How does a world feel in which visual perception is central and of course communication through sign language and facial expressions? Life deaf people is characterized by exclusion and persecution. Despite positive developments, the value of “hearing” and the life path of deaf more often became externally determined. A deaf immerses in this often unknown reality and interviews those who know best.
The film by Anita Lackenberger and Gerhard Mader started with cinema premieres in St. Pölten, Vienna, Linz and Innsbruck – with a wonderful success: Almost 1,000 visitors pursued the impressive cinematic examination of this long -repressed. The film DEAF is released by the youth media commission from the age of 10 and recommended as a film from the age of 12 – an indication of its depth and social relevance.
State Secretary Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig emphasized the social relevance: “I congratulate Anita Lackenberger and her team on this impressive project. It is important that we courageously also face the difficult issues of our society. DEAF If a long neglected chapter makes visible, those affected give a voice and raise awareness of inclusion and social responsibility. ”
Lukas Huber, leader of the Deaf Association of Lower Austria, is moved by the reactions: “The film DEAF Really started something. Suddenly other deaf people report to me, tell their stories, often things about whom they never previously gave me. It is as if the lid of the decades of silence was finally down and the pandora can open. The mere that the film gets overdue discourses rolling and raising new questions is a huge success for me. ”
Helene Jarmer, politician, also emphasizes the importance of the film: “This film confronts us with a bitter truth: deaf people were disregarded for decades and brought to silence. Now we speak – loud, clearly and in sign language.”
Alfred Brader, special school teacher and politician IR, also sees the effect of the film clearly: “With its message, the film certainly contributed to better understanding of the deaf problem. The presentation of the historical development and that of educational problems is particularly impressive.”
Deaf – a film that not only opens up, but also opens doors and triggers important social conversations.
“DEAF”
Film screening in the Megaplex Plus City Linz-Pasching
Datum: April 18, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Megaplex Plus City Linz
Plus-Kauf-Straße 7
4061 Pasching
Austria
URL: https://www.metropol-kino.at/film/linz/gehoerlos
“DEAF”
Film screening in the Metropol-Kino Innsbruck
Datum: April 18, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Metropol-Kino Innsbruck
Innstraße 5
6020 Innsbruck
Austria
URL: https://www.metropol-kino.at/film/metropol/gehoerlos
“DEAF”
Film screening in the Hollywood Megaplex St. Pölten
Datum: April 18, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Hollywood Megaplex St. Pölten
Engelbert-Laimer-Straße 1/1
3100 St. Pölten
Austria
URL: https://www.metropol-kino.at/film/stpoelten/gehoerlos
“DEAF”
Cinema screening
Datum: 04/21/2025, 5:00 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Metropol-Kino Innsbruck
Innstraße 5
6020 Innsbruck
URL: https://www.metropol-kino.at/film/metropol/gehoerlos
“DEAF”
Film screening in the Hollywood Megaplex St. Pölten
Datum: 04/21/2025, 5:00 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Hollywood Megaplex St. Pölten
Engelbert-Laimer-Straße 1/1
3100 St. Pölten
Austria
URL: https://www.metropol-kino.at/film/stpoelten/gehoerlos
“DEAF”
Film screening in the Urania cinema Vienna
Datum: 04/22/2025, 8:00 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Urania cinema Vienna
Uraniastraße 1
1010 Wien
Austria
URL: https://www.cineplexx.at/purchase/wizard/1025-4334/tickets
“DEAF”
Cinema screening
Datum: April 24, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Megaplex Plus City Linz
Plus-Kauf-Straße 7
4061 Pasching
Austria
URL: https://www.metropol-kino.at/film/linz/gehoerlos
“DEAF”
Film screening in the Waldviertler Kino Gmünd
Datum: April 24, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Waldviertler Kino Gmünd
Litschauer Strasse 2
3950 Gmünd
Austria
URL: https://www.waldviertler-kinos.at/987/gehoerlos.html
“DEAF”
Film screening in the Cineplexx Wiener Neustadt
Datum: 04/28/2025, 7:45 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Cineplexx Wiener Neustadt
Stadonstraße 42/1b
2700 Wiener Neustadt
Austria
URL: https://Https://www.cineplex.at/purchase/wizard/1008-58048/tickets
“DEAF”
Film screening in the Metropol-Kino Innsbruck
Datum: 05.05.2025, 6:00 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Metropol-Kino Innsbruck
Innstraße 5
6020 Innsbruck
Austria
URL: https://www.metropol-kino.at/film/metropol/gehoerlos
“DEAF”
Film screening in the Hollywood Megaplex St. Pölten
Datum: 05.05.2025, 6:00 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Hollywood Megaplex St. Pölten
Engelbert-Laimer-Straße 1/1
3100 St. Pölten
Austria
URL: https://www.metropol-kino.at/film/stpoelten/gehoerlos
“DEAF”
Film screening
Datum: 05.05.2025, 6:00 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Megaplex Plus City Linz
Plus-Kauf-Straße 7
4061 Pasching
URL: https://www.metropol-kino.at/film/linz/gehoerlos
“DEAF”
Film screening in the Volkskino Klagenfurt
Datum: 15.05.2025, 7:30 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: New folk cinema
Kinoplatz 3
9020 Klagenfurt
Austria
URL: https://www.volkskino.net/programm/filme/film-details/gehörlos.html
“DEAF”
Film screening in the Cineplexx Mattersburg
Datum: May 16, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Cineplexx Mattersburg
Arenaplatz 7/1
7210 Mattersburg
Austria
URL: https://Https://cineplexx.at/purchase/wizard/1032-31021/tickets
“DEAF”
Cinema screening in the Cineplexx Amstetten
Datum: 21.05.2025, 7:45 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Cineplexx Amstetten
Waidhofner Straße 42b
3300 Amstetten
Austria
URL: https://Https://www.coneplexx.at/purchase/wizard/1022-35907/tickets
“DEAF”
Film screening cinema in the Kesselhaus Krems
Datum: May 28, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
Art: General appointments
Ort: Cinema in the Kesselhaus Krems
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30
3500 Krems
Austria
URL: https://Https://www.kinoimkesselhaus.at