The Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival (TIDFAF) goal is to promote cultural diversity, educational awareness and the celebration of emerging "Deaf Cinema" through the visual medium.

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2009 Accepted List of entries

Sipho The Lion

Braam Jordan ,South Africa

 

The Rubbish Monster

Braam Jordaan, South Africa
*Award Winning Animator

 

An Experimental Clip

Pamela Witcher, Canada

 

A Story of Ch'ien-niang 

Tracey Salaway, USA

*Winner of Audience Choice Award-DRFF’07

 

9/11 Fear in Silence

A. Bryan "Jade", USA

Pan-African Film Festival Official Selection-Nominee for “Best Feature in Documentary”

 

Anna's Silent Struggle

Tom Linszen & Willy Lindwers, Netherlands

*Winner of Audience Choice Award-DRFF’09

 

The Making of Agamemnon

Jose Saldana

*Winner of Washington Filmmaker Award 2009 DCIFF

 

Lingua Gestual Portuguesa

Marta Morgado & Mariana Martini, Portugal

10 Years of Portuguese Sign Language Recognition 1997-2007

 

Glee!

Jules Dameron, USA

 

Reel Life

Anne Madden and Michael Lopez, USA

 

lo e il mio amico Nike (I and My Nike Friend)

Alessandro Merlini, Italy

 

La Fiamma Misteriosa (The Mysterious Flame)

Barbara Calcinati, Italy

 

Over the Bridge

David Ellington, England

 

Danny

James Banks, England

 

What are you....Deaf?

CJ Jones, USA

 

Listen

Kimby Caplan USA

*Winner of Student Academy Award 2005

 

Deprivation/Stimulation

Adrean Mangiardi USA

 

"EverGreen"“Beautiful”

D-PAN-Deaf Performing Artists Network, USA

 

“Finding Oz: The Journey Home”

Derek Scott, Canada

 

 

*LIST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*

 

 The finalized list and a full films schedule will be available by May 1st, 2009.


Location

Innis Town Hall
University of Toronto
2 Sussex Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1J5

 

http://www.utoronto.ca/townhall/

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