A deafblind Danish woman travels to Nepal to meet a woman with the same condition in the hopes of communicating and engaging in a cultural exchange. A Woman Like Me is a remarkable demonstration of the delicacy and complexity of human communication, and how susceptible it is to privilege, preconceptions and misunderstandings. With: Dorte Eriksen and Budhi Maya Gurung Director, camera and edit: Isabel Morales Bondy Producer: Lars Feldballe Petersen Sound design: Felipe Bolaño Pinedo Premiered online as Short of the Week: www.shortoftheweek.com/2019/09/23/a-woman-like-me/ Interview by Director's Notes: directorsnotes.com/2019/09/23/isabel-morales-bondy-a-woman-like-me/ Festivals: Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Toronto Message to Man International Film Festival, St. Petersburg Encounters Film Festival, Bristol London Short Film Festival, London Look & Roll, Switzerland Shortwaves, Poznan Accessible Film Festival, Istanbul Nordisk Panorama Market, Malmö Shnit Worldwide Short Film Festival, Bern, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Moscow, San Jose. Encounters D/deaf shorts touring programme - theatrical tour across UK cinemas

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