The 69th Sydney Film Festival today announced the sixth year of its Screenability Program.
Curated by Screenability Programmer Rebecca McCormack, a total of six works will screen in the program including Directing Award-winning documentary at Sundance I Didn’t See You There and deeply personal feature Straighten Up and Fly Right from Slamdance, alongside homegrown SXSW Audience Award winning drama Shadow.
Also appearing in the selection are three Australian short films selected as part of the Screenability Filmmakers Fund for Screen NSW: Inspire Me, Voice Activated and All Silent Dogs.For the sixth year, the Festival also maintains its inclusion policy with audio described and open-captioned screenings, alongside a wide offering of English-subtitled films.Screenability at Sydney Film Festival is part of a suite of initiatives designed to boost the participation of underrepresented groups in the screen industry.
The focus of Screenability is to showcase films by filmmakers with disability in a festival context.
To see the full programme of Screenability films click here.