Three pioneering young American adults with intellectual disabilities challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate education and the workforce. The film challenges what it means to be intelligent, and points to a future in which people of all abilities can fully participate in higher education, meaningful employment, and intimate relationships.
Copresented by Matan
A young dancer struggles with her identity and growing up hearing in a deaf family.
Diego, a young circus artist, returns home and reunites with his brothers after their grandmother, América, falls from her bed. Diego is a dreamer who sees poetry and purpose in this tragedy. His dream of familial cohesion fades into reality as the brothers clash over money, communication, and the challenge of caring for América.
A young man diagnosed with schizophrenia decides to go off his medication fearing that side effects will override the drugs’ benefits. A powerful human drama that challenges perceptions about treating mental illness.
Copresented by NYWIFT.
The battle occuring in the mind of a young man with high-functioning autism as he engages in everyday conversation.
Filmmaker Jason DaSilva presents a healthcare crisis as he tries to be closer to his son who lives 2,000 miles away.
Three artists create a multimedia dance performance that amplifies the joy of wheeled movement.
Children with OCD describe their experience while families and loved ones yearn for ways to help them.
An animated exploration of misophonia, a disorder characterized by immense pain and agitation resulting from hearing common, everyday sounds.
An actor and disability consultant is asked to help a former child star prepare for his triumphant comeback in a likely award-bait role.
