Displaying items by tag: Winners 2018

Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:21

Learning to Drive

A feisty young man with Down syndrome insists his scatterbrained brother teach him how to DRIVE!

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  • Country USA
  • Year 2016
  • Author Roderick E. Stevens II
  • Time 00:27:00
  • Возрастное ограничение 12+
Published in 2018
Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:11

Notes on Blindness

After losing his sight, John Hull knew that if he did not try and understand blindness it would destroy him. In 1983 he began keeping an audio diary. Over three years he recorded in excess of sixteen hours of material – a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, which reveals the interior world of blindness.

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  • Country UK
  • Year 2016
  • Author Peter Middleton, James Spinney
  • Time 01:30:00
  • Возрастное ограничение 6+
Published in 2018
Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:11

It`s Not Yet Dark

It's Not Yet Dark tells the ground breaking story of Simon Fitzmaurice, a talented young Irish film maker with ALS (MND), as he embarks on directing his first feature film through the use of his eyes and eye gaze technology.

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  • Country Ireland
  • Year 2016
  • Author Frankie Fenton
  • Time 01:20:00
  • Возрастное ограничение 12+
Published in 2018
Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:11

Mind Over Matter

A young man with cerebral palsy overcomes a paralyzed left hand, bullies, and stereotypes, dreaming of becoming a rock guitarist even while he is told that he will never succeed. His dreams become reality as he leads his own band, inspired by the band Korn, to express himself through music.

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  • Country USA
  • Year 2017
  • Author Sebastien Paquet
  • Time 01:27:00
  • Возрастное ограничение 16+
Published in 2018
Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:11

Two Worlds

In this inspiring family portrait, 12-year-old Laura is our guide through life with her deaf parents, which is unusual, challenging and surprisingly ordinary.

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  • Country Poland
  • Year 2016
  • Author Maciej Adamek
  • Time 00:52:00
  • Возрастное ограничение 12+
Published in 2018
Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:11

TIS

On a sheet of paper, the contours of a character take shape. Tis. He extracts himself from the sheet, but remains attached to it by his feet. In the distance, there are a stream of characters similar to him. Tis tries to join them, but must cope with the large sheet of paper that he drags with him and which slows him down.

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  • Country France
  • Year 2016
  • Author Chloe Lesueur
  • Time 00:09:00
  • Возрастное ограничение 6+
Published in 2018
Thursday, 08 November 2018 18:22

The Drummer and the Keeper

Gabriel is the drummer of an up and coming rock band in Dublin who has Bipolar Disorder. Following his latest incident, his sister forces him into a therapy where he plays soccer. He strikes up an unlikely friendship with Christopher, a teen diagnosed with Asperger's. What follows is a winning and completely unpredictable story of finding your family.

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  • Country Ireland
  • Year 2017
  • Author Nick Kelly
  • Time 01:33:00
  • Возрастное ограничение 16+
Published in 2018
Thursday, 08 November 2018 18:20

Downside Up

Downside Up reveals a world where everyone has Down syndrome. One day, Eric is born, a boy who’s different. The film raises the important question – what is normal?

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  • Country Belgium
  • Year 2017
  • Author Peter Ghesquiere
  • Time 00:14:00
  • Возрастное ограничение 12+
Published in 2018
Thursday, 08 November 2018 18:14

Andre the Anti-Giant

Andre the Anti-Giant is the remarkable journey of a 3-foot-something actor, comedian, and disability advocate Andre H. Arruda. Though born with a rare genetic condition called Morquio Syndrome, Andre hasn’t let it – or misguided ableist preconceptions – prevent him from becoming a regular at Canadian comedy clubs. When a new medical complication threatens to leave him paralyzed, Andre must summon that defiant spirit yet again in order to retake the stage.

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  • Country Canada
  • Year 2016
  • Author Kim Saltarski
  • Time 00:16:00
  • Возрастное ограничение 16+
Published in 2018
Thursday, 08 November 2018 18:11

Sanctuary

Larry, has Down syndrome, Sophie has severe epilepsy. The two are attracted to each other and, with the help of a care worker Tom, they sneak away to a hotel room during a supervised trip to the cinema. What do they do once they are there? How do they express a love that dare not speak its name? Are they aware that in Ireland they are about to break the law? Sanctuary is a romantic comedy with an important message at its heart.

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  • Country Ireland
  • Year 2016
  • Author Len Collin
  • Time 01:27:00
  • Возрастное ограничение 16+
Published in 2018
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