Entries Now Open: The Other Film Festival #disability #cinema #geekgirl

THE OTHER FILM FESTIVAL 2012 ENTRIES NOW OPEN!

Yes, it’s on again! Australia’s only disability film festival is calling for films made by, with or about people with a disability or who are deaf.

Films may be any form, genre or length. Click HERE for details about how to enter a film.

New!
All entrants will receive a five-day Festival Pass, including our fabulous Opening Night party. Your film will also receive a title page on IMDb.com, the world’s leading film database.

Entries Close 16 March 2012

About The Festival
Since 2004, The Other Film Festival has screened an international program of outstanding contemporary cinema about the experience of disability. In September 2012, the festival will offer forums on cinema, access and disability-related issues, there will be workshops and opportunities for professional development and some surprise international guests that we will announce closer to the festival.

The festival will continue to lead global-best practice in cinema access. In 2012, all films will be captioned (or subtitled) and audio-described; the festival venue will be fully wheelchair accessible; Auslan interpreters will sign all spoken events; and the program will be available in a range of alternative accessible formats.

» Take me to The Other Film Festival webpage

The Shocking Film Night! Disability Culture is out of the box… #Melbourne #geekgirl

August 26 · 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Location Ground floor, Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne
Australia
 
Wesabi presents two films to provoke the historical/hysterical version of people with a disability:
Disability Culture Rap: http://is.gd/e9tze
Braindamadj’d: http://braind.apartment11.tv/

Also a fabulous raffle of original artwork by Wesabi’s award-winning artists.
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Gold coin donation. Food and drink available at small cost.

For more info or to RSVP, email wesabi.group@gmail.com or phone (03) 9639-6856

This is a fundraising and hair-raising event for Wesabi, a self-advocacy and peer support group for people with an Acquired Brain Injury. Brain Injury Awareness Week is Aug 16-22, 2010.

Grit Media. Shamelessly Disabled is on the lookout for Media Mentors

GRIT MEDIA is looking for volunteers to mentor or train people with disabilities in media, design, video or radio.

Deadline: ongoing

Check out www.gritmedia.org.au and contact director@gritmedia.org.au for more information.

For those interested in the participating in the Media mentorships…

Grit Media currently offers the disabled community the opportunity to reach beyond the parameters of its own imagination. For the next six months we are offering Mentored Placements in all types of creative media environments and for varying lengths of times. These placements can range from anywhere between four hours to up to a week depending on the individuals needs and the companies idiosyncrasies.

Organizations renowned for their cutting edge supremacy will now open their own doors of perception to allow anyone from the “allability” community to sample their cerebral smorgasbord of creatively inventive delights.

If you have ever desired to examine the realms of film, television, stills photography, print media, event management, video installation and beyond, or have ever wanted to see a director, producer or sound engineer (to name a few) at work, then please download an information/application form here.

The only stipulations for eligibility are that you are over eighteen, become a member of Grit Media (its free and without strings) and dare to dream big.

Grit Media Mentoring… be a part of it and be a part of history.

A Victorian, not-for-profit organisation with the purpose of producing media with, for and by people with disabilities.

Connected 09 – Melbourne exhibit

Cathy Staughton
Cathy Mother Poor ‘R2D2′ Robo & Good Little Boy Angels 1 Year old Dec 2007 2008
Gouache & Ink 765 x 560 mm

Connected 09…

Selected Artists from Arts Project Australia will be exhibiting in Connected 09 exhibition at Black Box Theatre at the Victorian Arts Centre.

Artists included in the exhibition are Jodie Noble, Dionne Canzano, Steven Ajzenberg, Peter Ben, Steven Worrell, Alan Constable, Julian Martin, Miles Howard-Wilks, Leo Cussen, Cathy Staughton, Chris O’Brien, Brigid Hanrahan, Cameron Noble, Valerio Ciccone and Lisa Reid.

Location
Black Box Theatre,
Victorian Arts Centre
100 St Kilda Road,
Melbourne VIC

Opening
Friday 31 July 2009 at 11.30am

Exhibition Dates
Thursday 30 July – Thursday 13 August 2009

Hours
Daily from 11am – 6pm and until 9pm on Friday and Saturday evenings
FREE and open to the public

Arts Project Australia is a not-for-profit incorporated association that is committed to supporting people with disabilities to become practitioners in the visual arts and to promote their work as integral to the broad spectrum of contemporary arts practice.

Grit Media Mentoring – Call for Applications

Grit Media currently offers the disabled and creative media communities the opportunity to reach beyond the parameters of their own imaginations and hybridize together in evolutionary style. For the next six months Grit Media are offering mentored placements in all types of creative media environments and for varying lengths of times for people with disabilities. These placements can range from anywhere between four hours to up to a week depending on the individual’s needs and the company’s or person’s idiosyncrasies.

Organizations renowned or becoming so, for their cutting edge supremacy, are now being asked to open their own doors of perception and allow anyone from the “allability” (Grit’s preferred term) community to sample their cerebral smorgasbord of creatively inventive delights. If you have ever desired to give an “allabled” soul  the opportunity to examine the realms of film, television, stills photography, print media, event management, video installation and beyond, or have ever wanted them to see a director, producer or sound engineer (to name a few) at work, then please start earning those karmic brownie points and having a whole lot of fun.

All participants in this program are over eighteen years of age, it costs neither the organization or working professional anything at all and every person being mentored is completely covered by our public liability insurance. The only real stipulation for eligibility is that both parties have the courage to dare to dream big and way outside of the square.

Contact: Media Mentorship Program Officer at vanessa@gritmedia.org.au

http://www.gritmedia.org.au

New Livewire online community connects young Australians living with serious illness

Livewire, a new online community that is the first of its kind in Australia for Aussies between 10 and 21 living with serious illness or disability. It is a free service designed to provide a safe and supportive online community to connect children and young people living with these health conditions.

An estimated 450,000¹ young Australians aged between 10 and 21 are currently living with a serious illness, chronic health condition or disability.

Livewire aims to have a significant impact on the social and emotional wellbeing of its members, to help relieve stress and anxiety, alleviate boredom and to help empower them to develop new life skills and make new friends.

Find out more information should visit www.livewire.org.au or contact member.services@livewire.org.au