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Auslan Day Celebration: Sign on Screen Children’s Screening and Art Workshop
On Sunday April 12, the day before national Auslan Day, Sign on Screen held a screening of Auslan short films for Canberra-based d/Deaf and hard of hearing children and their families. We came together on the ANU campus to watch videos of sign language stories, jokes, vocab and songs, accompanied by Kellyanne Rosalion, a Deaf
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Welcome to the Sign on Screen 72 Hour Film Challenge!
Ready to make a film in just 72 hours? The Sign on Screen 72 Hour Film Challenge invites Australia-based Deaf and hard of hearing filmmakers to come together, collaborate, and create an original short film inspired by a mystery theme, revealed at the very start of the challenge. Working in teams of 3 or more, you’ll have one weekend
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Tickets and Program, Sign on Screen Film Festival
The full program and free ticket links are now available for the Sign on Screen Film Festival. The festival will take place at the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, from 6pm Friday May 22 – 5pm Sunday May 24 2026. All events are Auslan <> English interpreted, all screenings are captioned with hearing loop
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Congratulations to Jared Flitcroft for 2026 Whakahoa Kaitoi Whanaketanga Creative New Zealand Fellowship
Turi Māori filmmaker and Sign on Screen partner Jared Flitcroft has just been awarded a much-deserved Whakahoa Kaitoi Whanaketanga Creative New Zealand Deaf and Disabled Artists Fellowship 2026, presented by Arts Access Aotearoa. Read more
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Save the Date! May 22-24, Sign on Screen Film Festival
The Sign on Screen Film Festival landing page, with information about our screenings, celebrations and workshops over the May 22-24 weekend, has been released on the Australian National Film and Sound Archive website below. Detailed program event pages and (free) tickets coming soon!
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Catch Auslan film Strawberry Cheesecake now on Stan
The 2024 Australian short film Strawberry Cheesecake is a love story featuring Deaf actors Nathan Borg and Raquel Fasano and is screening at this year’s Deaffest in the UK in May. The film is a rare example of dialogue entirely in Auslan (Australian Sign Language). Produced by Bus Stop Films, the film is now streaming
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Sofya Gollan Keynotes the ANU Disability Research Network Showcase
Image: still from Vikingulven (Viking Wolf), one of Sofya’s case studies. Sign on Screen researcher and PhD candidate Sofya Gollan delivered the keynote at last week’s Disability Research Network Showcase at the Australian National University. Sofya presented on the ways in which horror films link deafness and silence, to scholars working on disability all around
