Catalogue Impact Days
De Garry Keane

This is a Quiet Love

This is a Quiet Love
Image du film This is a Quiet Love - FIFDH 2024

Quatre couples sourds signent l’histoire de leur amour. Ensemble, ces lettres d’amour cinématographiques tissent une tapisserie de l’expérience des personnes malentendantes sur une période de 70 ans, tandis qu’un paysage sonore immersif remet en question la perception du son chez le·la spectateur·rice. Un couple sourd de religion mixte dont l’histoire d’amour a survécu à des décennies de préjugés et à la détermination de leurs familles à les séparer ; un boxeur sourd et sa partenaire entendante confronté·es à une décision difficile; un couple LGBTQIA+ sourd tombé amoureux dans un pays où le mariage entre personnes de même sexe était illégal ; et un homme entendant et une femme sourde qui ont trouvé l’amour contre toute attente. Produite par une équipe composée de personnes sourdes et entendantes, cette mosaïque d’expériences des personnes sourdes, réalisée par Garry Keane, réalisateur sélectionné pour Sundance et les Oscars, offre au public un point de départ familier – l’amour – pour aborder les thèmes de la discrimination, de l’accès, de la privation de la langue et des conflits, tels qu’ils sont vécus par les acteur·rices sourd·es.

Section : Impact Days
Pays : Irlande, Royaume-Uni
Langues originales : langue des signes, anglais
Réalisation
Garry Keane (Irlande)
Production
Anne Heffernan (Irlande)
Sean Herlihy (Irlande)
Curious North Productions Ltd.
Durée
90'’
Statut de production
Dernière phase de développement
Finalisé en
Septembre 2024
Impact Statement
This is a Quiet Love aims to transform misconceptions about the Deaf community by authentically representing their experiences, while supporting training and employment for Deaf filmmakers. Allowing audiences a rare window into this largely hidden community can foster empathy, understanding and generate critical discussion around the message that societal barriers and attitudes create more challenges for Deaf people than their physical deafness. Deaf communities, even in many first world countries, have not had their sign languages officially recognised, meaning there is no legal requirement to ensure access to education, healthcare, the legal system or employment in sign language. This inequality is exacerbated by the lack of representation of Deaf people in the media, while Deaf filmmakers continue to be excluded from our industry.

We aim to foster empathy and greater understanding about the experiences and unique challenges facing the Deaf community worldwide, while creating training and employment opportunities for Deaf filmmakers in Ireland.
Impact Goals
  1. To tackle the persistent inequality and barriers to education, employment, healthcare and social spaces experienced by the Deaf community around the world by creating stronger connections between the Deaf community and wider society.
  2. Push for the recognition of sign language as an official language, through the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
  3. Enable authentic representation of Deaf people in the media and create more opportunities for Deaf filmmakers in our industry.
  4. Champion the preservation of Deaf history and culture, which is currently under threat of being erased.
Impact Strategy
  • Making a film that authentically represents the Deaf experience and fosters empathy and understanding.
  • Raising awareness about sign language by encouraging audiences to learn phrases in their local sign language.
  • Creating meaningful dialogue between Deaf people and the wider public through post-screening ‘one to one’ sessions via a sign language interpreter.
  • Working with Human Rights and Deaf organisations to lobby for the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to ensure access to public services, education and employment for all Deaf people.
  • Lobbying our industry to ensure access for Deaf filmmakers and creating a pilot training scheme.
  • Creating an archive of Deaf love stories by inviting Deaf couples to share their stories on dedicated social media platforms using the #QuietLove.
Contact
Contact principal
Anne Heffernan (Irlande): anneheffernantv@gmail.com

Organisations
Deaf Media Professionals – UK
Irish Deaf Society
Reach Deaf Services
Broadcasters
TG4 – Ireland

Funders and agencies
Screen Ireland
Screen Skills Ireland

Others
Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin – University

Organisations
Deaf Media Professionals – UK
Irish Deaf Society
Reach Deaf Services
Broadcasters
TG4 – Ireland

Funders and agencies
Screen Ireland
Screen Skills Ireland

Others
Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin – University