The forbidden language
of the future

by Anna Turchaninova

documentary short
Directed by: Anna Turchaninova
Year of production: 2023
Country of origin: Russia
Runtime: 25 min
A young woman Julia shows her tattoos on her arm. In Russian sign language (RSL), she tells us that these tattoos symbolize the world of the deaf. (The message of the sign language text is accompanied by subtitles and voiceover, the film is voiced by hard of hearing and deaf people). Yulia goes to the school building. Yulia is a teacher, teaches RSL in a boarding school for deaf children. However it’s believed that it will prevent them from learning to read lips. We spend the day with Julia...
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featuring
ANNA TURCHANINOVA
ANASTASIA TAMILO
MIKHAIL AGAFONOV
OLEG KOSTRYUKOV, ANNA TURCHANINOVA
Sergey Krechetov
director
screenplay
cinematography
editors
producer
julia Krygina
maxim larionov
YURI KRYLOV
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