Coming Out

Coming Out (United Kingdom), 2007 - 6 min.

This quirky comedy explores Deaf identity as a teenager outs himself to his mother. Why has he been hiding all those magazines and videos and what will his father say when he finds out? Family life will never be the same again.

Genre:

• Comedy

Director:

• Louis Neethling

Cast:

• Debbie Norman
• David Hay
• Ilan Dwek
• Simon Walters

Screenplay:

• Charlie Swinbourne

Film Editing:

• Bim Ajadi

Cinematography:

• Alex Ryle

Awards:

• Best Screnplay DaDa Awards (2007)
• Best Short Film Deaffest Film Festival (2007)
• Best International Short Finnish Sign Language Film Festival (2007)
• Best Director Clin D’Oeil Festival (2007)

Full short (English subtitles)