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.
7 films found
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Living in Two Worlds
A CODA grows up interpreting for his Deaf parents and struggles to build a life apart from them.
JSL Deaf actors in the cast -
Love Life
A woman's life fractures when her Deaf first husband reappears after a family tragedy.
JSL Deaf actors in the cast -
Small, Slow But Steady
Based on the memoir of Keiko Ogasawara, Japan's first professional Deaf boxer.
JSL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Sign Gene: The First Deaf Superheroes
Deaf mutants whose sign language generates superpowers investigate a conspiracy across continents.
ASL IS JSL LIS Deaf-led production -
A Silent Voice: The Movie
A former bully seeks out the Deaf classmate he tormented years earlier.
JSL Deafness as a theme -
A Scene at the Sea
A Deaf garbage collector teaches himself to surf, watched by his Deaf girlfriend.
JSL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Happiness of Us Alone
A Deaf couple build a life together across the hardship of postwar Japan.
JSL Deaf role played by a hearing actor