Chained for Life
Director: Aaron Schimberg
United States / 2019
91 min
Director Aaron Schimberg’s and actor-disability activist Adam Pearson’s first collaboration explores the twisted attitudes faced by disabled individuals.
Crip Shorts: Exhales
Director:
Finland, United Kingdom, Argentina, Spain / 2022
36 min
The Crip Ciné short film screening explores both sculpture and dance art while also experiencing the everyday life.
A Different Man
Director: Aaron Schimberg
United States / 2024
112 min
Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson deliver charismatic performances in Aaron Schimberg's dark comedy drama about a young actor with a facial deformity and low self-esteem.
Inside My Heart
Director: Saskia Boddeke
The Netherlands / 2022
86 min
A visually striking documentary that follows a theater group, capturing the raw emotions flowing freely both behind the scenes and on stage.
La Lucha
Director: Violeta Ayala
Australia, United States, Bolivia / 2023
93 min
A group of people with disabilities unite in protest, embarking on a powerful trek across the Andes in Bolivia.
Loxy
Director: Thanasis Kafetzis, Dimitris Zahos
Greece / 2024
87 min
A feel-good documentary about Loxy, who is chosen as the first disabled person to become an actor at the Greek National Theatre.
Online Screening: Crip Shorts – Domestic Selection
Director: Maimai Tani, Satu Tani; Kati Kallio; Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen
Finland /
27 min
In the Finnish short film screening, the liberating enchantment of dance and music meets the fragility of nature.
Online Screening: Crip Shorts – International Selection
Director: Audrey Sangla, Jessica Rinland, Sándor M. Salas
France, United Kingdom, Spain /
33 min
The international short films explore the search for personal space and a sense of connection to the surrounding reality.
Online Screening: Is There Anybody Out There?
Director: Ella Glendining
United Kingdom / 2022
87 min
Born with a rare disability, filmmaker Ella Glendining searches for another person with a body like hers in a personal documentary.
Online Screening: Patrice: The Movie
Director: Ted Passon
United States (Patrice: The Movie), Finland (Tero ja Mari) / 2024
102 min
A joyful, touching, heartbreaking, and ultimately heart-melting documentary about determined Patrice, who refuses to give up in the face of adversity!
Online Screening: We Have a Dream
Director: Pascal Plisson
France / 2023
93 min
Who said living with disabilities meant giving up one’s greatest dreams? Across the world, Pascal Plisson met extraordinary children who will prove that love, inclusive education, humour and courage can move mountains, and that fate is sometimes full of surprises.
Patrice: The Movie + Tero ja Mari
Director: Ted Passon
United States (Patrice: The Movie), Finland (Tero ja Mari) / 2024
102 min
A joyful, touching, heartbreaking, and ultimately heart-melting documentary about determined Patrice, who refuses to give up in the face of adversity!
Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie + Kauhujen talo
Director: Robert Carnevale, Jesse Suchmann
United States (Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie); Finland (Kauhujen talo) / 2021
90 min
An inspiring documentary about two friends with Down syndrome who dream of making a zombie movie. The final result is packed with demons and plenty of fake blood!
The Stimming Pool
Director: The Neurocultures Collective, Steven Eastwood
United Kingdom / 2024
67 min
An immersive and cinematically insightful film that amplifies the voices of neurodivergent filmmakers.
Toisenlaiset kesäkaverit
Director: Artus
France / 2024
100 min
This charming comedy follows jewel thieves on the run from the police as they hide out at a summer camp. One of France's biggest hits of the past year!

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