Superfest: The International Disability Film Festival
Sunday, November 2, 2014, 5:00 pm
This 28th annual festival celebrates disability shorts, all films less than 50 minutes selected among submissions from North America, Latin America, Europe and Australia. The films bring to the screen a variety of topics and disabilities, each helping move forward Superfest's mission to celebrate cutting-edge cinema that portrays disability culture in all its diverse, complex and empowering facets. Free with museum admission. Tickets available soon.
Location:
Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street, San Francisco,
Directions:
Sponsor:
San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind, Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability
Contact:
Contemporary Jewish Museum
E-mail:
Phone:
415-655-7800
Event extras:
Films and award winners
- The Interviewer (Australia), directed by Genevieve Clay-Smith and R. Bryan, Best of Festival Award
- Vectors of Autism: A documentary about Laura Nagle (United States), directed by John Schaffer, Excellence Award
- Once Again (United States), directed by J. Spottswood Moore, Excellence Award
- Everything is Incredible (Honduras), directed by Tyler Bastian, Trevor Hill and Tim Skousen, Merit Award
- The Nature of Pleasure (United States), directed by Thanh Diep, P.K. Walker Innovation in Craft Award
- Krutch (United States), directed by Clark Matthews, Disabled Filmmaker Award
- Restraint and Seclusion: Hear Our Stories (United States), directed by Dan Habib, Advocacy Award
- Juggle and Cut (United States), directed by Caleb Slain
- Shining Into (United States), directed by Thanh Diep
- The Mural (United States), directed by Fran Guijarro
- The Limbless Mountaineer (United Kingdom), directed by Paul Crompton
Press release
Selections announced for Superfest, 28th annual disability film festival, June 4, 2014