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Deaf Giants

Baseball-loving 10-year-old Bracken and his younger deaf brother investigate the contrast between early 1900s inclusion of deaf players in baseball and the present, seeking to understand why representation has regressed.

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Dear Ani

More than 20 years ago, an aspiring songwriter, Keith Wasserman, began a creatively obsessive correspondence with music icon Ani DiFranco, believing her reply letters were encoded in the lyrics of her songs. Dear Ani is an odyssey of music, art, and mania.

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To My Father

In March 2022, Troy Kotsur became the first Deaf man to win the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for CODA. During his emotional acceptance speech, Troy paid tribute to his dad, his “hero”. To My Father is the story of Troy’s father’s influence on him beyond the speech that moved millions.

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Okthanksbye

Classmates at a boarding school for the deaf, shy Jamie and bold Imane set off on an unexpected road trip to Paris. When things do not go as planned, and the trip takes an adventurous turn, Jamie must come out of her shell.

A white woman with dark red lipstick and dark brown hair pulled into a bun with a pink bow peers into a white framed mirror, showing her reflection and that of a sunflower beside her. She has a complex expression with a small but sad smile.

We Care

Annie is surprised to find that her new care-taker happens to be a man, a very manly man. This poignant and humorous narrative takes a dark turn as Annie struggles with the shortcomings of the system designed to care for her.

A dark-haired woman with an expression of deep concern embraces a man and clasps his head with a henna-decorated hand.

Dosh

When her son’s life is put at risk at their family’s pre-wedding ritual, a mother with hearing loss must decide how to seek help for her husband to keep her family safe.

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Is There Anybody Out There?

While navigating daily discrimination, a filmmaker who loves her unusual body searches the world for another person like her and explores what it takes to love oneself fiercely despite society’s misconceptions.

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Sea Legs

When Marius meets his girlfriend’s group of friends for the first time, he tries to hide his insecurities, but when the whole group decides to go swimming, he faces a difficult choice. Will he swim or stay on the beach and hide? What starts for Marius as a careless summer’s day evolves into a confrontation between his insecurities and self-acceptance.

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Dungeons, Goblins and Broccoli

A group of avid Dungeons and Dragons players embarks on their next quest, but their game takes a turn when a newcomer arrives. Distracted by her presence, the players become embroiled in a competition for her attention, but how far will they go to win her hand?

A man in a wheelchair looks at a girl accompanying him on a sidewalk.

Daruma

When day-drinking, unemployed paraplegic Patrick finds out he is the father of a 4-year-old girl he never knew existed, he enlists the help of his double amputee veteran neighbor Robert to drive him and his newfound daughter across the country to live with her maternal grandparents.