A QUIET LOVE
Friday, February 27 • 12:10 PM • T2
Documentary Feature | North American Premiere | Award Winner | LGBTQIA+ | Deaf & Sign Language
Screening generously sponsored by Dennis Houlihan & Mimi Conway
In this intimate award-winning film, three Deaf couples share their remarkable love stories, through sign language: a 50 year forbidden love affair between a couple from both sides of a religious divide, a same-sex couple traversing the challenges of parenting Deaf and hearing daughters, and a Deaf boxer and his hearing partner faced with an impossible decision. This collection of cinematic love letters explores the complexities of Deaf relationships and presents an uplifting portrait of enduring love. An immersive soundscape challenges conventional perceptions of sound. A QUIET LOVE is Ireland's first feature documentary in Irish Sign Language, a minority, indigenous language, and the first Irish feature to be produced by a mixed Deaf and hearing team. This mosaic of Deaf experience is beautifully interwoven by award-winning director Garry Keane whose most recent feature IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT was chosen as Ireland’s entry for the Best International Feature at the 96th Academy Awards (2024).
DIR Garry Keane; PROD Anne Heffernan & Seán Herlihy; MUSIC Stephen Shannon, DOP Michael O'Donovan EDITOR Paul Mullen; Ireland, 2025, color, 95 min. NOT RATED
AWARDS: 2025 Global Production Awards: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award
"Intimacy Beyond Words" – Overly Honest Reviews
"One of 2025’s most sincere and uplifting cinematic experiences" – Spicy Pulp
Funded by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Coimisiún Na Mean, TG4 And Reach Deaf Services.
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Please call 301-495-6720 between M-F, 9 AM - 5:30 PM or email silverinfo@AFI.com
Garry Keane (GAZA, IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT) has been a documentary filmmaker for almost 25 years. Keane’s documentaries have been nominated for 15 Irish Film & Television Awards; of these, his films have won 8, including two in the “Best Director” category. Garry studied Journalism and Photography at the London College of Communication and Film and TV at the Irish National Film School at IADT. After graduating in 1990, he worked as a DOP in New York and London before finally settling in Ireland.
DINNER AND A MOVIE DEAL
Our festival partner, McGinty's Public House, has generously offered an ongoing discount from February 27 through March 2 for all CIFF ticket holders! When you dine at the restaurant, show your CIFF ticket or pass for a 10% off discount on your bill. Located just around the corner from AFI Silver Theatre, McGinty's (911 Ellsworth Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20910) is the perfect place to grab a bite to eat between screenings.
The Capital Irish Film Festival is supported by the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme, Culture Ireland, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Embassy of Ireland, Northern Ireland Bureau, Northern Ireland Screen, and the Irish Film Institute’s IFI International Programme supported by Culture Ireland. Solas Nua is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.
