Short Films Without Barriers
A Woman Like Me
Denmark, United Kingdom, 2017, 8 minutes, Color, Danish Sign Language; Turkish subtitle, Turkish Sign Language
Director: Isabel Lilia Morales Bondy
Screenplay: Isabel Lilia Morales Bondy
Editing: Isabel Lilia Morales Bondy
Production: Royal College of Art, Film og TV Compagniet, Petite Voleuse, Danish Deafblind Association
A deafblind Danish woman travels to Nepal to meet a woman with the same condition in the hopes of communicating and engaging in a cultural exchange. A Woman Like Me is a film about the delicacy and complexity of human communication, and how susceptible it is to privilege, preconceptions and misunderstandings.
Awake
United Kingdom, 2015, 22 minutes, B&W, Turkish
2015 Superfest Disability FF; Jury Award, Breaking Down Barriers FF; Best Actresses Look and Roll FF; Special Director’s Award
Director: Michael Achtman
Screenplay: Michael Achtman
Cinematography: Juan Soto, Zeynep Dağlı
Editing: Michael Achtman
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Piano: Kimiko Ishizak)
Production: Filmpro
Cast: Alex Bulmer, Margo Cargill
Anna, who’s chronically ill, is visited by Doreen, a door to door proselytizer who makes herself at home and stays the day, slowly defrosting her non-welcome. Together, they walk in the park, bake a cake and watch an Ingmar Bergman film.
Bla Bla Bla
Spain, 2015, 3 minutes, Color, Spanish; Turkish subtitle, Turkish Sign Language
2015 Cortogenia; Best Actor Festival Cine Andaluz de Burguillos; Special Jury Award Jameson Notodo Filmfest; Best Production Design, Best Music and Sound
Director: Alexis Morante
Screenplay: Alexis Morante, Bruno Morante
Cinematography: Juanma Carmona
Editing: Alexis Morante
Music: Miguel Torres
Production: 700G Films
Cast: Salva Reina, Sara Sánchez, Carlos Pérez, Manuel Ponce, María Alfonsa Rosso
Sharing car is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get!
Panic!
Netherlands, 2015, 6 minutes, Color, No Dialogue
2016 Holland Animation FF; Audience Award Stuttgart Trickfilm International Animated FF; Audience Award Anima Brussel; Animation Night Audience Award for Best Short Film 2015 Klik! Amsterdam Animation Festival; NL Award for ‘Best Laugh’
Director: Joost Lieuwma, Daan Velsink
Screenplay: Joost Lieuwma, Daan Velsink
Editing: Daan Velsink
Music: Jorrit Kleinen, Alexander Reumers
Production: il Luster Films: Chris Eimers-Mouw
In the car Marja has a sudden rush of panic: did she turn off the gas? Did she leave the water running? Is the window locked? In her mind her imaginary mistakes grow to absurd proportions.
The Silent Child
United Kingdom, 2017, 20 minutes, Color, English, British Sign Language; Turkish subtitle, Turkish Sign Language
2018 Academy Awards; Oscar: Best Live Action Short Film London Independent FF; Grand Jury Prize River Bend FF; Best Director Best Actress 2017 American Short Film Awards; Best Short Film of The Year Southampton FF; Best Screenplay Savannah FF; Best Narrative Short Rhode Island FF; Best Short Film, Best Actress
Director: Chris Overton
Screenplay: Rachel Shenton
Cinematography: Ali Farahani
Editing: Emily Walder
Music: Alfredo Sirica
Production: Slick Films, Slick Showreels
Cast: Maisie Sly, Rachel Shenton, Rachel Fielding, Philip York
Set in rural England and inspired by real life events. The Silent Child centres around four year old deaf girl named Libby who is born into a middle class family and lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her the gift of communication.
Whirlpool
United Kingdom, 2017, 17 minutes, Color, English; Turkish subtitle, Turkish Sign Language
Director: Kate Baxter Elizabeth Dixon
Screenplay: Elizabeth Dixon, Kate Baxter, Helen Keller
Cinematography: Stil Williams
Editing: Joan Gill Amorim
Music: Evelyn Glennie, Jered Sorkin
Production: Five Fifty Five Productions
Cast: Kate Baxter, Richard Dee-Roberts, Claudette Williams, Patch Harvey, Heather Rome, Lee William-Davis, Christian Warwicker, Doug Cooper
Helen Keller, an avid civil rights activist known for being deaf and blind, faces prejudice from the public, her family, and even herself in her own right to have a voice.