The festival has closed.
Thank you all for joining and watching with us!
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The festival could not have happened without:
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Genesee Valley Council on the Arts
Wegmans
Sorenson
Center for Disability Rights
Interpretek
RIT / NTID
RIT ASL & Deaf Studies Community Center (RADSCC)
Dyer Arts Center
Rochester Deaf Festival
This festival is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by Genesee Valley Council on the Arts
Congratulations to
the award winners of DRFF 2020!:
Jr. DRFF Showcase:
All for You (CM7 Deaf Film Camp)
Student Showcase:
Lose You to Love Me (Felicia McGinnis, Tyler Fortson, Andrew Jude Quinonez)
Rising Star:
Jakiria Williams
Audience Choice:
CODA (Erika Davis-Marsh)
Most Original Idea:
The Word Factory (Alexander Laferriere)
Best Acting Ensemble:
Uncondemned (Joseph D. Josselyn)
Best Cinematography:
Scarlett (Tobias Lehmann, Mirko Scheit)
Best Documentary:
I Want to Change the World (Sebastian Cunliffe)
DRFF Grand Jury:
Hope (David Ellington)
Motion: Digital festival book
Check out our festival program book, Motion: Digital Festival
Motion: Art Exhibition
Specials:
Film lineups
Day 1 Lineup
10 am - 11:59 PM
Day 2 Lineup
10 am - 11:59 PM
Day 3 Lineup
10 am - 11:59 PM
day 4: student showcase
10 am - 11:59 PM
day 4: Jr. DRFF showcase
10 am - 11:59 PM
Schools: Rochester School for the Deaf (Margaret Jennings), Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (Brian Slavinsky), Rhode Island School for the Deaf (Alex Laferriere), Oregon School for the Deaf (Greg Coughlin), Estonia (Mari Tonisson)
Camps: ASL Can Film Camp, Deaf Lens Workshop at Writers & Books, and Camp Mark 7 Deaf Film Camp