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Antipode Acquires Tallinn Competition Anti-War Film ‘Deaf Lovers,’ Pulled From Fest’s Ukrainian Section (EXCLUSIVE)
Antipode has acquired global sales rights to Boris Guts' 'Deaf Lovers,' screening in competition at Tallinn Black Nights.
Making the characters deaf serves not only to create a unique dynamic in the relationship of the film’s protagonists but is also “a metaphor for the fact that two native countries for me – my grandmother is Ukrainian – have stopped ‘hearing’ each other.” Amid the chaos of war, where everyone struggles to ‘live their own life,’ the director draws genuine emotion from the everyday and conveys a poignant anti-war message,” the company adds. Antipode didn’t directly respond to Tallinn’s removal of “Deaf Lovers” from the Stand With Ukraine section, but the company has been clear about its stance on the conflict, which mirrors that of Guts.
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