Grace is forced to face her own sexuality and the strain on her marriage when her son Charlie, who has Cerebral Palsy, asks to lose his virginity for his birthday.
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Getting Up: The TEMPT ONE Story
After being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease and rendered almost completely paralyzed, a graffiti artist regains his voice through technology that reads the movement of his eyes and enables him to create art and write once again.
Gabrielle
Living in a group home, musically talented Gabrielle has found love in Martin, a fellow member in a choir for developmentally disabled adults. Gabrielle (Gabrielle MarionRivard) and Martin (Alexandre Landry) want to explore their feelings for one another physically, but are not allowed. Convinced that living alone will allow her to have the intimate relationship she so desperately craves, Gabrielle tries valiantly to prove she can be independent.
Gabriel
Rory Culkin delivers an electrifying performance as Gabriel, a vulnerable and confused teenager longing for stability and happiness amidst an ongoing struggle with mental illness. Convinced that reuniting with his old girlfriend holds the answer to all his troubles, Gabriel risks it all in a desperate and increasingly obsessive pursuit, testing the limits of his compassionate family as his inner demons begin to close in around him.First-time writer-director Lou Howe’s portrait of a young man at the breaking point of his psychological battle is a powerful debut that will resonate long after its haunting final moments.
Flying Anne
Looking at 11-year-old Anne riding her bike, climbing fences or jumping on the trampoline, you see a normal, cheerful girl. But not everything is as it seems. Anne has Tourette syndrome, which means she sometimes has to spin around in circles (always to the right) or lick everything in sight. That might be a tomato while doing the grocery shopping, but it could also be the cash register or a redeemable bottle. Anne is ashamed of her behavior – she wants to be able to explain what’s wrong with her and does her best to keep her tics under wraps for an entire school day. Longer than that is just too hard: “Like when you’re underwater and you need to take a breath, that’s how it feels.” In addition to her tics, Anne is also more emotional than other kids her age. “When I get mad, I get three times as mad as you do.” Despite her problem, Anne does what she can to go through life as normally as possible. She enjoys playing with her friends, who know her and don’t require any explanations. “They don’t even notice it anymore.”
Fixed
Told through the perspectives of five individuals with disabilities, the implications of emerging biological and human technology enhancement is analyzed. Holding professional knowledge, as well as firsthand experience, a textured and personal debate is ensued. FIXED enlightens and challenges the regular human body, and what it fundamentally means to be a human in the 21st century.
The Finishers
At 17 years old, Julien has a great sense of humor, bags of charm, and cerebral palsy. In a bid to bond with his father, Julien challenges him to participate with him in the Ironman race in Nice, France, a triathlon in which his father has previously competed. Doing the race alone is an incredible challenge, but completing it together with Julien would be nearly impossible. Still, his father agrees and the two set out to train for and compete in one of the most intense races on earth. Beyond the sporting exploit, this is the story of one family’s exemplary journey, and a moving portrait of the love between a father and his son.
Finding Nemo
The wizards at Pixar take us under the sea to the world of clownfish Marlin and his son Nemo who has only one fin? When the defiant Nemo takes off from his dad and gets captured by a tropical fish seeker he finds himself stuck in a fishbowl in a dentist’s office. Marlin and his well meaning, but wacky, friend Dory embark on an epic journey to find his son.
Imagine
Ian, a specialist in spatial orientation, teaches his blind students to move around without using their canes, encouraging them to risk the unknown. Among them is the beautiful, shy Eva, whom he engages with in an unspoken romance.
I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone
A 15 year-old blind teenager and his best friend face issues of jealousy and other new feelings when they befriend a new kid in their class.
