This programme has now ended but you can still see details of the films below.
Bird Boy. Kathryn Matthews. UK. 2025. 2:45. F. DD. Bird Boy is the story of a young man with Down Syndrome who dreams of reaching great heights. Flying with his contemporaries without rigid constraints is a liberation for Bird Boy; freed from society’s straight lines and norms he can soar. Performed and with a score by Noah Matthews Matofsky.
Senses. Adrean Mangiardi, Mark Levin. US. 4:36. DD. Mark Levin’s poem “Senses” explores the idea that our perceptions and sensory experiences may not reflect reality as we believe. It questions the reliability of what we see, hear, and feel, suggesting that our understanding of the world is shaped by illusions or misconceptions. Through reflective and thought-provoking language, Levin challenges viewers to reconsider how they interpret their surroundings and the truth behind their senses.
What Makes Me Think of Home? Youth Together! UK. 2025. 2:22m. FFF. DDD. World Premiere. Participants in the Together! 2012 CIC Youth Together! Zoom-based Arts Club share what makes them think of home through poetry and film.
Coal Scores: A Crip Drift. Dir: Petra Kuppers. USA/Germany. 2025. 3m. FFF and DDD. World Premiere. Crip Drift and sound recordings at the Bergbau Museum (mining museum) in Bochum, Germany, March 2025 – 76 ambient sound scores and found performances by disabled people visiting the mining world. Crip Drifts are methods for moving through the world as a disabled artist living with pain: touching, being-with, sensing in a world that is likewise disabled, compromised, thriving in complexity. Audio Description of the video is available here: https://soundcloud.com/petra-kuppers/coal-scores-audio-description
The Search for Concentration. Danny Fain. USA. 2025. 6:20. DD. A College student with ADHD finds himself on an absurdist odyssey when he has to get his medication refilled during a methylphenidate shortage. This film is inspired by personal experiences of dealing with the labyrinthian bureaucracy that is U.S. healthcare.
Mind Your Manners. Jamie Hoyt. US. 2025. 4:12s. FFF. DDD. International Premiere. Service Dog laws and etiquette are taught in this comedic 1950’s style public service announcement. This film touches on the stigmas faced on a daily basis from the perspective of a disabled veteran with a service dog who has a “non-visible” disability.
Horror. Shadowlight Artists. UK. 2024. 2:54. DDD. The Shadowlight Artists are an independent group of learning-disabled and autistic artists based in Oxfordshire. In creating this short colour experimental film with no dialogue, the group explored the scariest, spookiest and most horrific artworks from the last 500 years, drawing inspiration from artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Salvador Dalí, Caravaggio and Francisco Goya. The group then developed, performed, and shot their own scary, weird, or bloodcurdling vignettes, drawing inspiration from famous artists of the past. Released just before Halloween 2024, we hope you will enjoy this trip into terror!