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NAME ME LAWAND

By Ed LOVELACE

CHANNEL FOUR TELEVISION - as BROAD

Social issues - Completed 2023


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HotDocs 2023
Special Jury Prize
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Winner's Circle
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Youth Jury Award
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    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Social issues, Documentary
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, KURDISH
    • Duration
    • 92 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ed LOVELACE
    • Synopsis
    • Lawand is a young Kurdish boy, deaf since birth. At five years old his future in Iraq looks destined to be limited and lonely. In desperate search of a better life in a world where he can communicate, his family decide to leave their home. After a treacherous journey and a year in a refugee camp, the help of a deaf volunteer brings them to Derby where Lawand joins the Royal School for the Deaf. As he grows older, the film follows his dramatic progress learning British Sign Language, revealing a bright, charismatic and inquisitive boy, who discovers friendship and a new way to express himself. But just as Lawand is joyfully finding his place in the world, the family face deportation from the UK.
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