Projects in genres: Disabilities

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Omar and Pete are half brothers. When their parents are eaten by lions they embark on a journey to find Omar’s real father. What follows is a funny, heart-warming journey of self-discovery for both boys…in Blackpool. The Choudray family represents a truly contemporary example of modern multicultural Britain – but what will the brother’s make of their eccentric newfound family? Will they be going to Mecca or Mecca bingo? In contrast to some old-fashioned stereotypes about Blackpool, this comedy is sharp, current and non-stop. Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018 - World premiere

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Filmed in a derelict suburban shopping mall, the film features an ensemble of disabled and non-disabled dancers and is a re-imagination of a performance of the same title by Stopgap Dance Company. Official Selection Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018 - World premiere IMZ Dancescreen Award 2019 -Winner - Best Screen Choreography Over 15 Minutes

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A young deaf girl comes to live on a boat owned by a big talker. She makes contact with the people - and the gerbil - which inhabit this world via written notes, gesture, and dance before a small but significant death pushes her to make judgments about these relationships.

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When a friend cancels at the last minute, Miho finds herself struggling to find a temporary carer for her senile mother. As she drives through the snow with her mother in the back-seat, Miho attempts to reconnect with her estranged brother in a desperate attempt to keep her plans alive. Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2019 - International Competition

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Exploring the fusion of D/deaf and disabled performers with the extravagant world of vogue culture. Fittings Multimedia Arts formed a “House” of Deaf performers to walk in the Legendary House of Suarez Vogue Ball and the process - from auditions to performance - was recorded as a celebration of diversity.

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Indie kid Rich lives in a remote cottage in Wales with his mum, Nesta, who is a novelist. He plays a guitar, but mostly to the sheep outside the house and the majestic, barren hills opposite. Nesta is a heavy smoker and has just been brought back from the hospital, suffering, probably, from a lung cancer. Rich is looking after her and helping out with the shopping and house work, but wants her to make a change. They have a heated argument, but she refuses to accept the fact that cigarettes could be the cause for her decease, even though she gets slimmer and noticeably weaker. She spends her days in bed, having lost her writing inspiration. She is visited by the local mobile GP, fitness maniac Dr Mickiewicz, who runs through forests and fields to reach his patients. He prescribes her movement and to Nesta's astonishment, even a fitness program which she has to follow. Nesta finds the very idea of her getting fit and taking up running ridiculous...

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Following a dancer who is recently disabled, through accepting her new life, we enter her mind through a beautiful dance sequence which incorporates the art of wheelchair dance, as she recalls the memory of herself dancing which has now been corrupted with the memory of the accident.

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Christina uses the immense noise of her collection of televisions to block out the voices in her head. That is until one day she has a power-cut. This plunges her into the silence she's always feared and where the voices have control.

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A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold things together as roles are reversed.

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Coming-of-age-story about the experiences of wearing glasses. From the first pair, eye drops, the tests and the pressures from others, we follow the journey of a young girl as she grows up into a confident woman who embraces the rims of glass that help her make sense of the world.

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As Ellice gets low, her room gets messy - she never sees it coming, but it always happens. There seems to be no way to break out of the endless highs or lows that make up bipolar, or even to pick up her clothes up off the floor.

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Ten minutes before a boxing match, a teenage boxer with Downs Syndrome fights for his right to get in the ring. The story unfolds backstage in the immediate moments leading up to the fight. Fighter finds himself torn between his over-bearing trainer, a sister who hates seeing him get hurt and a boxing committee unsure whether to sanction him to fight at all. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - World premiere