Dogwoof films nominated for Cinema Eye awards
November 5th, 2012
Cinema Eye nominations were announced on Friday, with 3 Dogwoof titles appearing on the list
Deaf and blind since childhood, this documentary follows Young-Chan as he gently moves through his life
Young-Chan has been deaf and blind since childhood. As he puts it himself, “In the beginning there was darkness and silence, and the darkness and silence were with god. And when ‘I’ arrived, they came to me.” Young-Chan has no idea how to participate in the world until he meets Soon-Ho, who also has a physical handicap. He marries her and learns to communicate with the outside world through her. By softly tapping each other’s finger, they can understand one another; it is sometimes as if they are tenderly playing a piano. This documentary follows the couple in the same gentle tempo as Young-Chan moves through his life. We see them replacing a lightbulb together, receiving friends, working on a theater piece, reading a book, and gliding on a sleigh down a mountain. These everyday scenes are accompanied by a poetic voice-over by Young-Chan, in which he reflects on his existence without sight and hearing. He feels like an astronaut, but that doesn’t mean he is without a sense of beauty in the world. This becomes palpable when Young-Chan touches the bark of a tree, runs his hand through sand, or brushes raindrops on a window pane with his fingertips.
November 5th, 2012
Cinema Eye nominations were announced on Friday, with 3 Dogwoof titles appearing on the list
June 25th, 2012
Planet of Snail is available to Dogwoof.TV members
June 20th, 2012
The director of Planet of Snail makes a special visit to Jubilee High School, Addlestone after a preview screening of his award-winning film.
June 18th, 2012
With 11 films screening, you couldn't miss a Dogwoof film at the festival this year
May 10th, 2012
Get yourself to Sheffield this June to see some of our best documentary films