H - O H - O - M H - O - M - E -Home -Home [Lucy] What does home mean to you?

Hi, I'm Edward Lovelace.

I'm the director of Name Me Lawand .

Name Me Lawand is a feature documentary about a really amazing kid called Lawand.

He is deaf and he grew up in northern Iraq and didn't have access to a deaf education or deaf culture.

The film follows his family's journey from northern Iraq to the UK, charts Lawand's dream to be able to express himself in British Sign Language.

To be able to share his story with the world in his own language.

And we see Lawand fight for the right to remain in the UK.

So the drumming scene in Name Me Lawand is really significant for the process of making the film.

This was just one day when Lawand's teacher was trying different ways in which to help Lawand sort of open up.

And musical therapy was something that she'd done before with other students.

You play drums?

Not very well!

Seeing his teacher, Sophie, on a drum kit, playing this instrument was quite an amazing thing for him.

You could see Lawand sort of beginning to trust her in a new way.

Faster... faster!

Smash it!

This was the first time I'd seen Lawand sort of pour out frustration, emotion, and we knew then that something had happened.

Something had happened with their relationship.

The way Lawand was opening up to Sophie after this moment.

So when we were editing the scene, we realized that this cathartic experience was going to be the thing that allowed him to start sharing his story and the sort of rhythm of the drumming became this sort of intensity in the edit of Lawand telling his story.

This scene for me sort of symbolizes the type of films I like to make.

Where a character is going through something that is allowing them to emotionally open up.

It proved to me that when an individual finds somewhere that they are accepted and celebrated, sort of anything is possible.

Before... People would bully and laugh at me.

I used to worry about everything I was scared.

But I'm learning I don't have to be scared anymore.

I am brave, I won't let my confidence drop.

I need to keep going.