Attendees gather outside a historic Georgia theater under lit marquees during the annual Georgia Deaf Film Festival weekend.
Submit your independent work
Narrative and Documentary Shorts
Guidelines and Deadlines
Runtimes from 3 to 120 minutes accepted. No premiere status required. All genres welcome, including experimental and student works authored by Deaf creators.
Open to Deaf directors, writers, and cinematographers across the Southeast. Submissions must feature ASL as a primary language with complete open captions.
Upcoming theater dates
Every screening is fully accessible with open captions and on-site ASL interpreters.
Spring Narrative Showcase
Documentary Retrospective
Experimental Shorts Program
Four short films directed by Georgia-based Deaf filmmakers, followed by a live Q&A entirely in ASL.
Feature-length independent documentary exploring visual storytelling traditions and historic Deaf culture in the South.
A curated block of avant-garde visual works emphasizing cinematic movement and sign language choreography.
We believe cinema is visual first. Every seat in our partner theaters ensures clear sightlines to both the screen captions and live ASL interpreters.