In this short film, busy hands voice a deeper emotional world that can often be difficult to articulate. Complex emotions are exposed with a crochet hook and some yarn, sharing the vulnerability of longing and tenderness that words fail.
Co-presented by community partners Autism Ontario
Wheels represent possibility and plurality: the space between motion and stillness, the balance point between safety and risk. This imagination creates opportunities for new motions to emerge. In cycles of movement, new bodies create perpetual motion, relationships, and curious explorations.
Co-presented by community partners Tangled Art + Disability
Shandi MacDonald, who has a visual disability, and her husband John navigate love and life with anxiety.
Co-presented by community partners The Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians, Toronto Chapter and CNIB
A look at the sparkle and struggles of the Prospector Theater—a non-profit movie theater in Connecticut with a mission of meaningful employment for people with disabilities.
Co-presented by community partners Community Living Ontario, Community Living Toronto
A young man with Down Syndrome and his father are on a mission to grow a successful, inclusive business and spread happiness with their company’s unique creations.
Co-presented by community partners Community Living Ontario, Community Living Toronto
Referencing the beloved and equally controversial cult classic Freaks (1932), this illuminating documentary from Salome Chasnoff explores the evolving century-long legacy of disability representation in Hollywood through meaningful reflections from disabled critics, activists and film lovers.
Co-presented by community partners Centre for Independent Living Toronto, Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival
Paul is having a great day. He has a loving family, a good job, and enjoys life to the fullest. It’s a pity that the documentary crew following him doesn’t seem to see that…
Co-presented by community partners Deaf Spectrum
A boy who can’t read meets a teacher who changes everything.
A look at the prodigious talent and irrepressible spirit of a musically precocious 12-year-old blind piano player.
A man with Down syndrome embarks on a solo adventure to discover Tokyo.
