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Catalog  New Release Voices from El-Sayed |
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Voices from El-Sayed
Israel, 2009 | creative documentary, 75 min., 52 min. | Video
Director:
Oded Adomi Leshem
Script: Oded Adomi Leshem
Producers: Neomi Schori Itay Ken-Tor & Liran Atzmor – Belfilms Israel
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| Synopsis |
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In the picturesque Israeli Negev desert lays the Bedouin village of El-Sayed. It has the largest percentage of deaf people in the world. Still, no hearing aids can be seen because in El-Sayed deafness is not a handicap. Through the generations a unique sign language has evolved making it the most popular language in this rare society that accepts deafness as natural as life itself. The village`s tranquility is interrupted by Salim`s decision to change his deaf son’s fate and make him a hearing person using the Cochlear Implant Operation.
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Awards and Festivals |
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Awards:
Winner - Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award- Full Frame Int. Documentary Festival |
Festivals:
SilverDocs International Film Festival, 2009
Rooftop International Film Festival, NY 2009
Full Frame Int. Documentary FF, USA, 2009
One World International Human Rights Film Festival, 2009
Kos International Health Film Festival, Greece 2009
We Care International Film Festival, India 2009
Rochester Deaf International Film Festival, USA 2009
Deaf New Zealand Film Festival, 2009
Transylvania International Film Festival, 2009
Rochester Jewish Film festival, 2009
Significan`t UK, 2009 - special screening
Jerusalem International Film Festival 2008- Special presentation
Rochester JFF, 2009
LA Israeli Film Festival, 2009
One World, Slovakia, 2009
Golden Apricot - Armenia Int. Film festival, 2009
Brazil`s International Disability Film Festival
Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, 2009
Other Israel Film festival, NY 2009
Sheffield Docs, UK 2009
International Documentary Encounters Bogogta, Columbia, 2009
Taiwan International Ethnograpghic Film Festival, 2009
Planet in Focus Enviromental FF, Toronto, 2009
Margaret Mead Film Festival, 2009
Document 7 Film Festival, Scotland 2009
Joint screening; Washington Jewish Film festival and Gallaudet University, 2009
Jersey Shore Jewish Film Festival, 2009
Deafest UK, 2009
Watch Docs Poland, 2009
1001 Documentary Istanbul, 2009
Hartford Jewish Film Festival, 2010
Academic Screeenings:
Princeton Univeristy, 2009
Columbia University, 2009
Miami Univeristy of Ohio, 2009
Kent University, USA, 2009
North Carolina University, USA, 2009
Hebrew University, 2009
Douglas University, 2009
Syracuse University, 2009
Gate 48, Amsterdam 2010
European Parliament, Luxemburg 2010
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More Credits |
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| Script: Oded Adomi Leshem |
| Production Company: Belfilms Israel |
| Co-Production Company: Oded Adomi Leshem |
| Camera: Daniel Kedem |
| Editor: Aya Somech |
| Original Language: Arabic, Hebrew and Sign Language |
| Subtitles: English |
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Quotes |
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"By introducing us to such compelling characters and challenging philosophical questions, Voices from El-Sayed heightened my awareness of how we communicate and how hearing structures our world. It was, without doubt, one of the most subtly observant documentaries I saw at this year’s Full Frame."
- Chuck Tryon, Professor of film and media studies at Fayetteville State University. |
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