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The Silent Child

The Silent Child
Film poster
Directed byChris Overton
Written byRachel Shenton
Produced by
Starring
  • Rachel Shenton
  • Maisie Sly
  • Rachel Fielding
  • Philip York
CinematographyAli Farahani
Edited byEmily Walder
Music byAmir Konjani
Production
company
Slick Films
Release date
  • 8 August 2017 (2017-08-08) (US)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish and British Sign Language

The Silent Child is a British sign language short film written by and starring Rachel Shenton and directed by her own husband Chris Overton, and released in 2017 by Slick Films.[1] It tells the story of Libby, a profoundly deaf six-year-old girl, who lives a silent life until a social worker, played by Shenton, teaches her how to communicate through sign language.[2] The film won the Oscar for Live Action Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards.[3] The film's television debut was on BBC One to an audience of 3.6 million,[4] the film then received an extended period on BBC iPlayer.

  1. ^ "10 Live action shorts advance in 2017 Oscar race". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ Colin Paterson (20 January 2018). "The Silent Child: From Hollyoaks to Hollywood?". BBC News.
  3. ^ "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. 23 January 2018.
  4. ^ "RATINGS! Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Googlebox, more viewing figures". 31 March 2018.

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