The Toronto International Deaf Film & Arts Festival (TIDFAF) will take over the the prestigious Randolph Theatre Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts, for the 4th biannual international film & arts festival May 9 -12, 2013.

TIDFAF kicks off its Red Carpet Gala opening night (May 9) with documentary short Crossing the Divide (Cathy Heffernan, 2012, England) (main top image) and the Canadian debut of director Judy Lief’s international award-winning feature film Deaf Jam (2010 , USA) (pictured above)(www.deafjam.org). In attendance:  Cathy Heffernan, Judy Lief and Deaf Jam featured poet Tahini.