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Ravi and Emma
IDFA 2021

Ravi and Emma

Kylie Boltin, Ella Rubeli, Ravi Vasavan, Emma Anderson
Australia
2021
12 min
International Premiere
Festival history

What is it like to communicate in sign language? Find out for yourself in Ravi and Emma, an interactive experience that celebrates diversity, inclusivity, and love—with humor and inventiveness. Join in and you’ll find yourself immersed in the story of deaf-born designer Ravi and Emma, a hearing student.

They fall in love, and in three short chapters about their relationship you’ll find yourself in situations such as a birthday party where you’re the only hearing guest. Let your hands speak using the Southern Dialect of Auslan, an Australian regional sign language.

This beautifully designed and colorful experience in which you can keep changing perspective, is a playful and accessible combination of documentary, instruction, design, and the internet. The technology, based on artificial intelligence and sign recognition, draws the hearing public into a world where there’s plenty to discover and learn.

Credits
Director
Production
    SBS Australia
    SBS Australia
Executive producer
Cinematography
    Dan Hartley-Allen
    Dan Hartley-Allen
Editing
    Rolando Olalia
    Rolando Olalia
Sound Design
    Alex Francis
    Alex Francis
Music
    Helen Grimley
    Helen Grimley
Screenplay
    Charlie Swinbourne
    Charlie Swinbourne
Involved TV Channel
    SBS Australia
    SBS Australia
Designer
    Matt Smith,
    BUCK
    Matt Smith,
    BUCK
Developer
    Silverpond
    Silverpond

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