Our tenth annual international Disability Film Festival is now over, but you can find programme links to the films that remain publicly available for viewing online. To find out more about the Festival, click here, and click here to find out who won the 2021 Kat Awards.
Friday 3 December
International Day of Disabled People programme with films from Brazil, Ghana and India, plus a conversation with Together! 2012 CIC Chair Julie Newman and Indian filmmakers Shweta Ghosh and Priyanka Pal of We Make Film (India. 2021. 80m. European Premiere).
Saturday 4 December
On demand 12noon-12midnight GMT:
- Dance Films (60m)
- Short Docs (1) (60m)
- Short Dramas (1) (90m)
1-2pm. Barriers to Work. A lunchtime conversation via Zoom with Disabled filmmakers and Paula Lamont from Bectu about the working conditions that prevent getting a job and career progression, and what can be done to achieve change. Intersectional issues including the impact on parents and carers of the ‘long hours, short breaks’ international filmmaking culture are included. Introduced and chaired by Festival Director Dr Ju Gosling FRSA. With BSL interpretation.
Sunday 5 December
On demand 12noon-12midnight GMT:
- Artists’ Films (60m)
- Animate! (30m)
- Short Docs (2) (70m)
- Short Dramas (2) (60m)
1-2pm. Zoom Films: Stopgap or new art form? A lunchtime conversation via Zoom with Disabled filmmakers about the long-term potential of filmmaking over Zoom. Is it just a way for people to get together when forced into isolation, or is it a way of connecting filmmakers across the world to create a new hybrid art-form combining radio, film and animation? With BSL interpretation and live captions. View the recording here: https://youtu.be/hIuP-d3-2AM
Click here to return to the Together! 2021 Disability History Month Festival programme
Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery. www.filmlondon.org.uk/filmhub
