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These very different animated films respond to a disabling world with reflection, representation and resistance. All films are captioned or contain no dialogue, any additional accessibility features are noted in the programme. Warning: these films contain language that some may find offensive, including the repetition of abuse, and flashing images.
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Miss Odd. Robyn Wisker-Stilling. UK. 2024. 4:47. Online Premiere. DDD. FFF. In private, everything is pink. Silent DJ Jolene is getting ready for a date to meet Theo. She is rehearsing and being her joyful self. Suddenly, this happy tune gets disrupted by her neighbour Camille, who calls her “Miss Odd.”
I Would Like to Live on the Moon. Emily Burke. UK. 2023. 2:13. DDD. A young non-binary person feels overwhelmed and wants to escape – literally, to the moon.
My broken words. Rabia Anum. UK. 2023. 1.55. Online Premier. DDD. FF. This animated film focuses on the struggles and resilience of living with a speech impediment, specifically stuttering. Based on my personal experiences, the animation combines a heartfelt poem with expressive visuals to convey the emotional journey of overcoming challenges and finding strength.
Tears Dreams Meaning and Rain. Oradol Kaewprasert. Thailand. 2024.1.32. UK and EU Premiere. F. D. An experimental animation with a poem by blind poet Rinsatta Karnjanawatee. The poem is inspired by a song by Chit Phumisak (จิตร ภูมิศักดิ์), A droplet upon the sand (หยดน้ำบนผืนทราย).
A Place I’m Meant To Know. Chantal Spittles, Giada Origlia, Josh Booth. UK. 2024. 2:52. Online premiere. D. F. UK charity Epilepsy Action has teamed up with upcoming composer, music producer and drummer Alex Marchisone (CBS, BBC, Channel 4 etc) to gather real-life experiences of people with epilepsy to create an immersive animated music video to show what a seizure feels like, including the varied emotions and feelings people with epilepsy feel before, during and after a seizure, in a way we can all relate to.
The Room of Forgotten Voices. Emma Fisher-Owen and Ivan Fisher-Owen. Ireland. 2024. 19:37. World Premiere. FF. DDD. A day in the life of Hugh on a very normal day, but inside his head Hugh gets buried alive by beetles, breaks and becomes just a mouth, he gets packaged up to be sold at a supermarket, faces the windmills of tutting tills, and encounters hundreds of versions of himself as he faces himself in the mirror in this tale that looks at personal and societal views of disability using experimental stop motion animation techniques.
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