The Other Film Festival WA kicks off next Friday
Screenwest is pleased to support The Other Film Festival WA, which is kicking off next Friday 15 July and set to deliver a weekend of film screenings that highlight the voices, stories, and skills of filmmakers and practitioners with disability.
The Other Film Festival began in 2004 as a groundbreaking, international, disability-led program by Arts Access Victoria that elevated Deaf people and people with disability’s voices, stories, and skills within the Australian screen industry.
This year’s WA iteration is DADAA’s third version of the project, encompassing a program of film screenings and conversations with leading filmmakers and practitioners with disability. The festival puts a spotlight on filmmakers with disability and their stories, and connects Western Australian artists and audiences with disability to international, national, and local screen practitioners.
The festival kicks off with an opening night screening of Shadow, a darkly humorous 56-minute film directed by Bruce Gladwin, which follows a trio of activists with intellectual disabilities and is based on Australian theatre company Back to Back’s award-winning stage play.
The keynote address will be presented Perth-raised writer and comedian Alistair Baldwin, whose screenwriting credits include The Weekly, Get Krack!n, and upcoming Amazon series Deadloch.
DADAA Fremantle’s Cinema will host screenings of Australian and International short films across the weekend, with three curated short film sessions revealing diverse, powerful and entertaining stories: ‘Country, Identity & Art’, ‘Making an Impression’ and ‘Taking Action’. Screenwest-supported Western Australian films featuring in these lineups include Jacqueline Pelczar and Tina Fielding’s Sparkles, Curtis Taylor and Nathan Mewett’s Indigenous short Yulubidyi and two episodes of short documentary series Different Lens.
Event Details
Dates: Friday 15 July to Sunday 17 July 2022
Where: DADAA Fremantle Cinema, 92 Adelaide St, Fremantle
Accessibility: All films are open captioned and audio described. The DADAA cinema is wheelchair accessible and accessible for people who are blind or have low vision.
Tickets: Tickets are free with the exception of Opening Night. The full program and tickets are available through DADAA.
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