Projects in genres: Disabilities

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When your memory fades, your grip on reality becomes fragile and the sense of self slowly slips away. In a synagogue hall in North West London, a group of elderly people gather to find release. Using music and song they try to reconnect with themselves. Through the poetic use of poignant personal photographs and carefully assembled voiced-over memories, this film takes us into the emotional heart of these people, coping with the onset of Dementia.

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Neculai, Aurel and Raj all left their homes in Romania to seek a better life for their family. Now, with their loved ones depending on them, they survive by creating sand sculptures on London’s streets, while thoughts of their children's futures keep them going.

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An unfiltered and authentic comedy of errors, revealing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities in a house on the edge of a beautiful forest just north of Paris. If there are rules to break, they will be broken. If there is a truth to be told, they will tell it. Like countless others Philippe, Michel, Andre and Patrick were rejected as ‘idiots’ and locked away in violent asylums until the sixties when philosopher Jean Vanier secured their release, set up home with them, and came to realise that they knew something the rest of us are forgetting: what it is that makes us truly happy. Haunting memories upset Michel but he relishes his freedom on long walks in the forest with friends. Still optimistic Andre, approaching seventy, hopes to learn to drive and read, so he can take the woman he loves to a restaurant and choose from the menu without embarrassment. Beautifully shot for the cinema with full orchestra, The Idiots reveals the mutual benefits of making friends with people very different from ourselves - how vulnerable people help us forget our egos, forgive our enemies, and makes us wonder who the real idiots actually are.

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An autistic child has a meltdown... a "moment" as it is generally called... This film is a macro lens in which this moment freezes to capture the isolation, the plethora of emotions and the detachment that helps life go on for millions in these conditions.

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This film offers some insight into A -T ( Ataxia Telangiectasia ) a rare, genetic, neurodegenerative disease. The experience is not told by the medical profession, but those living with the condition on a daily basis. Filmed during an activity weekend in 2015.

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When a strange sound wipes out the hearing population, a small group of Deaf people must band together to survive. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2017 - International Narrative Short Film Selection

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An observational documentary following the first ever Deaf and disabled performance at the National Theatre in the heart of London's West End.

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Jimmy, an orphan teenager confined to a wheelchair, and Sophie, an elderly, homeless woman, are resigned to separate lives of loneliness, until they discover a shared passion: chess. When they play out the game of their lives, checkmate reveals their true identities and feelings. Two lives, one destiny. Earth.

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MY FERAL HEART is an award-winning, understated character study bolstered by critically acclaimed performances, distinctive cinematography and a deeply evocative score. A warm-hearted yet hard-hitting drama about new beginnings, the power of unforeseen friendships, and the remarkable effect of one young man on the people he meets. A sudden bereavement forces Luke, a fiercely independent young man with Down syndrome, into a daunting new environment where he finds unexpected support from Eve a feisty, streetwise carer, and Pete, a complex local lad dealing with his own demons. Luke’s search for solace leads to an encounter with a desperate young girl in need of help. While friendships bloom, long-buried secrets are revealed, and Luke verges dangerously close to disaster. (Emma Boa, Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 brochure)

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Sebastian, 18, needs a new heart but the search for a donor remains futile. At his lowest ebb, he spurns the attentions of Emily, 16, a terminal leukaemia patient. Sebastian is elated when a donor becomes available, but when Emily disappears, Sebastian discovers her very special gift to him.

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India’s largest crowdsourced documentary. The story of a single day, 10th October 2015. The film is a unique document, capturing a remarkable range of characters and personal reflections into what it means to be alive in India today, submitted by individuals from across the country.

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Given an extraordinary gift by his wife, Michael struggles to come to terms with the situation he finds himself in.