Signing

Archive - Festival 34
Director: Nurith Aviv
France, Israel 2018
60 minutes
Sign Language, Hebrew, English
Subtitles in Hebrew

Nurith Aviv ventures into the relatively uncharted territory of sign languages. These languages are numerous and diverse, each with its own grammar and syntax, its unique richness and complexity.

Three generations of protagonists, both deaf and hearing, as well as researchers from The Sign Language Research Laboratory at the University of Haifa, talk about the sign languages that have evolved in Israel within the past 100 years.

Nurith Aviv directed 14 documentaries and was the cinematographer on some 100 features and documentaries.

Signing is screened on September 23^rd to mark the first International Day of Sign Languages declared by the UN.

Director Nurith Aviv
Production Farid Rezkallah, Itai Tamir, Serge Lalou, Annie Dekel-Ohayon
Cinematography Tulik Galon, May Gribler, Shai Levy, Sara Yona Zweig, Nurith Aviv
Editing Nurith Aviv, Rym Bouhedda
Music Michael Goorevich
Sound Design Dominique Vieillard
Source 24images, Le Mans; Laila Films, Tel Aviv; Les Films d’Ici, Paris