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Name Me Lawand(2023)

A deaf Kurdish boy named Lawand arrives in the UK with no language and finds himself, and British Sign Language, at a specialist school for deaf children. Winner of the Hot Docs Special Jury Prize for Best International Feature. Told largely in BSL and centered on Deaf childhood and belonging. Directed by a hearing filmmaker in close collaboration with the Deaf school community.