The Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, or CTD, is hosting the Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival and Short Film Competition in Austin, Texas on Nov. 6-7.
This annual event highlights films that “positively and accurately represent disability.”
According to the event’s website, “The Short Film Competition provides an opportunity for independent filmmakers from around the world to screen their own films about disability, from documentaries to animated shorts to the avant-garde.”
The theme for this year’s event is “Look World, No Limits!”, which relates to both selected films, A Brave Heart and Right Footed.
This year, CTD required that submitted films for the competition contain subtitles. ASL interpretation and Closed Captioning will be provided at the event.
The festival will be located at the Alamo Drafthouse Village at 2700 W. Anderson Ln., Austin, TX 78757 (map).
Admission to the festival is free. However, a $10.00 food voucher will guarantee your seat and can be redeemed for $10.00 worth of food and drink from the Drafthouse menu. Note that past events have sold out, so purchasing the vouchers is a way to ensure seating.
Purchase a food voucher for Friday night. This evening Right Footed will be viewed. There is a pre-show, adaptive martial arts demonstration by Jessica Cox, star of Right Footed, and One World Karate at 5:45 p.m. on Friday evening only. Cox will join Cinema Touching Disability afterwards to present her film and answer audience questions.
Purchase a food voucher for Saturday night. This evening the film A Brave Heart will be shown.
Cinema doors open at 6:15 p.m. each evening and the program runs until 9:45 p.m. each night. Arrive early to ensure parking availability.
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