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The Forbidden Language of the Future

The story of the once forbidden Russian Sign Language, told through the personal story of the family of a hard of hearing Yulia - a teacher at a boarding school for deaf and hard of hearing children from the city of Tula, Russia.

How was sign language taught to the deaf? How do deaf people find ways to express themselves? What is hidden in the beauty of singing in sign language? What does the future hold for sign language?

  • Anna Turchaninova
    Director
    In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky, The Adventures of Ekoneshka, Simple Rules, New Year's Detective
  • Anastasia Tamilo
    Writer
    In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky
  • Sergey Krechetov
    Producer
    In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky
  • Olga Fefelova
    Producer
    In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky
  • Yulia Krygina
    Key Cast
  • Mikhail Agafonov
    Director of photography
    In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky
  • Ilya Davydov
    Camera operator
    In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky
  • Evgeny Frankevitch
    Composer
  • Mikhail Zvezdovsky
    Boom operator
    In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky
  • Oleg Kostryukov
    Film editor
    In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky
  • Artem Linkin
    Gaffer
  • Ivan Badyan
    Production sound mixer
    In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky
  • Alina Balaeva
    Assistant director
    In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky
  • Anton Lagutin
    Camera production assistant
  • Nikolai Efutin
    Logger
    In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Запретный язык будущего
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    25 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 28, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    18,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Saint Petersburg Documentary Films Studio of Lendoc
    Saint-Petersbourg
    Russian Federation
    September 28, 2023
    Russian Federation premiere
  • 1st Tourist Film Festival
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    October 6, 2023
    Award Winner
  • Ural Shorts
    Nizhny Tagil
    Russian Federation
    September 15, 2023
    Official Selection: Documentary short
  • We Care Film Festival
    New Delhi
    India
    January 10, 2024
    Official Selection: Up to 30 minutes
  • FESTPRO Film Festival
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    April 15, 2024
    Official Selection: Documentary films
  • ATKFEST
    Saint-Petersbourg
    Russian Federation
    December 20, 2023
    Finalist
  • The World Through Silence / International Sign Language Film Festival
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    September 20, 2024
    Official Selection: Documentary films
  • Seize the film - films about disability
    Novi Sad
    Serbia
    October 9, 2024
    Official Selection: Documentary films
  • Mannheim Arts and Film Festival
    Mannheim
    Germany
    June 12, 2024
    Award Winner: Discrimination and Equality
  • Red Fox International Film Festival
    Tbilisi
    Georgia
    June 28, 2024
    Quarter-Finalist
  • Международный фестиваль "Молодой киновек"
    Krasnodar
    Russian Federation
    October 1, 2024
    Official Selection
  • The Doc Screenings International Documentary Film Festival

    Georgia
    Official selection
Director Biography - Anna Turchaninova

Director, screenwriter. Graduated from VGIK (scenario faculty). Worked on TV as head of the promo department, program writer. She conducted her own author's contest for children. She shot puppet video performances for the deaf.

Director of the documentaries "The Forbidden Language of the Future" and the first Russian travel film in Russian Sign Language "In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky" (the author of the script together with Sergey Krechetov) with "Languages without Borders NGO" production.

Filmography:
"In the Footsteps of Alexander Nevsky" (2023)
"The Forbidden Language of the Future" (2022)
"The Adventures of Ekoneshka" (2020)
"Simple Rules" (2020)
"New Year's Detective" (2019)

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