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Andre The Anti-Giant
Canada, 2016, 16 minutes, Color, English; Turkish Sign Language, Turkish subtitle
Director: Kim Saltarski
Cinematography: Ted Parkes
Editing: Kim Saltarski
Music: Brock Fricker
Production: Amazing Ain’t It Entertainment
Andre the Anti-Giant is the remarkable journey of 3-foot-something actor, comedian, and disability advocate Andre H. Arruda. Though born with a rare genetic condition, Andre hasn’t let it – or misguided ableist preconceptions – prevent him from fulfilling his show business dreams.
Carlotta’s Face
Germany, 2018, 5 minutes, Color, German; Turkish subtitled, Turkish Sign Language
2019 Atlanta FF Best Animated Short Cinefiesta Puerto Rico Short FF Best Animation 2018 Flensburg Short FF Best Animation Fano FF Best International Animation Leipzig DOK Festival Short Animation - Audience Award
Director: Valentin Riedl Frédéric Schuld
Screenplay: Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld
Cinematography: Frédéric Schuld
Editing: Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld
Music: Simon Bastian
Production: Fabian&Fred, Filmstahl
As a child, Carlotta didn’t expect the people around her to have faces. She doesn’t even recognize her own face. Years later, she learns about a rare, untreatable deficit of her brain. It was art, after all, that offered her a way to finally recognize herself.
Diamonds For My Ants
Russian Federation, 2016, 16 minutes, Color, Russian; Turkish subtitled, Turkish Sign Language
2017 Russian FF Best Documentary
Director: Karina Vilenkina
Screenplay: Karina Vilenkina
Cinematography: Denis Levin, Danila Sidorov
Editing: Karina Vilenkina
Music: Artem Avetisyan, Dmitriy Vorotilin, Anton Zavrazhnov, Ildar Shaymyardyanov, Unstable Elements
The inspiring story of Andrey Pavlov, who became disabled at the age of 50 due to epidural varices, but found a courage to start over and now his photographs of ants are famous worldwide.
Kendis
Netherlands, 2017, 15 minutes, Color, Dutch; Turkish subtitled, Turkish Sign Language
Director: Bibi Fadlalla
Screenplay: Bibi Fadlalla
Cinematography: Gijs Wilbers
Editing: Fatih Tura
Production: Hazazah Pictures
At just 15 years old, Lavanya performs as DJ Kendis at major festivals in Belgium and the Netherlands, even though an accident has left her in constant pain.
Partially Compensated
United States, 2016, 11 minutes, Color, No dialogue
Director: Krista Weltner
Screenplay: Krista Weltner
Cinematography: Krista Weltner
Editing: Krista Weltner
Music: Waldron Studio 88
Production: University of Connecticut in the School of Fine Arts
Partially Compensated is inspired by the director's experience growing up with the learning disability (dyslexia). The film illustrates the anxiety of a child discovering her difference. Through the course of the film Violet must learn to embrace her differences and in so doing finds that there are advantages to thinking differently.
Breaking Ballroom
United Kingdom, 2019, 10 minutes, Color, English; Turkish subtitled, Turkish Sign Language
Director: Dragana Njegic
Cinematography: Rylan Quadros
Editing: Dragana Njegic, Yassira Khalouk
Growing up with a disabled brother and passionate about dance, Rashmi Becker set up Step Change Studios to address the lack of opportunities for disabled people to dance. This film tells the inspiring story of how she came to establish this ground-breaking studio, which in its first year supported over 1,000 people to dance.