8 Cuentos sobre mi hipoacusia
8 Stories About My Hearing Loss
Argentina & Uruguay // 2021 // Documentary // LOS FEATURES
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I grew up listening very little, reading lips. At 23 years old, as a result of hereditary and progressive hearing loss, I went deaf. Even though my parents disagreed, I decided to have a cochlear implant surgery.
Soon after, my mom suddenly dies, and listening to her last WhatsApp voice notes brought back the memory of her voice and the sounds of my childhood. That's when I became aware of all I had lost along with the sound, and I started to ask myself: How does a hearing-impaired hear?
Director: Charo Mato
Producer: Charo Mato, Eugenia Olascuaga, Valentina Baracco
Suitable for all ages
Spanish with English subtitles
86 minutes
CHARO MATO is an independent director and producer born in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina in 1990. In 2015 she graduated from the Image and Sound Design career in the FADU of the University of Buenos Aires. Director, producer and screenwriter of her first documentary “8 Stories About My Hearing Loss” in co-production with the Uruguayan company Monarca Films, project supported by Sundance Institute Doc Film Program, INCAU, INCAA, FNA, Cultural Patronage and she participated in various labs, among them, Sundance Producers Summit and Lab, San Sebastián Lau Haizetara Documentary Forum and Bolivia Lab. The film premiered at 9˚ FIDBA in the National Competition of feature films.