Deaf films from around the world
A directory of feature films, shorts and documentaries made by, with and about Deaf people. Every entry records which sign language appears on screen and whether Deaf actors and filmmakers were actually involved — so you can tell Deaf-led work apart from a hearing actor playing a Deaf role.
18 films found
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Concerto for Abigail
A musician learns she is going deaf as her career takes off.
Deafness as a theme -
CODA
The only hearing member of a Deaf fishing family is torn between the family business and music school.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Unsound
A struggling music venue is reborn as a Deaf club, bringing together a trans man and a Deaf musician.
Auslan Deaf actors in the cast -
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
Three generations of one Deaf family, framed by Beethoven's own loss of hearing.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Sound of Metal
A metal drummer loses his hearing and enters a Deaf recovery community.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
A Star Is Born
A musician's noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus shape his decline.
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Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen biopic featuring a Deaf actor as Freddie Mercury's father.
BSL Deaf actors in the cast -
Baby Driver
A getaway driver with tinnitus signs with the Deaf foster father he is trying to protect.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
The Bélier Family
A farming family's hearing daughter discovers a gift for singing. Deaf parents played by hearing actors.
LSF Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Soundtrack
A Mumbai DJ loses his hearing at the height of his career. Remake of It's All Gone Pete Tong.
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Talentime
A school talent contest brings together students across race, class and a Deaf boy's silence.
MSL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Copying Beethoven
A young copyist works with the deafened Beethoven on the Ninth Symphony.
Deafness as a theme -
It's All Gone Pete Tong
A hedonistic Ibiza DJ goes deaf and has to rebuild his relationship with music.
BSL Deafness as a theme -
Touch the Sound
Deaf Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie on hearing music through the body.
Deaf actors in the cast -
Beyond Silence
The hearing daughter of Deaf parents pursues the clarinet, straining her role as their interpreter.
DGS Deaf actors in the cast -
Mr. Holland's Opus
A music teacher slowly learns to know his Deaf son on the son's own terms.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Immortal Beloved
Beethoven's life and deafness traced through the search for his mystery addressee.
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Nashville
A sprawling country-music ensemble that includes a mother of Deaf children.
ASL Deafness as a theme