Diagnonsense

Synopsis

Set in 1996 at a psychiatric hospital, a Social Worker, Louise, meets Patrick, a Deaf patient who has been kept in the hospital for 36 years. He was wrongly diagnosed as schizophrenic. Louise has to fight discriminatory attitudes to get an institutionalised Patrick to appeal against his diagnosis and Patrick has to recall painful memories of events that led to his incarceration. Written, directed and edited by Samuel Dore; a Mutt & Jeff Pictures production for BSLBT.

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Diagnonsense

Year Award Festival
2025 Best Narrative Short 1904 Film Festival
2024 Best Film Deaffest, UK
2024 Best Drama Seattle Deaf Film Festival
2023 Prize of the Jury & Prize of the Audience FECS – Festival Itinerante di Cinema Sordo
2023 Gold Prize – 2nd HK Deaf Short Film Contest 12th Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival (HKIDFF12)
2023 Best Film

Best Actor (Ilan Dwek)

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