ID: A dark blue starry banner with an orange pink octopus with a helmet with text: “Seattle Deaf Film Festival, April 2026” from the left edge with flying popcorns scattered throughout the banner. Text on right: “April 10-12, 2026, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA. Streaming: April 13-26, 2026”.
ID: Seattle Deaf Film banner of 2026 SDFF Film Lineup with octopus’ tentacles curling across with some popcorn floating in the starry space.
MAINTAINED, George Christian Vasquez, Canada
Medal Chase, Kevin Shiva, Sweden
My Deaf Papa, Anthony Cheung, Hong Kong
Okthanksbye, Nicole van Kilsdonk, Netherlands
Passengers, Dickie Drew Hearts, United States
Refrain, Benjamin Anthony Slusarczyk, Australia
Remote Strutting, Lorna Fitzsimons, Ireland
RÉSILIENCE, Julien Bourges, France
Serendipity by Sofia, Audrey Sangla, Norway
Silent Courage, Matthew Bacher, United States
Siren: The Voices of Shelley Beattie, Irene Taylor, United States
Sucker, Fae Al-Kalamchi, United Kingdom
Talk, Jessica L Perlman, United States
The Eye, Deanne Bray, United States
The Power of Goodbye, Audrey Sangla, France
The Tales of Victor The Misfits Creator, Paul Miller, United Kingdom
Threshold, Sofya Gollan, Australia
TIT FOR TAT, Brian Cohen, United States
Turn Up The Bass, Ted Evans, United Kingdom
Between Signs and Tides, Joao Gabriel Kowalski & Joao Gabriel Ferreira, Brazil
BEYOND SILENCE, Marnie Blok, Netherlands
Cleaned Out, Sam Arnold, United Kingdom
Contours, Aisha Amin, United States
Dinner Table Syndrome, Charlie Ainsworth, United States
ERASED, Rydrea Walker, United States
Eye of the Game, Ramas McRae, Australia
Familiar Stranger, Ace Mahbaz, United Kingdom
Fluent, Davide Chiazzese, Canada
From Invisible To Invincible, Donald M. Falls, United States
Ghost Sandwich, Lymon Thorn, United States
Glass Cage, Jules Dameron, United States
Healing Hands, Jordan Ochel, United States
I See A Voice, Leah Egan, Ireland
I See Dark, Domingo Pisón Capellán, Spain
Idle Hands, Douglas Ridloff, United States
Implantability, Krystal Alexandria, United States
Lockdoon, Ruaridh Lever-Hogg, United Kingdom
Loud Love, Bing Wang, United States
Here’s the film lineup for Seattle Deaf Film Festival 2026! We are excited to curate 38 films from 12 countries this April.
Congrats, filmmakers!
FESTIVAL COMMITTEE
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MJ Kiego
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
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Patty Liang
LOGISTICS
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Michael Anthony
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
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Buddy Elledge
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
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Aly Boote
ACCESS LEAD
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Sam Kelly
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
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Danica Metlay
VOLUNTEER LEAD
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Toj Mora
STREAMING LEAD
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Andrea Passafiume
SCREENING COMMITTEE LEAD & PROGRAMMING LEAD
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Napal Tesfai
HOSPITALITY
SPONSORS
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