Superfest International Disability Film Festival

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Superfest International Disability Film Festival
Superfest International Disability Film Festival logo
Founded1970
Produced byPaul K. Longmore Institute on Disability, LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
LanguagePrimarily English
Websitesuperfestfilm.com

Superfest International Disability Film Festival is a juried film festival held in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1] Superfest is the longest-running disability film festival in the world.[2] In addition to featuring films developed by and starring people with disabilities, Superfest aims to be inclusive.[3][4][5][6] The directors also coach the film makers about accessibility of films to people with disabilities.[1] During the film festival, the organizers provide sign language interpreters and film narrators to allow for the attendees with various disabilities to appreciate the films.[7] All of the judges for Superfest are people with disabilities from various community roles, including disability community organizers, disability studies scholars, and film aficionados.[4][5] Superfest closely follows the disability rights slogan: Nothing About Us Without Us.[1]

Stereotypes of disabilities are perpetuated through mainstream media and popular culture.[8][9] The aim of Superfest is to showcase films created by people with disabilities, illustrating real life experiences of disability and how universal the topic of disability can be.[4][5][1] Some film submissions are what the disability community refers to as inspiration porn.[10] These stories are generally regarding people with disabilities completing a great feat, in spite of their disabilities, and never approach the topic of discrimination of people with disabilities or the social standards to which people with disabilities are held.[1] Attendees express they can be authentic at Superfest and speak openly about their experiences.[10]

Superfest is held over a weekend and is considered more of a cultural event than a film festival.[1]

History[]

The Superfest International Disability Film Festival began in Los Angeles in 1970 as a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting films representing the diverse disability community. At that time, Superfest was a small film showcase and not yet considered a film festival.[4] In 1982, Culture! Disability! Talent! (CDT) took over operations of Superfest. In 1995, CDT decided to move Superfest from Los Angeles to Berkeley. Berkeley is significant to the disability rights movement and independent living.[4]

In 1998, Superfest expanded to encompass the San Francisco Bay Area.[1] Annual film festivals were held in Berkeley from 1998 to 2011. In 2009, Superfest held a commemorative two-day program featuring 13 disability films the committee considered classics of disability in film called Superfest Classics.[11]

In 2015, Superfest expanded to a two-day festival and recognized the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act being signed into legislation.[5] With the beginnings as a grass-roots organization, Superfest has not been able to have a film festival each year since its founding. The 2016 festival was their 30th film festival. After the 2019 festival, the LightHouse for the Blind and the Longmore Institute dissolved their partnership, and now the festival is run solely by the Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University.[7][12]

Films shown at Superfest Classics (2009)[]

Film title Director Producer Year initially shown at Superfest
About Love Tofik Shakhverdiev Tofik Shakhverdiev 2006
Annie Dearest Terry Galloway & Diane Wilkins Diane Wilkins Productions & Mickee Faust Films 2003
Assistive Technology Boogie Jim Tobias Jim Tobias 2005
Beyond Disability: the Fefe Stories Salome Chasnoff The Empowered Fefes 2005
Disability Culture Rap Jerry Smith Jerry Smith & Cheryl Wade 2000
"Hose," "Cards," & "Water Balloons" Sean Ehringer Mark Conly 2003
Kiss My Wheels Miguel Grunstein & Dale Kruzic Miguel Grunstein & Dale Kruzic 2003
LIEBE PERLA (Dear Perla) Shahar Rozen Edna & Elinor Kowarsky, Eden Productions 2004
Pelswick: DRAW Nelvana 2001
The Power of 504 Dan Veltri 1998
Raymond's Portrait Donald Young Donald Young 1999
Wood Diary David Edwin Meyers David Edwin Meyers 2006
Youth Speaks segment from KQED's series SPARK Howard Shack & the Bay Area Video Coalition 2005

Source:[11]

The Dissies[]

In 2013, Superfest presented a special event. This event was to highlight films where disability had been mocked or portrayed in an insensitive manner.[13] These types of films where disability is mocked are referred to as disability snub films.[14] The "Dissies" mirror the Razzies, where the award given is not an honor at all. Each year, a new "Dissie" is awarded from films nominated by the community. Mock "Dissie" awards are given each year to disability snub films.[6]

The Dissies
Worst portrayal of a disability by a nondisabled actor So sweet (that they’re not)
The Most Amazing Miracle The Most Tragic
The Worst Disabled Villain Crips Gone Wild!
Hey – only we can laugh at that!

Source:[15]

Award winners[]

1998[]

  • Best of Festival – My Country, Producer: Phyllis Ward
  • Excellence Award – , Producers: Patricia Chadwick and Suzanne C. Levine
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Gaby Mason
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Jerry Smith
  • Spirit of Superfest – , Producers: Patricia Chadwick and Suzanne C. Levine
  • Spirit of Superfest – , Producer: Irene M. Ward & Assoc.
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Yuri Ukon
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Irene M. Ward & Assoc.
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Dana Vion; Mobility International USA, Executive Producer
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Paradox Arts
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Margo Meisel
  • Merit Award (Content) – , Producer: The Millay Colony for the Arts and Sharon Greytak
  • Merit Award (Content) – , Producer: San Francisco Unified School District, Dept. of Special Ed.
  • Merit Award (Content) – In the Groove, Producer: Liane Yasumoto, Jack Walsh, KTOP, and Ceda Floyd, Executive Producers
  • Merit Award (Content) – , Producer: LVA: Lesbians in the Visual Arts
  • Merit Award (Content) – No Apologies, Producer: Peni Hall; Associate Producer, Pandoura Carpenter
  • Merit Award (Content) – , Producer: 504 Sit-in 20th Anniversary Celebration and Commemoration Committee
  • Merit Award (Content) – , Producer: Irene M. Ward & Assoc.
  • Merit Award (Content) – , Producer: Billy Golfus and David Simpson
  • Merit Award (Technical) – , Producer: Dirk Dirksen
  • Merit Award (Technical) – , Producer: Christian Schneider
  • Merit Award (Technical) – , Producer: Therese Svoboda
  • Merit Award (Technical) – This is Your Right, Producer: Irene M. Ward & Associates

Source:[16]

1999[]

  • Best of Festival – , Producer: Gillian Gordon
  • Spirit of Superfest – Face First, Producer: Mike Grundmann
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Walter Brock
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Atul Malhotra
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Tim Flannigan
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: David Conyer
  • Achievement Award – Face First, Producer: Mike Grundmann
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Donald Young
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Jonathan Newman
  • Achievement Award – Spokesman, Producer: Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundations
  • Merit Award – Challenge, Producer: Amy Kaplan
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Lori Power
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Leslie Kussmann
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Gayle C. Kranz and Eric A. Neudel
  • Merit Award – , Producer: James Callner
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Merrie Carol Grain
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Ellen Walters
  • Merit Award – , Producer: M. Baayens
  • Merit Award – The Unknown Soldier, Producer: Michele Buck
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Aarin Burch

Source:[17]

2000[]

  • Best of Festival – , Producer: Cheryl Wade, Jerry Smith
  • Spirit of Superfest – , Producer: Cheryl Wade, Jerry Smith
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Cathy Crocfer
  • Excellence Award – Walk This Way, Producer: Kathryn Vander
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Anette and Lars Mullback
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Victoria Sampson; Chantal Marie Grandparent Productions
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Jerry Smith
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Disabled Women's Alliance
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Peter D. Collman
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Patrick Devlieger and Miriam Hertz
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Mervyn Gill-Dougherty
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Peter Nicks

Source:[18]

2001[]

  • Best of Festival – , Producer: David Decker, Mercury Productions, Inc.
  • Spirit of Superfest – Parade, Producer: Susan Nussbaum
  • Excellence Award – Parade, Producer: Susan Nussbaum
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Nelvana
  • Achievement Award – Body Talk, Producer: Cheryl Marie Wade, Diane Maroger
  • Achievement Award – Dissonance, Producer: Mitchell Kezin
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Phil Collinson
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Project Ability
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Anthony Tenczar
  • Merit Award – , Producer: John R. Killacky
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Kati Rooney, Melissa Taylor
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Sue Turner-Cray
  • Certificate of Appreciation – , Producer: Microsoft – ATG

Source:[19]

2002[]

  • Best of Festival – , Producer: John R. Killacky
  • Spirit of Superfest – , Producer: John R. Killacky
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Barbara Barde & Stuart Goodman, Take 3 Productions, Inc.
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Dr Carol Gill / Health Resource Center for Women with Disabilities
  • Achievement Award – Refrigerator Mothers, Producer: J.J. Hanley, Kartemquin Educational Films
  • Achievement Award – Losing It, Producer: Sharon Greytak
  • Achievement Award – , Producor: National Technical Institute for the Deaf
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Nora Arajs
  • Merit Award – , Producers: Jennifer Crescenzo and Betsy Cox
  • Merit Award – Travelling, Producer: Shoot Your Mouth Off
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Doug Caldwell
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Robyn Mercurio
  • Access Award – , Producer: Gregg A. Brokaw
  • Access Award – , Producer: Robyn Mercurio

Source:[20]

2003[]

  • Best of Festival – , Producer: Paul Sapin (UK)
  • Spirit of Superfest – , Producer: Terry Galloway & Donna Nudd (USA)
  • Spirit of Superfest – , Producers: Dale Kruzic & Miguel Grunstein (USA)
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Terry Galloway & Donna Nudd (USA)
  • Excellence Award – , Producers: Dale Kruzic & Miguel Grunstein (USA)
  • Achievement Award – Horizon: The Ecstacy and the Agony, Producer:Jemima Harrison (UK)
  • Achievement Award – On a Roll, Producer:Joanne Caputo (USA)
  • Achievement Award – , Producer:Jerry Smith (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Mitchell & Snyder (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Victoria Pineda (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Yahaly Gat (Israel)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: National Film Board of Canada (Canada)
  • Merit Award – The Perfect Flaw, Producer: Mike Grundmann (USA)
  • Outstanding Promotional Media Awards – Dan Commercial, Producer: Cingular Wireless (USA)
  • Outstanding Promotional Media Awards – , Producer: Mark Conly (USA)

Source:[21]

2004[]

  • Best of Festival – , Producer: Claire Fisher (UK)
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Claire Fisher (UK)
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Edna Kowarsky (Israel)
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: John R. Killacky (USA)
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Gwen Waltz (USA)
  • Achievement Award – Talk To Me, Producer: Vanessa Kaneshiro (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer:Jennifer Raikes (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Claire Fisher (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Lois Acton (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Lawan Jirasuradej (Thailand)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: InfoUse (USA)

Source:[22]

2005[]

  • Best of Festival – , Producer: Kim Flitcroft (UK)
  • Best of Festival – , Producer: Shelley Barry, Mili Bonilla, & Stephanie Garoian (USA)
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: The Empowered Fefes (USA)
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Eric Kutner (USA)
  • Achievement Award – Spit it Out, Producer: Jeff Shames and Jonathan Skurnik (USA)
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Peter Brauer (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Jim Tobias (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Susan Abod (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: John R. Killacky (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Sharon Snyder (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Howard Shack (USA)
  • Audience Access Award – , Producer: Jim Tobias (USA)
  • Audience Access Award – Freedom Machines, Producer: Janet Cole (USA)
  • Spirit Award – , Producer: The Empowered Fefes (USA)

Source:[23]

2006[]

  • Best of Festival – , Producer: David Edwin Meyers (USA)
  • Excellence Award – About Love, Producer: Tofik Shakhverdiev (Russia)
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Jonathan Finkelstein (Canada)
  • Achievement Award – I'm Spazticus, Producers: Jamie O'Leary & Richard Hague (UK)
  • Achievement Award – , Producers: Loren Mendell & Tiller Russell (USA)
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Jan Haynes (New Zealand)
  • Merit Award – 39 Pounds of Love, Producer: Dani Menkin (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producers: Jane Stephenson & Simon Minty (UK)
  • Merit Award – Are the Kids Alright?, Producers: Karen Bernstein & Ellen Spiro (USA)
  • Merit Award – Escape Velocity, Producer: Scott Ligon (USA)
  • Merit Award – Nectar, Producer: Abigail Davies (UK)
  • Spirit Award – , Producer: Jonathan Finkelstein (Canada)
  • Pamela K. Walker Award – Equilibrium, Producer: Adrean Mangiardi (USA)
  • Emerging Artist Award – , Producer: Christina Frenzel (USA)

Source:[24]

2007[]

  • Best of Festival – The Epidemic, Producer: Niels Frandsen (Denmark)
  • Excellence Award – No Bigger Than a Minute, Producer: Steven Delano (USA)
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Betsy Bayha (USA)
  • Achievement Award – , Producers: Chloe Sladden, Ben Foss, Steve Schecter (USA)
  • Achievement Award – Stroke, Producer: Katarina Peters (Germany)
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Gabriel Ledger, M.D. (USA)
  • Merit Award – Carmela, Producer: Guillermo Lopez Perez (Mexico)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Roll With Me Productions (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Anitra Nelson (Australia)
  • Merit Award – Seeing Is Believing, Producer: Tofik Shakhverdiev (Russia)
  • Merit Award – Symphony of Silence, Producer: Yves J. Ma
  • Pamela K. Walker Award – , Producer: Sven Werner (Luxembourg)
  • Emerging Artist Award – , Producer: Joseph Santini (USA)

Source:[25]

2008[]

  • Best of Festival – , Producers: Alice Elliott & Simone Pero (USA)
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Rosa Rogers (UK)
  • Excellence Award – , Producer: Dan Habib (USA)
  • Achievement Award – , Producer: Alexey Pogrelnoy (Russia)
  • Achievement Award – The Miracle, Producer: Jeffrey Jon Smith (USA)
  • Achievement Award – Multiple, Producer: Lucinda Broadbent (UK)
  • Merit Award – The Collector of Bedford Street, Producer: Alice Elliott (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Eric Kutner (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Karina Epperlein (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Producer: Izumi Tanaka (USA)
  • Merit Award – Slide, Producer: Sharon Katz (Canada)
  • Pamela K. Walker Award – Tiresias, Producers: Olimpias Disability Culture Productions (USA)
  • Outstanding PSAs/Promo – , Producer: Guzella Nikolaishvili (Russia)
  • Outstanding PSAs/Promo – , Producer: Patricia Berne (USA)

Source:[26]

2010[]

  • Best of Festival – , Director: Ewa Pieta, Producer: Miroslaw Grubek (Poland)
  • Excellence Award – , Director & Producer: Rhianon Gutierrez (USA)
  • Excellence Award – Children of the Stars, Director: Rob Aspey, Producer: Alexander Haase (USA)
  • Achievement Award – Beyond Borders, Director: Brecht Vanmeirhaeghe, Producers: Fabrio Wuytack & Handicum (Belgium)
  • Achievement Award – , Director & Producer: Daniel Julien (USA)
  • Achievement Award – , Directors & Producers: Volker Schoenwiese & Bernd Thomas (Austria)
  • Merit Award – , Producer & Director: Richard Butchins (UK)
  • Merit Award – , Director & Producer: Yves Langlois (Canada)
  • Merit Award – Wipe Out, Director: Lionel Goddard, Producer: National Film Board of Canada (USA)
  • Merit Award – Far From Home, Director & Producer: Elissa Moon (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Director: David Levitt Waxman, Producers: David & Susan Levitt Waxman (USA)
  • Pamela K. Walker Award – , Director & Producer: Sarah Tracton (Australia)
  • Emerging – , Director & Producer: Laurence Parent (Canada)

Source:[26]

2011[]

  • Best of Festival – , Director: Catherine van Campen, Producer: Joost Seelen (Netherlands)
  • Excellence Award – The Greatest Show on Earth, Director & Producer: Rosa Rogers (UK)
  • Excellence Award – , Director: Oded Adomi Leshem, Producer: Belfilms (Israel)
  • Achievement Award – , Director: Catherine van Campen, Producer: Joost Seelen (Netherlands)
  • Achievement Award – , Director & Producer: Sarah Entine (USA)
  • Achievement Award – , Director: Simone Grabs, Producer: Eva Radlicki (Germany)
  • Merit Award – Antoine, Director: Laura Bari, Producers: Laura Bari & Mila Aung-Thwin (Canada)
  • Merit Award – , Director: Ken Paul Rosenthal, Producer: Angel Vasquez (USA)
  • Merit Award – Departure Lounge, Director: Louis Neethling, Producers: Louis Neethling & David Horbury (UK)
  • Merit Award – , Directors: Dana Vion & Sky's the Limit Creative Services, Producers: Susan Sygall & Mobility International U.S.A. (USA)
  • Merit Award – Director & Producer: Jason Jakaitis; U.S.
  • Pamela K. Walker Award – , Director: Russell Kilbey, Producer: Amy Scully (Australia)
  • Emerging – Hannah, Director & Producer: Sergio Cruz (UK)

Source:[26]

2014[]

  • Best of Festival – , Directors: Genevieve Clay-Smith and R. Bryan (Australia)
  • Excellence Award – , Director: John Schaffer (USA)
  • Excellence Award – Once Again, Director: John Spottswood Moore (USA)
  • Merit Award – , Director: Tyler Bastian (Honduras)
  • Pamela K. Walker Award for Innovation in Craft – , Director: Thanh Diep (USA)
  • Advocacy Award – , Director: Dan Habib (USA)
  • Disabled Filmmaker Award – , Director: Clark Matthews (USA)

Source:[26]

2015[]

  • Best of Festival Feature – , Director: Regan Brashear (USA)
  • Best of Festival Short – Bastion, Director: Ray Jacobs (UK)
  • Advocacy Award – , Directors: Abby Fuller and Sarah Ivy (USA)
  • Disabled Filmmaker Award – , Director: Julia Kolenakova (Slovakia)
  • Excellence Award – To Be Or Not To Be, Director: Aziz Zairov (Kazakhstan)
  • Achievement Award – , Director: Patty Berne (USA)
  • P.K. Walker Innovation in Craft Award – , Director: Drew Goldsmith (USA)
  • Artistry Award – , Director: Alex Ketley (USA)
  • Disability Comedy Award – , Directors: Terry Galloway and Diane Wilkins (USA)

Source:[26]

2016[]

  • Best of Festival Feature – Best and Most Beautiful Things, Directed: Garrett Zevgetis (USA)
  • Best of Festival Short – Supersonic, Directed: Samuel Dore (England)
  • Advocacy Award – The Right To Be Rescued, Directed: Jordan Melograna (USA)
  • Disability Justice Award – Double Discrimination, Director: Rinkoo Barpaga (UK)
  • Liane Yasumoto Jury's Choice – Awake, Director: Michael Achtman (UK)

Source:[27]

2017[]

  • Best of Festival Feature – Deej, Directed: Rob Rooy (USA)
  • Best of Festival Short – In Crystal Skin, Director: Michaela O'Brian (Columbia)
  • P.K. Walker Innovation In Craft – The Chili Story, Director: Patty Berne (USA)
  • Disability Justice Award – Traveller, Director: Nwaya Zar Che Soa & Pyae Zaw Pgyo (Japan)
  • P.K. Walker Innovation In Craft –The Barber of Augusta, Director: Michèle Hozer (Canada)

Source:[28]

2018[]

  • Best of Festival Feature – Still Tomorrow, Director: Jian Fan (China)
  • Best of Festival Short – Stumped, Director: Ceder Wright & Taylor Keating (USA)
  • Disability Justice Award – Who Am I To Stop It, Director: Cheryl Green (USA)
  • P.K. Walker Innovation In Craft – Stim, Director: Anna KJ Maguire (USA)

Source:[29]

2019[]

  • Best of Festival Feature – Chuskit, Director: Priya Ramasubban (India)
  • Best of Festival Short – Gaslit, Director: Naomi Chainey (Australia)
  • Juror's Choice – The Gallery, Director Anthony Ing (UK)
  • Advocacy Award – The Man of the Trees, Director: Andrea Trivero (Italy/Burkina Faso)
  • P.K. Walker Innovation In Craft – Chin Up, Director: Georgina Hurcombe (UK)

Source:[30]

2020[]

  • Garden Variety -- Director: Reid Davenport
  • Verisimilitude -- Director: David Proud
  • High Flying Jade -- Director: Katherine Sweetman
  • My Grito -- Director: Cristian Rosas
  • The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating -- Director: Elizabeth Tova Bailey
  • Sign at All Times -- Director: Andrew Leibman
  • Indimenticabile -- Director: Gianluca Santoni
  • The Secret Life of Tom Lightfoot -- Director: Ray Jacobs
  • Single -- Director: Ashley Eakin
  • ReAct -- Directors: Takahiro Sato, Nobuyuki Arai
  • Wheelchair Wendy -- Director: Shaina Ghuraya
  • Sweet Solace -- Director: Nicolas Durand
  • Stand Up -- Directors: Kitty Hu, Dasha Masalitina
  • Alternative Ways of Being Human -- Director: Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heirmonen
  • God Given Talent -- Director: Jeff M. Giordano

Directors[]

led the film festival efforts from 1998 to 2001, after which, took over operations.[3][4] Catherine Kudlick, the director of the at San Francisco State University, and Bryan Bashin, CEO of LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, joined together to direct Superfest starting in 2012.[3][4][1]

Since 2012, when the Longmore Institute on Disability and LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired have directed Superfest, there has been a film festival each year, and the festivals have sold out each time.[1]

Growth of the festival[]

Superfest now attracts over 300 attendees during the festival's two-day event.[4] Filmmakers from both beginning and established backgrounds showcase their projects at Superfest. Filmmakers have debuted their films at Superfest and then gone on to receive broader distribution opportunities and further success.[4][31] The film creators have expressed having Superfest as an opportunity to showcase their work is affirming.[32]

In 2016, there were 119 film submissions for Superfest.[10]

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