NAME ME LAWAND

Lawand is a deaf 5-year-old boy from Iraq whose extraordinary family goes to great lengths to move to England and enroll him at the Royal School for the Deaf Derby. There, he learns British Sign Language (BSL) and begins to blossom. But will the British government allow Lawand to stay and continue his education? Filmmaker Edward Lovelace makes combines a roaming camera with a transcendent score and sound design to envelope viewers in an interior world largely absent of spoken language. – Jaie Laplante 

The first and second screenings will be followed by a Q&A with director Edward Lovelace and producer Fleur Nieddu.

This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:
Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Village East by Angelika
Descriptive Audio for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Village East by Angelika

All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible devices.