During the opening night of the Second Annual Festival of Films for the Deaf, held in Chicago, was born the International Association of the Deaf Professionals in the Media. This announcement was made by the David Pierce, film producer and film historian deaf and Texas, before about 150 people at the Carnegie Theater.Mr. Pierce said that he has always wanted to be a professional organization like the National Association of Radio and Television of United States (National Association of Broadcasters), where deaf people working in the media can influence the collective industry. Mr. Pierce said: "We need to show our quality industry professionally.

He wants the new partnership will not only provide it to them and artists, such as those presented in the festival to meet and find funding for their projects, but to show their works and share their most talented among the public. This will bring more profit and create more work for deaf people. Also expected to produce more films with subtitles and more sign language on the screens."We want to be a channel through which deaf people can educate other people about our culture. We want to preserve our culture in movies and on television. People listener has the printed word. Our sign language is alive in our hands, a way to conserve is included in film and television. " Mr. Pierce suggests that the culture of deaf people is expressed and preserved through stories that are told visually. "The silent film was the pinnacle of the narrative. They were not sound, then the film was completely accessible."

The Chicago Institute for the Moving Image, which organizes the festival, will be the protector of the new International Association. Mr. Joshua Flanders, Director of the Institute of Chicago, said that future annual meetings of the new organization may be held in all the festivals in Chicago. But while the Film Festival for the Deaf was a forum for political organization, on the screens were not political issues.William Magers, British filmmaker deaf, had four films in the festival. In all there were players who used sign language, but one of the films is not related to deafness. He said: "I think it is important to make films with deaf actors in many subjects, not only related to deafness." Recounted that he had gone to the film festival for deaf people in Wolverhampton, England and bored: "Everything was very serious. Everything was controversial. The characters just talked about the" power of the deaf. "We must make it fun and enjoyable film .Mr. William Magers Waterfront created an astonishing eight-minute film based on the work of the classic film On the Waterfront. Previously he had written the script for Reservoir Wolves which is a version of the original director of this Reservoir Dogs.

Popular culture of deaf peopleMr. Magers not think your work would be very different if it were not deaf, would not participate unless both deaf actors and actresses. The disclosure of the culture of the deaf is not a high art for him. "People would like the deaf culture. That's one thing I am trying to create a popular culture of the deaf."Mr. Joshua Flanders believes that the breadth of topics is an evolution in how much can be done in films and film festivals for the deaf: "When they start festivals are many issues related to gays and lesbians. The first films are very serious, power of homosexuals or topics where there are people unhappy. With time changing the topics and presentations, then shows the comedies, dramas and love stories.

However, I think that artists with disabilities and consciously avoid the issues of disability, should have its limits. Often, the focus of our work is due to the singularity of our perspective. When we get distracted by too much in our experience, we write stories or represent the best that we can work out our story, a story that only we can tell, and that without us would not be interpreted. Humor and beauty ... stories about the struggles and difficulties of living with a disability to post-dimensional and boring, when they are caused by neglected writers and artists. Some of the films presented at the Festival in Chicago, as the production: "I love you" (I Love You) by Yutaka Osawa of Japan, a total apretura the experience of disability. Yutaka Osawa, a hearing person, make a movie about the relationship of a child with her mother who is deaf and in the parade every emotion with humor, sadness and happiness. For me, this work has a deeper resonance and represents the best contribution they can offer art festivals on disability.