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  • Group of film professionals using sign language against a grassy background

    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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  • Blurred image of a woman in profile using sign language against a black background, with the title SIGN ON SCREEN superimposed in white

    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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    May 22, 2026
  • Film poster of a white man and woman lying in grass and smiling at each other. The film's title, Strawberry Cheesecake, is overlaid in pink text. The Stan streaming logo is in the bottom left corner.

    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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  • Still from the film Viking Wolf, in which a huge wolf lunges at a little girl over a living room table

    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…

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  • Young girl gazes up at purple balloons in a glowing blue room

    Australian Premiere of A Quiet Love

    On 23 September 2025, Sign on Screen and Flow Festival are collaborating on the Australian premiere of Irish Sign Language film A Quiet Love at ACMI (the Australian Centre for the Moving Image). The screening will be introduced by Sign on Screen researcher Sam Martin, with Auslan interpreting.

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    September 23, 2025
  • A man delivers a conference paper in sign language to a crowd, with a captioned PowerPoint presentation displayed above him

    Sign on Screen at the 12th Deaf History International Conference

    Sign on Screen MPhil candidate Sam Martin recently attended the 12th Deaf History International Conference in Ghent, Belgium.  Sam was one of just three Australians present, alongside renowned Deaf historian Dr Breda Carty AO, who shared her trailblazing work on the Deaf History Collections website, and Brian Johnston, who is a board member.  The program…

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