Celebrating 100 Years of Filmmaking
On February 28 - March 4, 2002, CIMI is planning a Festival of Cinema for the Deaf, in Chicago. This five-day event will feature:
- International films created for a deaf audience
- Historically significant and silent films
- Prominent speakers from deaf and hearing communities
- Student out-reach programs and workshops
- Presentations of new technologies
- ASL interpreters and captioning to welcome deaf and hearing audiences alike
- An on-site audiologist for technical support
- Package deals for out-of-town guests with our hotel and restaurant sponsors
- Publication of a book entitled CINEMA AND THE DEAF, to be published by PotemkinPress in 2002
- A presentation by our think tank, which includes deaf and hearing filmmakers, linguists, artists, and specialists in cinema and physiology
Since the birth of cinema, filmmakers have ignored the needs of deaf spectators. Deaf actors, directors and filmmakers have struggled to create a genre that reflects the physical and cultural differences of their community. CIMI challenges filmmakers from all backgrounds to work with members of the deaf community in supporting this film festival. Few festivals have as many facets to them, but at CIMI our motto is "Placing the Spectator Before the Film" because we believe everyone should have the opportunity to see movies in the theater, and to dream of one day making films.
Submission information:
Submission application (PDF, 58 kb), located at http://www.cimi.ws/pdfs/cimi.pdf (if you can't open the PDF, download Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Please submit film & completed application by December 31, 2001 to:
Chicago Institute for the Moving Image
1610 Highland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60660
847-922-0767
847-478-1547 TTY
847-478-5266 FAX
www.cimi.ws
www.cinemaforthedeaf.org
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