Ultimo Adios in HK Deaf Festival

 The Second Hong Kong International Deaf Festival is a non-profit charity community art event for celebrating the talents of Deaf filmmaking artists.  It will be held at the HK Arts Centre, Hong Kong. It is organized by the Hong Kong Deaf Association. 

Ultimo Adios in Filipino Sign Language of Mirana Medina has been chosen as one of the official entries.

日期及時間 /Date & Time: 24/02   8pm

彩色 /Col /DVD /103mins

As the Tribute Film of the 20th International Day of Disabled Persons in China, Love Before Sunrise features the young Chinese Deaf actor Sung Xiubo in a love tragedy.  Mi Último Adiós (in English “My Last Farewell”) is the Signing version of the farewell poem written by Filipino national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal before his sacrifice to the brutal colonial rule. Music and the Sea, The $10,000 that Did Not Exist and Minority within the Minorities are winners of the Film Competition of the First Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival.  Feeling the vibration of the sound from loudspeakers, a Deaf girl imagines dancing with her cyber-dating boyfriend in Music of the Sea. Two devils want to destroy the trust between a hard-of-hearing couple in The $10,000 that Did Not Exist.  Minority within the Minorities is a delicate twist between a Deaf girl and a Hearing girl.  In Whispering Hands, the Deaf waitress Glory with supernatural https://www.facebook.com/power wants to help a spirit called Carrie.  In Pelita Hati, Deaf guy Kelana visits a village and teaches a Deaf Aboriginal villager Damak the Sign language.

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After the launch of the Ultimo Adios in Filipino Sign Language, Zarah Escueta, the Shrine's curator sent this note:

A photo of the couple who watched the Ultimo Adios in FSL last
December 30 at the AVR of Fort Santiago and the note they wrote:

      We were deeply impressed by the presentation of the film of "Huling
      Paalam".  Very Touching and full of memories of the greatness of the
     last moments of this national hero.  Congratulations to the Commission
      and the most of "presentors" of the film.

                                   B.M. Villarias, P.S.Villarias

They were from US on a vacation for the the holiday.  They were teary
eyed while talking to me about the film, so touched.