Watching: The Making of Night Bloom

Overview

The Making of Night Bloom is an award-winning documentary about the creation of an immersive artwork led by Deaf artists from China and the UK. Winner of Best Documentary at Toronto’s Unify Film Festival, the film weaves creative process with powerful personal stories. It features Deaf Chinese elders who find connection through a vibrant Deaf club gathering beneath the trees of a city park, alongside young Deaf dancers carving out careers in a challenging mainstream world. Through Chinese Sign Language, movement and digital projection, the documentary reveals resilience, intergenerational exchange and the transformative power of Deaf-led collaboration across cultures.