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.
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Henry O!
Henry O! tells the story of Enrique (Henry) Oliu, a man blind since birth, who has made his major league baseball dream come true. Calling upon his love for sports and an encyclopedic memory for facts and figures, Henry hears the crack of the bat and knows if it’s a single, double, or home run; he listens for the ball singing into the catcher’s mitt and knows if it’s a curve ball, fastball, or changeup.
Henry is the analyst for the strongest Hispanic station in Florida’s Tampa Bay Market. At his side in the broadcast booth is his wife Deb, whispering in his ear up-to-the-minute stats.
Keep The Change (short)
A coming-of-age love story about a wealthy young man with social disorders who meets a woman at a group for people with intellectual disabilities.
Keep Rollin’
After incurring a spinal cord injury after a snowboarding accident, Valentin is forced by his father to participate in a theatre project for people with disabilities. In his resistance to the idea, Valentin has only one ray of hope: Mira, a beautiful caretaker. But there’s a problem: she’s going steady with a local slime-ball named Marc. Out of frustration about himself and the world, Valentin decides to rob the gas station where Marc works. His housemates, Lukas and Titus, are all for it and offer their help. It is the beginning of a man-to-man friendship and an adventurous plan that may or may not be successful.
Little World
Albert loves life, and he won’t let anything get in his way, least of all his wheelchair. He’s only 19, but he’s already traveled to dozens of countries. He’s made a sport of leaving with only 20 euros in his pocket and putting his faith in the innate goodness of people he meets along the way. And he has plenty of other tricks up his sleeve to get into places free of charge if he needs to. This time, his destination is as far away as possible from his home in Barcelona: a lighthouse in New Zealand. For the first time, he will not be alone, because his girlfriend Anna will be joining him. It’s impossible to hitchhike with a camera team in your wake, so they decide to film their adventures themselves. They experience plenty of amazing stuff, but sometimes things get tough, especially for Anna, who can’t always keep up with Albert. They have agreed that the filmmakers will join them in New Zealand for the last part of their trip. Through interviews with his grandmother, stepmother and father, we discover that this irrepressibly optimistic young man had a pretty tough time as a boy. He and his father have dealt with his problem in a remarkable way. With animations in the background, Anna’s parents and various members of Albert’s family explain why they let them go on this journey.
Motherly (Maadaraaneh)
Shokooh, a middle-age blind mother is seeking her disabled young son, Amir, whom moves around on a wheelchair, in a park. Two boys have seen him moving around by a girl. She sits by a woman who is having her first day out after nursing her baby for a whole year. She sees Amir beside a girl (taraneh) on a bench. Shokooh asks her to go to them and see if the girl is beautiful. The woman goes to Amir and sees the girl he is seeing is blind as well.
Shooting Beauty
Shoot Beauty tells the story of fashion photographer Courtney Bent whose career takes an unexpected turn when she discovers a hidden world of beauty at a center for people living with significant disabilities. Shot over the span of a decade, this film puts you in Courtney’s shoes as she overcomes her own unspoken prejudices and begins inventing cameras accessible to her new friends. Courtney’s efforts snowball into an award-winning photography program called “Picture This” and become the backdrop for this eye-opening story about romance, loss and laughter that will change what you thought you knew about living with a disability and without one.
Rolling Romance
Orson and Janice, two twenty-somethings with muscular dystrophy, go on an Internet date.
Run If You Can
A gripping story of friendship and a love triangle between frustrated Ben, who is in a wheelchair, his playful caretaker, Christian, and Annika, the dreamer, musician and object of both men’s desire. When the relationships heat up, Annika cannot decide between the two men. Together they create an adventure filled with imagination and desire. But what starts out as a game becomes serious when Ben faces his biggest fear.
Run and Jump
When an optimistic Vanetia Casey and her family are challenged by her husbands recent suffering from a stroke, they are forced to adapt to their familiar family members stroke induced personality. In desperate need of help coping with this struggle, Ted Fielding, an American Doctor, arrives in Ireland to observe Conor Casey’s condition. When a new friendship emerges between Ted and Vanetia, Ted’s continued presence in the Casey household provides much more than a professional service.
