Shoshannah Stern and Russell Harvard at the Worldeaf Cinema Festival, 2010. (Dick Moore for Gallaudet University) Shoshannah Stern on Fox's "Lie to Me." (Greg Gayne/Fox) You prepare to enter a different world at the WORLDEAF Cinema Festival, the first deaf film festival at Gallaudet University -- and you find a surprisingly familiar one. Sure, they're all signing instead of speaking. But the sparkly young stars are just as charismatic at the ones at a L.A. premiere. They've all got a movie idea that would be amazing with the proper financing -- just like at any indie-film confab. Oh, and everyone's complaining about their agent. But more on that later. WORLDEAF on Thursday kicked off four days of discussions and screenings -- movies by deaf filmmakers and movies by hearing filmmakers about the deaf experience. The highlight may be a visit Saturday by Oscar winner Marlee Matlin, the deaf thespian
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