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CODA
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby…
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Not Going Quietly
When 32-year-old activist and father Ady Barkan is diagnosed with ALS and given four years to live, he finds himself in a deep depression, struggling…
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I Know
“It would be cool to know” – these words were said by Estella, the main character of our video, who fought cancer and passed away…
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At Night I Walk
Everything starts from the encounter between Helena and Françoise. Between them, about forty years and a wheelchair, which is almost nothing. In a cinematographic walk,…
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Aimee Victoria
A film about two profoundly deaf women of color whose relationship is tested during a period of unprecedented turmoil. Separated on their anniversary, Aimee is…
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Scars
Alex Anna’s body is a canvas: her scars come to life to tell a new story of self-harming. Live action and animation intertwine in this…
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Six in a Square
How is a physical theatre born, in which actors with special needs are acting? Six characters are getting into a cube, which is made up…
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Step Together
«This film is not about tragedies, this film is about strong people.» The heroes of the film experienced personal tragedies in their lives. They did…
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What is ALOPECIA?
Alopecia is a disease in which the body rejects hair as something foreign. It's not contagious, but it's morally hard to live with it. The…
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What Happens Tomorrow
Leysan is preparing to represent Russia at the European Table Tennis Championship, and behind her are previous awards and years of sports training on the…
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Suitcase
Max built a rocket and dreams of flying into space. He wants to become the first child in space, thereby getting the attention and love…
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Flower in the Backyard
Anemone longs to have hair and believes that planting a flower in the backyard will make her dream come true. With Ariana's help, a goat…
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The Artist and the Power of Thought
Marcos Abranches is a choreographer and dancer with a rare Choreoathetosis, arising from a brain injury. It is not a disease but a pathological condition…
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Hal and Minter
The poet Hal Sirowitz has been living with Parkinson's disease for almost twenty-years, but he continues to be vibrant and creative. He was one of…
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Flora
Flora, a young woman with white hair, has been living her whole life in the forest, hiding in her house because she's been told people…
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A Morning with Aroha
The day starts differently for Aroha today. She is a girl on a mission, in the darkness of her room she packs her bag, with…
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To Know Him
When a tragic accident leaves Sarah grieving for her deaf partner Rob, she is forced to track down and engage with his hearing father, who…
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Theo and the Metamorphosis
Theo, a young man with Down's syndrome, lives with his father in a workshop in the heart of an isolated forest. Together, they share the…
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The Body Is a House of Familiar Rooms
An intimate magical-realist documentary combining paintings with live action footage to open a window on a man's experience living with a painful chronic illness called…
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Dancing with Rosa
At 84 years of age, Rosa realises that she no longer has the strength to take care of her daughter Eva who has Down syndrome,…
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The Secret Life of Astrid North
Astrid North investigates the arms trade and diamond smuggling in the Arctic Circle. Known as “Queenie” to her bemused colleagues Astrid also claims to be…
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Happiness
There is a woman who has dreamed of having children and being a good mom. She managed to become a good mom. And she gave…
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Walls of Life
This is a movie about limitless human willpower. The documentary is a cinematographic portrait of the artist Marcos Santos, who was born with cerebral palsy.…
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Thanks for the Ramp!
The main character uses a wheelchair. He wants to propose to his girlfriend, and wants to buy a beautiful bouquet for this occasion. But all…
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Connecting the Dots
Tracking the 7-year journey from a chance encounter to the creation of the first film ever to star a deaf-blind actor. The story behind the…
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Only I Can Hear
In the American Midwest, three hearing teenagers come of age in a vibrant deaf community. With feet in two worlds, yet fully at home in…
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Cassandra's Secret
In this world, people have six fingers on their hands. Cassandra, a six-year-old girl, has only five, and she is hospitalized because she is “different”.…
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The Pink Lagoon
Two distant sibling, two different worlds. A journey of reconnection, questioning and valuing the different ways of seeing the world.
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OCD of Riyaaz Roy
The film is about a personal experience with OCD and how OCD, a disorder, perceives the person it hosts. OCD is often misinterpreted and treated…
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I Will Tell the Whole World
«I will tell the whole world» is a dramatic story about life and music. Her inborn strength and obstinacy do not allow the protagonist to…
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Trying
Santiago is a father with cerebral palsy that makes him walk with difficulty. Every day he goes to school to look for his son Diego…
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Feeling Through
Feeling Through, the first film to star a deaf-blind actor, is a coming-of-age story that follows Tereek, a teen wandering the streets of New York,…
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Teacher of Patience
Over twenty years after Emily Felter is diagnosed with Down syndrome, paramedic (and Emily's father) Tom develops a presentation to share her story with other…
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Pushing the Limits
Jean Maggi, shortly after birth, contracted a disease from which he could never walk. Since then only one thing has been proposed: to exceed every…
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The Right to Live
A pregnant young woman discovers that her child, according to medical analysis, will have a genetic disorder. Struggling with her own fears and doubts, as…
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Verisimilitude
An unemployed actress with disability is frustrated at how all the disabled acting jobs go to able bodied actors. Out of work, she is engaged…
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Missioner
A young man remained blind after an illness in childhood. But that didn't break his willpower and he’s found his way to help people.
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Eating the Silence
Rolf, a hemiplegic, spends his days dozing on a sofa bed in his dusty apartment. On TV, he learns of a deadly pandemic sweeping around…
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Paralympian
Maksat is a young and promising skier who has dreamed of winning Olympic gold since childhood. But due to a terrible accident, he loses his…
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Papa
“Papa” — that’s the way a daughter looks at her father and the disease that affects her family, through her testimony and the one of…
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Detach
Mei lives with her father who has Alzheimer's disease. She takes care of her father who often makes trouble when she is busy with her…
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The Special
A young man with Down syndrome wants to be treated like a normal adult in a world that rejects him, but his tenacity will transform…
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Special People
The story of a Dutchman who took on the burden of helping people with mental disabilities. Remco Van der Plaat created an entire village for…
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The Specials
For 20 years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world: the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit…
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A Month
"A Month" explores how we communicate through silences, especially when we don't know what to say. It's the story of a young man who goes…
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What Do You Pray For
The short film focuses on the universal nature and themes of prayer, as well as the hopes and dreams of people with disabilities. The interviews…
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Socks with Sharks
Four stories about how to learn to live again when your familiar world collapses. What happens to the film’s principals can happen to anyone. The…
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Only I Am Normal
A real battle royal has played out in a summer camp: a group of disabled kids clashed with unexpected guests, a gang of hooligans. And…
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Don Julio’s Nails
Don Julio has Parkinson's disease and can't clip his own nails. His daughter, Luisa, usually does it, but there comes the day when she is…
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Tuesco
A colorful portrait of the life of Jonathan Benaim, who was left wheelchair bound due to one nurse's medical malpractice a few weeks after his…
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Imperfect
The documentary follows a company of actors with all nature of disabilities – from spinal cord injury to Parkinson’s Disease, cerebral palsy to autism –…
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Invisible
A visually impaired violinist, an unsuccessful pianist, an aspiring vocalist and a patriotic accordionist study at the Novosibirsk Conservatory. This is a musical documentary about…
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Not a Hero
Yam doesn't like when people tell him no. No, you can't act on stage; no, you can't fly with your family; no, you can't go…
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Our World in Our Words
Our World in Our Words looks at a day in the lives of four women with various disabilities, how they view and experience the world…
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Natasha
Talented gymnast Natasha becomes a victim of a cruel teenage prank and falls out of the window. The only thing that her mother hears from…
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We Will Be Heard
How to exist in a sexist and listener structure? Gabriela, Celma and Klicia, three deaf women with different realities, share their struggles and trajectories in…
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In The Upper Room
Every season a young mole visits his blind grandfather, who lives deep underground in a comfortably decorated burrow. As the two grow older their relationship…
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We exist! We are here!
The film shows inclusive creative teams, groups and studios in North Ossetia, where children with disabilities participate. They not only dance, sing and act in…
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The Animated Series of a Dream
The film is about the employees of the inclusive workshop «Chest” for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In the film they tell their own…
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When You Were Young, You Walked Where You Wanted
A young girl working in a nursing home connects with one of the apathetic patients. Her superior does not approve of that. The Film is…
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Joaquín My Cousin
Joaquín is a young man with Down syndrome. Through the family bond that unites him with his cousin, we observe his daily life outside the…
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Mimo: The Miracle of Miracles
A farmer from the countryside of Brazil was considered a talented football player but lost a leg after a serious hit and run. Today he…
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Dream
Some people see the difficulty in every opportunity; as some see the opportunity in every difficulty. The film tells the story of a man with…
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A Dead Sea
Kamel, a Palestinian man in his 50s, suffers from autism and travels with his paralyzed sister to the Dead Sea to receive medical treatment in…
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I Am Gábor Zsolt Károlyi
A Hungarian boy with Down syndrome, talks about his activities, his feelings and his dreams about home, love and safety.
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Malek
Malik is a young man with a physical disability who is a theater actor and in theater rehearsals he falls in love with his co-star…
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Love and Communication
Love and Communication is about the struggles of a young couple whose son has been diagnosed with autism. While they are immersed in a struggle…
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Louis' shoes
Louis, an eight-and-a-half-year-old autistic kid arrives in his new school and he is about to introduce himself.
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Lida
The film-portrait will show the daily life of Lida Moniava, Development Director of the House with a Lighthouse Charitable Foundation. Every year, with its activities,…
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Leber: Chromosome 17
Yaghma is afflicted by Leber (Leber is a heredity optical disease that children inherit from the mother) and is getting more blurred vision day after…
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Crutch
Two decades of exclusive access, plus a lifetime of archival footage, depict Bill Shannon from his early years to his rise as an award-winning dancer…
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Davey’s lullaby
A spirited, middle-aged man with Down Syndrome faces an uncertain future when his mother, who lovingly cares for him as he struggles with bouts of…
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Some New Broadway
The plot of the film follows six people with Down syndrome who, overcoming numerous obstacles, are among the first in southeast Europe to become students…
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What Is Your Business?
This is a show where children with intellectual disabilities meet people of different professions and try to do something together. Each issue has two main…
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How to make f**kd-up Movies
An Indian filmmaker arrives in the USA to make a movie about his friend Christopher Annino's neurological disabilities. A global pandemic maroons the filmmaker in…
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The Inversion
Tied by a tall rope, a man finds himself hanged in to the big dark paving well from his leg. His efforts for getting rid…
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Zulali
The story follows the lives in a picturesque Armenian village where secrets, tragedies and love are intricately weaved to form a beautiful impressionist painting of…
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Close Your Eyes
Documentary «Close Your Eyes» creates a flip to direct attention to human abilities in difficult life conditions and turn threats into opportunities in the form…
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The Stutter
The documentary film «Stutter» deals with the problems of patients suffering from this disease and shows their life full of stress. Stuttering can cause any…
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For Your Hand
Hania is an elderly lady who is on the verge of blindness. She has traveled to another country to have eye surgery with her husband…
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Behind the Fence
Documentary animation based on the diary of Tatyana Vnukevich-Bagdasaryan, who lived in a psycho-neurological boarding school until the age of 35. The film consists of…
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Keep On Living
The life of little Charis will be forever changed after a car accident. Anger, emotional outburst and isolation. With the support of the family, the…
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Another White Girl
Sètchémè (20 years old) is a young albino girl. She is different from her parents and her sisters, who, on the other hand, are “normal”.…
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Yevgeny: the soul of Terpsichore
The documentary film «Eugene: The Soul of Terpsichore» is a philosophical sketch about an inclusive dance project named «Overcome». The film is dedicated to the…
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Other People
The film is devoted to the “Anton Is Here” Orchestra — an inclusive musical group in which professional musicians participate together with kids with disabilities.
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Andryusha's diary
This a story about a boy with Down syndrome. This quality doesn't define him. He is a brave little boy who is loving and caring…
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Breathe
Breathing and blinking are the only things that ALS patients can do at the last stage of the disease. The whole body is paralyzed and…
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Go Through the Dark
Guanglin is a blind boy in China who displays great skill at the ancient board game called Go, in which two players place black and…
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Deaf
Angela is deaf and Darío has hearing. They are a couple and have six chickens, four dogs, a vegetable garden and many communication problems. Now…
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Nestling
A story of a friendship between a lonely old man and a helpless nestling, confronted by a group of ignorant boys from the same neighborhood,…
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Beyond the Summit
After an accident, Sebastián (Zuko), who was a professional mountaineer guide, lost the mobility of his legs. However, he showed us through a great feat…
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Second Wind
Antoine, 20 years old, lives under the threat of a second stroke. His entourage considers him as a handicap. He does not accept this. In…
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The Universe – Sergey Basalaev
“I would like to convey to people that other worlds exist! Neuroscientists have calculated that the number of neural connections in the brain exceeds the…
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This Is My Hand, This Is My Leg
Csanád and Réka both suffer from limb deficiencies, but they both lead a happy life. While Réka is a mother of four and faces her…
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In the Mind's Garden
On the shores of Lake Como, an association for mental health meets once a week to write a periodical. Everyone brings their story, their ups…
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Pawns Among the Clouds
Luisa, an elderly lady marked by the pains of life, will soon have to leave the house where she has always lived to move to…
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Bulit Listens to Nature
Bulit, an 8-year-old boy with ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) discovers that Nature can communicate with him. Three daisies ask him for help, because a storm…
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Betula Pendula
Thomas has lost his sight as a child. The return to the place of his childhood evokes old memories and opens up conversations about the…
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Safe Distance
Based on David Avidan’s song with added words and rap by the creator, the clip presents the creator, his imaginary son and imaginary father, moving…
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Balancing
This is a documentary about a man who faced such a disease as multiple sclerosis. The film shows how not to stop, and to look…
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65 Rose
Christian has lost his pregnant girlfriend, Marta, and decides to start a long journey by foot to raise money for the scientific research against the…
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30,000 Strikes
If your 'dream' of climbing Mount Elbrus is in fact just a vague idea, you won't succeed. You won't ascend Elbrus simply for a medal…
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2+4
The film tells the story of Natalia and Alexey Rogoznikov. She suffered a spine injury and uses a wheelchair; he has cerebral palsy. Together they…
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0,5 meters
Gonzalo wants to be a film director and to direct comedies. In November 2006 his life stopped in a traffic accident that caused him a…
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