couple struggling to save their marriage. Strong stuff.

Dis?ABLE

7:03

Louis Neethling           UK

2001  BSL

10 min

Something unusual and romantic happens when friends at a Deaf party address the often asked question, "Given the chance to hear, would you?

Skye

7:13

Bim Adjadi                 UK

2002  Musical BSL

13 min

A groovy flick with a sensitive side, about a hippie chick on a free ride. Let your hair down, and watch the funky king with stylin 'fro do his boogie thing. Includes the music of deaf songwriter Ted Evans.


  

Regarde-moi, je vous regarde

7:26

Brigitte Lemaine          France

1996  Documentary LSF

20 min

This elegant film is a philosophic and profound appeal for intercultural understanding. Levent Beskardes serenely narrates the inspiring biography of Deaf Japanese photographer Koji Inoue.

The Artist

7:46

Levent Beskardes       France

2001 Art LSF

15 min

Filmmaker delves into the connnection between painting and sign language. Beskardes directed this film himself without a technical team.

Discussion 20 min

8:00

Break 10 min

8:20

 

Golden Rays

8:30

Sunil Pandey             Nepal

2002  NSL

20 min

This is the first movie to ever be made in Nepali Sign Language.

A World of Our Own

8:50

Richard Hall USA

? Soap ASL

24 min

This parody of soap operas and Deaf culture stars the renowned Bernard Bragg and John Maucere. A movie executive struggles with his long lost son over control of his father's studio.

Kjoleu 2001  5 min

9:14

No Way Out 2001  5 min

9:19

Cornelis Mehlum        Norway

Art NSL

 

Kjoleu is the story of a woman dreaming about a fantasy lover. No Way Out offers reflections on the influence of modern technology.


 

 

MATCH: LSF contre Oral

9:24

Philippe Le Goff          France

2003 Comedy LSF

1 min

Larry Brown

Sindee Cohen

Karla Doucette

Melissa Emerson

Heather Garnet

Elle Langevin

Lisa Masure

Elissa Moran

Julie Novak

Rita Rix

Jeff Smith

Sabina Walsh

The struggle for domination between hearing and deaf continuesas a wrestling match??

Interpretations

9:25

David O'Day             USA

1992 Drama ASL

10 min

This student film focuses on the relationship between as Deaf photographer and her friend as interpreter.

Chat

9:35

Philippe Le Goff          France

2003 Comedy LSF

1 min

Elle Gilmore

Lis Schiraldi

Lisa Trainor

Janet Vail

Alicia Booth

Jane Caron

Katrina Day-Anderson

Margaret Habberman

Melanie Hatfield

Philippe LeGoffs cat returns for another short misadventure.

Reservoir Wolves

9:36

Ramon Woolfe            UK

2001 Comedy ASL

10 min

This outlandish spoof mixes hot guns, black suits, dark shades, fast dialogue, and a tense plot twist.

Cold Blood

9:46

Pierre-Louis Levacher France

2003  Vampire LSF

10 min

It is a wintry night in the sleeping village. And  something moves. Its getting closer CLOSER!

Dracula

9:56

Philippe Le Goff          France

2003 Comedy LSF

9 min

A horror film buff gets a late night visitoreven silver bullets and the cross won't save him...The clock strikes at midnight.

Two Worlds Apart

10:05

Bernard Bragg            USA

2002 Thriller ASL

25 min

The legendary Bernard Bragg directs and stars in this short thriller about a tormented deaf man.

Evening Schedule Saturday May 22 6:00-10:00 p.m.