ON THE JOB
Runtime: 89 minutes
People on the job in their professional lives are in focus in these six stories that cover a wide range of characters, topics and genres.
Program lineup:
FLUENT
MAINTAINED
THE EYE
CLEANED OUT
BEYOND SILENCE
REMOTE STRUTTING
ID: Film poster for “Fluent” with the text across the top with a subtitle below: “Learning a language takes practice. Unless it doesn’t.” Image of a woman wearing a tank top below. Text block of credits on the bottom.
FLUENT
Narrative Short | Canada | 9 Minutes
Director: Davide Chiazzese
A quirky new hearing employee joins a Deaf-owned business and quickly begins to drive her boss crazy.
Content warnings: None
ID: Film poster for “Maintained” with the title across bottom, with a blurry image of a man looking at a raspberry plant.
MAINTAINED
Narrative Short | Canada | 9 Minutes | English
Director: George Christian Vasquez
A maintenance worker goes deep into an overgrown forest to inspect an abandoned watchtower site. As he dutifully records his findings, he is surprised when the forest seems to start sending him messages.
Content warnings: None
ID: Film poster for “The Eye”, with the title in center on a black background. Below is an illustration of an eyeball. Subtitle at the top: “A Deanne Bray film”. Subtitle below the eye: “Are you 100% human?” Names below: Suanne Spoke, John Maucere, Igor Djenge. Text block of credits at the bottom.
THE EYE
Narrative Short | United States| 27 Minutes | English
Director: Deanne Bray
In this sly comic zinger from Director Deanne Bray, a hearing Hollywood casting agent is having no luck casting a Deaf role authentically. When an actor named Frank (played by John Maucere) walks in, however, the casting agent gets more than she bargained for.
Content warnings: Mild gore
ID: Film poster for “Cleaned Out, with the title in white on a tan background. In the center is a keyhole shaped black and white image with a crowd of people in the upper half and an upside down profile view of a woman on the bottom half. Subtitle on top center “a film by Sam Arnold”.
CLEANED OUT
Narrative Short | United Kingdom | 15 minutes | British Sign Language
Director: Sam Arnold
In this twisty comedy, a maid who works for a mob boss must stand up for herself when he refuses to pay the money he owes her.
Content warnings: Profanity; Guns; Threat of violence; Worker exploitation
ID: Film poster for “Beyond Silence” with the title in red taking up most of the space, with a silhouette shadow of a person on the bottom right corner. A row of award mentions is across the top. A subtitle above the title: “A film by Mamie Blok”.
BEYOND SILENCE
Narrative Short | Netherlands | 17 Minutes | Dutch
Director: Marnie Blok
In this powerful drama, a young woman academic reports her case of sexual harassment at a university. She hopes to find an ally in the woman administrator, but will she be supported?
Content warnings: Adult themes; Profanity; Descriptions of sexual assault and harrassment.
ID: Film poster for “Remote Strutting”, with the title across the bottom with a text block of credits below. Above are three image strips stacked. Top: a woman looking off to the side. Middle: A woman stretches her hands in the air while two people look on. Bottom: A woman smiles. Name credits below the images: Lisa Kelly, Dan Whyte O’Hara.
REMOTE STRUTTING
Narrative Short | Ireland | 12 Minutes |
Director: Lorna Fitzsimons
This charming comedy centers on Mia, a young Irish Deaf woman who creates a fantasy world around her remote IT job to cope with the isolation of working from home.
Content warnings: Profanity