Das Gehörlosendorf
The Deaf Village
Le village des sourds
Switzerland, December 2012
FILM,
Documentary,
79 min.
- directed by
- Dieter Gränicher
- Written by
- Dieter Gränicher, Kaspar Kasics
- Status
- In distribution
In Spring of 2011, documentary filmmaker Dieter Gränicher sets out to discover the world of the deaf. For a month he lives in an institutional community for the deaf in Turbenthal in the foothills of Zurich. Accompanying the residents, some with multiple handicaps, he observes their daily life attentively and, as trust grows, with increasing affinity. In these portraits, the film reveals the subtlety and vitality of their sign language, showing how their expressive energy surmounts the limitations of their handicap and touches whomever they meet.
credits
- World Premiere
- December 2012
- Original Version
- Sign language, German (german subtitles), colour, DCP, 79 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-390E-0000-R-0000-0000-U
- Production
- momenta film GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, 3sat
- Producer
- Dieter Gränicher
- directed by
- Dieter Gränicher
- Written by
- Dieter Gränicher, Kaspar Kasics
- Cinematography
- Dieter Gränicher, Hansueli Schenkel
- Editing
- Dieter Gränicher
- Sound Editing
- Florian Eidenbenz
- Re-Recording Mix
- Florian Eidenbenz
- Music
- Florian Eidenbenz
- Location Sound Mix
- Dieter Gränicher, Dieter Meyer
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- momenta film GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
momenta film GmbH
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
24.01.2013 - 31.01.2013