The Together! 2025 Disability Film Festival opens for entries on 22 April via Film Freeway. Fees are £5 per film and support the Kat Awards. If you are a Disabled filmmaker, a student filmmaker, or a filmmaker based in the UK or Global South, and cannot afford the fee, email film@together2012.org.uk with the subject header ‘Fee Waiver Entry Code’ and you will be sent a code for free entry.

About the Together! Disability Film Festival

The Festival takes place annually in December as part of Disability History Month. We began in East London in 2012 and moved online in 2020. Most of the films we screen will have been completed in the last 12-18 months, and many are premieres. Filmmakers do not need to identify as disabled themselves if Disabled people or Disability are the subject of the film; Deaf/Disabled filmmakers can submit work on any subject. Our priority is to provide a platform for strong storytelling, highlighting the lived experiences of Deaf/Disabled people from diverse backgrounds, and the talents of  emerging and mid-career Deaf/Disabled filmmakers. Many of our films are world or international premieres, and go on to festivals worldwide. We are IMDb accredited.

We give Kat Awards for the best films. These are named in honour of the late artist and filmmaker Katherine Araniello. 

We use our own ‘D’ rating system – one D each for a Deaf/Disabled (self-defined) person generating the film’s content, taking overall lead in making the film, and being the focus or star(s) of the film, working with or without support.

Follow this link for a history of Together! 2012 CIC’s annual international Disability Film Festival.