Glittering Hands: special film screening about Deaf culture
This is a documentary film about the daily life of a pair of Deaf parents in the eyes of their hearing kids.
The 9th Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival is offering special screening sessions to local universities to enhance general public’s understanding towards the Deaf community, culture, issues and art. Taking this opportunity, the Counseling and Wellness Center is bringing you an award-winning independent film, Glittering Hands, with a unique and interesting story about love in the silence. Following the screening, there will be a sharing session by members of the Deaf culture to provide audience with a more in-depth exposure to the Deaf community in Hong Kong (in Hong Kong Sign Language and Cantonese; English interpretation if needed).
Glittering Hands (Bora Lee-Kil, Korea, 2014, Chinese and English subtitle)
Date: 25 April, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Venue: LT-G
Audience: Students, faculty and staff members of HKUST
Registration: Register online (First-come, first-served)
Remarks: HLTH1010 course participants will attain 1.5 hours for the “Wellness & Personal Enrichment” module of the HLTH1010 requirement upon completion of the event.
More details of the film: http://boraleekil.com/glittering-hands
List of festivals participated / awards received:
2014 The 15th International Women’s Film Festival in Seoul – Okrang Award & Audience Award(Korea)
2014 The 15th Persons with Disabilities Film Festival – Competition / Grand Prize (Korea)
2014 The 11th EBS International Documentary Film Festival – Festival Choice(Korea)
2014 The 6th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival – Korean Docs Showcase (Korea)
2014 The 40th Seoul Independent Film Festival – New Choice (Korea)
2015 Shanghai TV Festival _ STVF Magnolia Awards nominated (China)
2015 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival – New Asian Current –Special comment (Japan)
2017 The 7th Salaya International Documentary Film Festival (Thailand)
Participants who take part in the whole special screening session will receive mini terrarium by Rinato (兩生花), a social enterprise floral shop under the Tung Wah Group of Hospital aiming at connecting the Deaf with the society.
