Yoosuf

Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing some...

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Caroline Link

Cast

Sylvie Testud, Tatjana Trieb, Howie Seago

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

Runtime

2h 21m

Director

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Cast

Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura

Elderly Dastaguir and his newly deaf 5-year-old grandson Yassin hitchhike and walk, but mostly walk, as they make their way to the coal mine where Dastaguir's son Murad works. Dastaguir must tell Murad that the rest of their family were all killed in a recent bomb attack.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Atiq Rahimi

Cast

Abdul Ghani, Jawan Mard Homayoun, Wali Talash

Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, Lizzie has invented a story that he is away at sea on the HMS Accra. Every few weeks, Lizzie writ...

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Shona Auerbach

Cast

Gerard Butler, Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

Runtime

1h 21m

Director

Noah Baumbach

Cast

Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg