Deaf cinema
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“Deaf Cinema” refers to a movement among deaf and hard-of-hearing filmmakers who, as part of the CIMI think tank on Deaf Cinema in 2001, and for the public at the Festival for Cinema of the Deaf in 2002, 2003, and 2004, all in Chicago, asserted that movies defined as “Deaf Cinema” meet one or several of the following criteria:
1. In general, a film by and/or about deaf people and deafness;
a. A film with a deaf or hard-of-hearing filmmaker, specifically a writer, actor, producer and/or director;
b. A film made for a deaf or hard-of-hearing audience (Contain Sign Language);
c. A film presented for a deaf or hard-of-hearing audience (Closed Captioning, subtitled)
These definitions were used to organize the Festival for Cinema of the Deaf in Chicago as well as provide definition for other deaf film festivals worldwide.