ReelAbilities Film Festival Columbus

ReelAbilities Film Festival Columbus
ReelAbilities is a groundbreaking film festival that promotes awareness and appreciation of lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different abilities, all through the easily accessible art form of film.
Bedlam
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, RAFF-Cleveland and RAFF-Columbus are teaming up for a virtual screening and a live virtual discussion on the award-winning documentary film, BEDLAM. FILM SYNOPSIS: BEDLAM is a feature-length documentary that addresses the national crisis and criminalization of the mentally ill, its connection between hundreds of thousands of […]
Read MoreNo Ordinary Hero: The Super Deafy Movie
Join us Wednesday, October 11th for a screening of the film No Ordinary Hero: The Super Deafy Movie. A deaf actor playing a superhero on a television show looks beyond his cape to help a deaf boy believe in himself. 6pm Happy Hour, Torpedo Room 7pm Film & Panel Discussion Professor Bill Bauer from Marietta […]
Read MoreDon’t Foil My Plans
ReelAbilities Film Festival Columbus proudly presents: Don’t Foil My Plans About the Film For the past five years, award-winning director Ben Stamper has been following the life and work of Justin Canha, a New Jersey-based artist in his mid-twenties whose diagnosis places him in the middle of the autism spectrum. Justin’s goal is to move […]
Read MoreBlue Spectrum Virtual Concert
In conjunction with the film, ReelAbilities is thrilled to bring you a live concert from Columbus band, Blue Spectrum. Being livestreamed from the Lazy Chameleon 4028 Presidential Pkwy Powell, Oh 43065. Tune in on the ReelAbilities Columbus Facebook page on June 17, at 7PM. About the Band It was always Zayne Harshaw’s dream to have […]
Read MoreAnimated Shorts Festival in Two Parts
Children’s Festival Line-Up WAWEL DRAGON DIRECTED BY CAMERON CARR 6 Min | English | UK | | Narrative Short | Open Captions | Audio Description City Premiere | Audio Description produced by: AMC Network | Open Captions produced by: AMC Network An animated retelling of the classic Polish folktale by Cameron Carr (Strange), Wawel Dragon features a […]
Read MoreOut in the Open
DIRECTED BY JENNA FRIEL AND JOHNNY ELDER 17 Min | English | U.S.A. | | Documentary Short | Open Captions City Premiere A look at the deteriorating mental health of the student body and the resources available on campus at the Ohio State University.
Read MoreNo Bone: Scars of Survival
DIRECTED BY MARC SCHILLER 90 Min | English | USA | | Documentary Feature City Premiere Marc Schiller, regarded as a communications expert with a long career promoting street art, music, and film, suffers a stroke that leaves him with aphasia and some cognitive deficits. With the help of family, Marc chronicles his career in […]
Read MoreSingle
SYNOPSIS: Kim, who was born with one arm, gets set up on a blind date. When she finally meets Jake, she quickly realizes he also has a physical disability, and she is pissed. An unapologetic perspective on the complexities of being disabled and dating. CREDITS: Directed by Ashley Eakin Title: Single Category: Short Genre: Rom-Com […]
Read MoreMove Me
DIRECTED BY KELSEY PETERSON, DANIEL KLEIN 81 Min | English | USA | | Documentary Feature | Open Captions | Audio Description City Premiere At 27, dancer Kelsey Peterson dove into Lake Superior and emerged paralyzed. Now, she faces the opportunity to dance again, as she works to redefine who she is and rediscover hope […]
Read MoreReelAbilities Columbus Presents: An Evening of Short Films
ReelAbilities Film Festival Columbus proudly presents: An Evening of Short Films –About the Films– Deaf Love — On a journey to meet the woman he loves, Paolo ends up on a wild and mysterious island. Directed by Michele Bertini Malgarini, 15 min Angel’s Mirror — A group of young boys are fascinated by a girl who spends her days […]
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