OFF: THURSDAY 26 AUGUST
SESSION 3: 1PM FREE
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO
Emma Buckley, 2009, 8min, Drama, Australia
Game on! Two boys face off in a back room. The competition is fierce. Faces are pulled and burps unleashed. But when victory is at hand, will it still taste sweet?
FRANCES AND ANNIE
Genevieve Clay, 2009, 8, Drama, Australia
When a young woman decides to drop in unexpectedly on her new neighbors she is confronted by a potential tragedy and her own prejudices.
CARBON WHORE
Stella Young, 2009, 7min, Comedy, Australia
It’s so hard to get good help these days! When the cleaner refuses to take an environmentally friendly approach to domestic duties, Eliza takes matters into her own enthusiastic hands.
BE MY BROTHER
Genevieve Clay, 2008, 7min, Drama, Australia
A young man’s charm and charisma enchants a stranger at a bus stop. But someone else’s heart is at stake.
This screening session is followed by a panel discussion with the actors and directors about the opportunities and obstacles facing actors with a disability in Australia.
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SESSION 4: 3PM
ACTORS WORKSHOP – FREE (BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL)
This workshop is for people who have a disability who are interested in becoming an actor but don’t know where to start. Directors and actors from BE MY BROTHER, FRANCES AND ANNIE, CARBON WHORE and ANYTHING YOU CAN DO will offer a hands-on introduction to acting for film and television.
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SESSION 5: 5PM
uSCREEN EDITING WORKSHOP – FREE (BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL)
uScreen is a cutting edge, fully accessible website which comprises three main accessibility tools allowing young people to share, learn and collaborate on film-making. This introductory session will demonstrate the use of three online tools for adding audio description, creating 3D storyboards, and collaborating with others to edit online projects, regardless of their location.
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SESSION 6: 6PM
EYEBORG: THE FUTURE IS HERE
Prepare to be astounded.
Winner of Time magazine’s 50 Best Inventions of 2009, Rob Spence will introduce you to the future of filmmaking. Rob is a Canadian director and cinematographer who lost the use of an eye in a shooting accident at the age of 15 and was later fitted with a prosthetic eye. Rob and the Eyeborg team have now solved the technology of fitting a miniature camera and transmitter into his prosthetic eye. Rob is currently shooting a documentary about how video and humanity intersect through surveillance.
The Other Film Festival is proud to present the World Premiere demonstration of the Eyeborg camera in operation. You will be filmed.
Warning: images of medical procedures.
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SESSION 7: 8PM
NO PITY
Drew Morton Goldsmith, 2009, 19min, Documentary, U S A
For centuries, individuals with disabilities have been viewed through the denigrating lens of pity. Disability fundraising has purposely aimed to arouse feelings of pity, guilt, and fear. In the hands of this teenage filmmaker with autism, this film deconstructs its subject with the power of a cinematic sledgehammer.
QUALIA DIARIES
Emily Mode, 2009, 17min, Documentary, U S A
Following the sudden onset of epileptic seizures, the director chronicles her experiences during treatment. Share the roller-coaster ride of reactions to medicines that range from out of body experiences and panic attacks, to hallucinations and psychosis.
FRED
Ron Ward, 1988 , 27min, Documentary, U S A
Fred Burns is a stand-up comedian who was born with spina bifida and lived his life in constant pain. Like the filmmaker, you will be confronted by Fred’s uninhibited and destructive behaviour. Whatever the opposite of self-pity is, this must be close. This intimate and unconventional portrait is ultimately Fred’s farewell performance, bellowed out in humour and pain.
BODY & SOUL: DIANA & KATHY
Alice Elliott, 2007, 40min, Documentary, U S A
When they first met 37 years ago, Diana and Kathy faced a restricted life in a nursing home. Instead, they slipped out of the system to live independently and became fierce advocates for all people with disabilities. A remarkable partnership between two women: one with cerebral palsy and the other with Down syndrome.
