Save the Date: Two Chances to Watch Films from Superfest 2015

Missed out on the 2015 Superfest? Have no fear, the Superfest Showcase will be screening some of our best recent shorts at a San Francisco location near you!

Superfest: International Disability Film Festival is a showcase of juried films held in the San Francisco Bay Area, co-presented by the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability and the San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind and Vision Impaired. For nearly 30 years, this annual competition has celebrated cutting-edge cinema that portrays disability in all its diverse, complex, and engaging facets. We are proud to be the longest running disability film festival in the world. Visit superfestfilm.com to learn more about the 2016 festival, October 22 and 23 in Berkeley and San Francisco.

Sunday, August 14th at the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch (1-4pm in the Latino Hispanic Community Room)

Featuring:

Illustration of a snarling, drooling darkened figure, wolf-like in appearance, with gleaming eye pointed at the figures of two small people sitting on higher tree branches.

Predators of Transylvania (2015 Disabled Filmmaker Award Winner) [7 min.]
Director: Julia Kolenakova; Slovakia

Nothing is quite as it seems in this Slovakian folklore-inspired animation.

A slightly unfocused photograph of a man in a white button-down shirt, pressing his right hand to his chest as he looks upward.

To Be or Not To Be (2015 Excellence Award Winner) [61 min.]
Director: Aziz Zairov; Kazakhstan

An actor who is disabled rehearses Hamlet's soliloquy and questions whether to live or die.

Screenshot of two plastic dolls, wearing glasses and colorfully patterned clothing, sitting opposite at a small round table. The doll on the right has a red and blue hat.

Regione Caecorum (In the Land of the Blind) (2015 P.K. Walker Innovation in Craft Award) [3 min.]
Director: Drew Goldsmith; U.S.

If a society is built with blind people as the norm, it might be the person with sight who feels disabled.

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The Gift (of Impermanence) (2105 Artistry Award Winner) [11 min.]
Director: Alex Ketley; U.S.

Axis Dance Company's choreography allows an audience to explore what is beautiful about the diverse body.

Two people, one in a motorized wheelchair, the other holding a microphone, smile at each other, appearing to be in conversation.

Rent-A-Crip (2015 Disability Comedy Award) [3 min.]
Director: Terry Galloway and Diane Wilkins; U.S.

A savvy group of disabled people have taken the reins from the able-bodied profiteers and put themselves in control.

A man in a motorized wheelchair looks out onto a city street.

Hole (2015) [15 min]
By Martin Edralin; Canada (explicit)

A daring portrait of a man yearning for intimacy in a world that would rather ignore him.

A seated man, who has no hair, and another man stands over him, appearing to be speaking to the seated man.

Bastion (2015 Best of Festival Short Winner) [11 min.]
Director: Ray Jacobs; U.K.

A completely bald man walks into a barber shop, his reflection in the window has told him it's time for a haircut.

 All films are audio described and open captioned. For ASL interpreting or live captioning, contact Marti Goddard: marti.goddard@sfpl.org.

See event page here.

Tuesday, September 20th at SFSU's J. Paul Leonard Library Room 121 (12-1pm)

Featuring:

A man dressed in a suit and glasses with spiked hair, who appears to have Down's Syndrome, raises his arm in a beckoning gesture.
The Interviewer (2013 Best of Festival Winner) [13 min.]
Director: Genevieve Clay-Smith and R. Bryan; AUSTRALIA.

Thomas Howell gets more than he bargained for in his interview at a prestigious law firm; an insult about his tie, a rendition of Harry Potter, and the chance to change the lives of a father and son.

A seated man, who has no hair, and another man stands over him, appearing to be speaking to the seated man.

Bastion (2015 Best of Festival Short Winner) [11 min.]
Director: Ray Jacobs; U.K.

A completely bald man walks into a barber shop, his reflection in the window has told him it's time for a haircut.

Illustration of a snarling, drooling darkened figure, wolf-like in appearance, with gleaming eye pointed at the figures of two small people sitting on higher tree branches.

Predators of Transylvania (2015 Disabled Filmmaker Award Winner) [7 min.]
Director: Julia Kolenakova; Slovakia

Nothing is quite as it seems in this Slovakian folklore-inspired animation.

Screenshot of two plastic dolls, wearing glasses and colorfully patterned clothing, sitting opposite at a small round table. The doll on the right has a red and blue hat.

Regione Caecorum (In the Land of the Blind) (2015 P.K. Walker Innovation in Craft Award) [3 min.]
Director: Drew Goldsmith; U.S.

If a society is built with blind people as the norm, it might be the person with sight who feels disabled.

Two people, one in a motorized wheelchair, the other holding a microphone, smile at each other, appearing to be in conversation.
Rent-A-Crip (2015 Disability Comedy Award) [3 min.]
Director: Terry Galloway and Diane Wilkins; U.S.

A savvy group of disabled people have taken the reins from the able-bodied profiteers and put themselves in control.

A painted promotional image for the film "Once Again" by John Moore. In the bottom left corner is a young person with closed eyes and clasped hands. Text is painted behind them, filling the rest of the image. The text reads: "What if my Dad loses his job? Will we move? What if I get sick? What if my house burns down? What if there is an earthquake? Where would we live? What if something happens to my parents?"

Once Again (2014 Excellence Award Winner) [19 min.]
Director: John Spottswood Moore; U.S.

After nearly 20 years, filmmaker John Spottswood Moore revisits his life as a ten year old with OCD.

All films are open captioned and audio described. For ASL interpreting or CART, please contact Emily Beitiks, beitiks@sfsu.edu, by September 8. 

See event page here.