Title: Our Bodies (Early production)
Genre: Creative Documentary
Director: Bora Lee-Kil
Producer: Sona JO, Emi Ueyama
Logline: “What’s wrong with a Deaf baby? It might actually be wonderful!”
Against a world that becomes grave at the statistical possibility of disability in the womb, the filmmaker and protagonist, Bora—who is a CODA (Children of Deaf Adults, meaning the hearing child of Deaf parents)—sets out on a journey. She offers the rich everyday life of Deaf and sign-language communities as evidence, and asks: Who gets to decide who is qualified to become a parent?
︎ Developed from the Master's program, Netherlands Film Academy
︎ Selected for Berlinale Talents, Doc Station (2020)
︎ Selected for Union Docs, Summer Documentary Lab (2023)
︎ Selected for Chicken & Egg Pictures Research & Development Grant, supported by Netflix’s Fund For Creative Equity (2023)
︎ Best Pitch Award, DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea (2025)
︎ Selected for the FACTory, Australian International Documentary Conference, Australia (2026)
︎ Selected for Docedge Kolkata, India (2026)
︎ Selected for Docs By the Sea, Indonesia (2026)
︎ Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association Award (2026)
Genre: Creative Documentary
Director: Bora Lee-Kil
Producer: Sona JO, Emi Ueyama
Logline: “What’s wrong with a Deaf baby? It might actually be wonderful!”
Against a world that becomes grave at the statistical possibility of disability in the womb, the filmmaker and protagonist, Bora—who is a CODA (Children of Deaf Adults, meaning the hearing child of Deaf parents)—sets out on a journey. She offers the rich everyday life of Deaf and sign-language communities as evidence, and asks: Who gets to decide who is qualified to become a parent?
︎ Developed from the Master's program, Netherlands Film Academy
︎ Selected for Berlinale Talents, Doc Station (2020)
︎ Selected for Union Docs, Summer Documentary Lab (2023)
︎ Selected for Chicken & Egg Pictures Research & Development Grant, supported by Netflix’s Fund For Creative Equity (2023)
︎ Best Pitch Award, DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea (2025)
︎ Selected for the FACTory, Australian International Documentary Conference, Australia (2026)
︎ Selected for Docedge Kolkata, India (2026)
︎ Selected for Docs By the Sea, Indonesia (2026)
︎ Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association Award (2026)
