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‘Flying Hands’: Award-Winning Doc About A Deaf School In Pakistan Finds U.S. & International Buyers


'Flying Hands', a documentary about one family’s fight to provide education for deaf children has been nabbed by several broadcasters.

EXCLUSIVE: Flying Hands, a documentary film about one family’s fight to provide education and establish equal rights for deaf children in the remote Pakistan-administered Baltisan region, has been nabbed by several broadcasters. Flying Hands tells the story Aniqa Bano and her daughter, who is born deaf but later enters the hearing world after an operation. From writer-director duo Marta Gómez and Paula Iglesias, the film has had a solid festival run after its world premiere at Hot Docs last year.

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