Synopsis
Lawand is a deaf 5-year-old boy from Iraq whose family goes to great lengths to move to England and enroll him at the Royal School for the Deaf Derby. There, he begins to blossom, but could-he stay and continue his education? The filmmaker combines a roaming camera with a transcendent sound design to envelope viewers in an interior world largely absent of spoken language.
Awards
Bergen International Film Festival | Best Human Rights Documentary Hot Docs 2023 | Special Jury Prize for Best International Film BFI London Film Festival 2022 | Grierson Award for Best Documentary nomination
Director's Biography
Edward LOVELACE: Edward Lovelace is known for his critically acclaimed work, including his award-winning third feature film co-directed with James Hall, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS (2014– SXSW, BFI London Film Festival) and their VOLVO x SKY ATLANTIC documentary series Human Made Stories (Cannes Lions, Tribeca Film Festival 2020). His previous work also includes A SONG STILL INSIDE (2020 – short narrative), KATY PERRY: PART OF ME (2012 – feature documentary) and WEREWOLVES ACROSS AMERICA (2010 – feature documentary). His most recent feature film NAME ME LAWAND (2022) won Best International Film at Hot Docs 2023, received a Grierson Award 'Best Feature Documentary' nomination at BFI London Film Festival 2022 and has been nominated for a One World Media 'Refugee Reporting' Award. NAME ME LAWAND is released by BFI Distribution in July 2023 across the UK & Ireland. He is currently also developing a fiction feature with BBC Film.
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