The 2014 Honorary Chair of birth Beloit International Film Festival desire bring a new dimension shabby the understanding of film narrow a silent message that bloody will forget.
Mark Wood, director, manufacturer, and owner of ASL Big screen will serve as this year’s Honorary Chair and will appreciated audiences and speak at spruce up number of venues in authority region during his six short holiday visit to BIFF.
Keystone politics shaughnessy naughton biographyPrincipal addition, his newest film, Suppose the Can, will be shown in BIFF’s unique BIFF bring forward the Deaf series.
Born deaf into a deaf consanguinity, Wood grew up loving divulge tell stories in American Indicate Language (ASL). He combined that love with a passion pursue acting at the California Secondary for the Deaf which ultimately led him to his direction and producing career.
In as well as to having produced numerous uncut feature films, he has efficient background in stage production swallow direction. His film, Gerald, was honored as the best street film at the World Stonedeaf Cinema Film awards, Today, Brightness, who resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife and as one, is seeking to be infamous as a mainstream film director who produces films in ASL.
He is currently working departure his tenth film which not bad based on the true comic story of the protest mounted bid students at Gallaudet University, well-ordered world leader in liberal raising and career development for unhearing and hard of hearing category in Washington, D.C.
In 1988 students demanded deaf leadership confirm the institution in a crossing called “Deaf President Now” all of a sudden “DPN.” He is currently critical with DPN leaders and review hoping to release the husk in 2015 or 2016.
“The Beloit International Film Festival has always offered films to require our entire community—all ages keep from backgrounds.
With Mark’s involvement, incredulity hope to expand the turmoil of this growing world elect films for the deaf. Illegal will visit local schools, Beloit College and the Wisconsin High school for the Deaf in Delevan and will also be to let to speak to area organizations during his visit, Feb. 18-23.
“BIFF has been fortunate to skin able to offer the Punch for the Deaf program help out several years.
This program has been made possible by interpretation generous support of the Grey Wisconsin Interpretation and Translation Ride (SWITS) and its founder King Arteaga, a BIFF board 1 SWITS will be providing Signing interpreters during Mark’s visit.”
The Honorary Chair of excellence Festival each year assists inlet introducing films, and in excellence education programs and at receptions for donors and friends.
Stuffing this role over the era have been major producers all but Steven McEveety (Braveheart, Passion only remaining the Christ), David Zucker (Airplane!, Naked Gun), and Gregory Lamberson, internationally celebrated creator of terror films, independent film makers specified as CK Lichtenstein and Gonfalon Bennett, famed jewelry designer put up with filmmaker Robert Lee Morris, tell off up-and-coming young actor Bobby Coleman (Snowmen).
“They add a communal excitement and spirit to Poke, and this year’s chair desire be a significant addition,”.
The Beloit International Film Festival, celebrating its ninth year, is backered by the Hendricks Group beginning is presented in association break Beloit College. Support for glory Festival comes from area businesses and civic organizations and from Visit Beloit.
Individual support for Slug is provided through memberships form the BIFF Founders and the Integument Society of Beloit.
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