The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge weekend-long competition is back! 25% of Americans have a disability, making it today’s largest minority population. Yet far too often, their important and varied stories go untold…until now.
Now In its 6th year and supported by some of Hollywood's biggest names, the challenge gives filmmakers the platform to collaborate and tell unique stories to help change the way the world defines and views disability. Judged by a noted and diverse group of entertainment industry talent, films are not required to include disability in the storyline, but teams must include at least one person with a disability in front of or behind the camera.
REGISTER TODAY for the annual, weekend-long competition! Entrants are given 55 hours to write and produce a 3-5 minute short film based on an assigned genre.
Registration Deadline: April 3, 2019
Click here to register online.
Shoot Your Short Film: April 5-7, 2019
Member Discount: SAG-AFTRA members receive 20% off the entry fee and special arrangements have been made for the films to be produced under the SAG-AFTRA short film agreement. To see the member discount, click here.
Finalists will be announced and screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival (April 27) and receive a one-year subscription to Variety Magazine. Winners, announced at a red-carpet event, hosted by Sony Pictures Studios at Sony in Culver City, are awarded industry mentorships; the opportunity to screen their film at the Los Angeles-based HollyShorts Film Festival (August 8-17), an Academy Award-qualifying competition; and other prizes, including Dell computers and a full, one-year subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud.
Mentor meetings for winners include writer, director, producer Phil Lord (Spiderman Into The Spider-verse, Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street) producer John Penotti (Crazy Rich Asians) casting director Pam Dixon (Angels in the Outfield, City Slickers) and Tiffany Smith Anoa'i, VP Entertainment Diversity, Inclusion & Communications, CBS Entertainment. Additional mentors TBA.
For rules, guidelines and additional list of prizes go to www.disabilityfilmchallenge.com.
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