In the Land of the Deaf

What is the world like for the thousands of people who live in silence? Jean-Claude, Abou, Claire, Florent and all the rest, who have been totally deaf since birth or since the early months of their lives, dream, think and communicate through signs. With them we set off to discover that distant land where seeing and touching are of such crucial importance. This film tells their story and gives us a glimpse of the world through their eyes.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Cinematography: Frederic Labourasse
Editing: Guy Lecorne
Sound: Henry Maikoff
Production: Les Films d’ Ici, France T. +33 1 4452 2323 F. +33 1 4452 9670 courrier@lesfilmsdici.fr www.lesfilmsdici.fr
Producers: Serge Lalou
Co-production: La Sept-cinema, The Rhone-Alpes European Cinematographic Centre (France)
Format: 5mm Color
Production Country: France
Production Year: 1992
Duration: 99
Contact: Les Films du Losange, France T. +33 1 4443 8710 F. +33 1 4952 0640 www.filmsdulosange.fr
Awards
Prix de la Fondation GAN pour le Cinema 1992
Grand Prix – Belfort FF 1992, France
Miglior Documentario – Festival dei Popoli 1992, Italy
Documentary Grand Prize – Vancouver IFF 1993, Canada
Premio “Tiempo de Historia” – Festival de Valladolid 1993, Spain
Prix Humanum – Belgium Film Press Association 1993
Grand Prize – Mumbai IFF 1994, India
Golden Gate Award – San Francisco IFF 1994, USA
Best Documentary – Potsdam FF 1994, Germany
Stephanie Beacham Award – 13th Annual Communication Awards 1994, USA

Nicolas Philibert

Filmography

1978 La Voix de son maitre/His Master's Voice
1978 Patrons/Televisions / Bosses/Televisions
1985 The North Face of the Camembert (short)
1985 Christophe (short)
1986 Y’a pas de malaise/No Problem (short)
1987 Trilogie pour un homme seul/Trilogy for One Man (TV)
1987 La Mesure de l'exploit/The Measure of the Feat (short)
1988 Vas-y Lapebie/Go For It, Lapebie (short)
1988 Le Come-back de Baquet/Baquet's Come Back (short)
1989 Migraine (short)
1990 La Ville Louvre/Louvre City
1990 Patrons 1978/1990 / Bosses 1978/1990
1992 Le Pays des sourds/In the Land of the Deaf
1994 Dans le peau d'un blaireau / In a Badger's Skin (short)
1994 La Metamorphose d'un batiment/Metamorphosis of a Building
1994 Portraits de famille/Family Portraits (short)
1995 Pour Catherine/For Catherine (short)
1995 Un animal, des animaux/Animals
1996 La Moindre des choses/ Every Little Thing
1997 Nous, sans papiers en France.../Us, France's Illegal Immigrants...
1997 Qui sait?/Who Knows? (short)
2001 Etre et avoir/To Be and to Have
2002 L'Invisible/The Ιnvisible (short)
2002 Emmanuelle Laborit, eclats de signes/ Emmanuelle Laborit, Sign Shards (short)
2002 Ce qui anime le taxidermiste/What Drives the Taxidermist (short)
2007 Retour en Normandie/Back to Normandy
2009 Nenette, orang-outan de Borneo/Nenette, orang-utan from Borneo (short)
2009 Nenette
2012 La Maison de la radio