2014 Film Festival

Over the last five years Cam Lasley has released the acclaimed albums “The Man Himself” and “In My Face”. Now at the age of 30, Cam begins a new chapter of his life writing songs that reflect becoming a man, a role model, and an artist, with his new album Against These Walls, the first under his own name.

After a teenage house party goes too far, a bullied boy with Down’s Syndrome is forced to take the reins and look after the bully: his brother.

Teddy Kremer has Down Syndrome, but it hasn’t stopped him from being a part-time batboy and full-time inspiration for the Cincinnati Reds.

“Max has Down Syndrome, but I don’t even notice. He’s just my brother – I love him. I don’t know what I’d do without him. Everybody should have a brother like Max!” – Libby Anderson

Pablo goes to the supermarket with his mother any given day. Who would tell him that, after a moment of oversight, he would live a small odyssey that he will have to overcome alone? In Spanish with English subtitles.

“Everything for Everyone” – a music video by Station 17. A collective of improvisational musicians gathered from a Hamburg community of people with mental disabilities. In German with English subtitles.

Ingrid, a woman with intellectual disability, had a dream to “Jump off a cliff!” – or in other words, hang glide. Ingrid’s journey to the edge of the precipice took hard work, perseverance and character – the latter she has in spades!

Geraint’s turned sixteen but he spends the entire day of his not-so-happy birthday in pursuit of the ultimate gift…a skateboard.

“Happiest Day” is a family comedy about a shotgun wedding. The film follows a bride and groom’s various journeys on the morning of the wedding, with an unexpected twist.

There was a time when Heath White chased perfection. “Perfect” is the story of how the birth of a girl with Down Syndrome led to the re-birth of a man who thought he had everything, until he discovered the joy of pushing his daughter, Paisley.

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What would happen if we were different from what is considered “normal”? Would we be able to accept ourselves? In Spanish with English sub-titles.

A glimpse into the lives of two young individuals with Down Syndrome living happy and fulfilling lives.

Anthony Starego, a young man on the autism spectrum, is the varsity placekicker for Brick Township High School in New Jersey. Kicking is especially suited to him because it’s the one thing in football that is the same every time you do it.

Bastion was having an ordinary day, a few of the regulars, old gents with less and less hair to cut each time, he was ready to head home, and then HE entered, that harmless fool.

41-year-old Tracy Mengelkoch is blind and has a mental disability, but none of that interferes with her love of Twins baseball. At games her father calls the play-by-play for her.

A young man is forced to attend a support group that leads to an unexpected connection.

Based on Jessica Ashman’s personal experience of growing up with an autistic brother, Fixing Luka is a tale of hope, determination and acceptance.

A young woman with autism details how playing a tuba in the streets of Atlanta has helped her define her voice as an activist.

Can individuals with developmental disabilities be good parents? “Family Life” profiles Clement & Karen Lefebvre and their two children.

A mother-to-be faces the high possibility of having a child with Down Syndrome and befriends a family who share their experiences and guide her towards a different perspective.

After his grandmother’s death Hansel returns to Cuba from San Francisco to look after his disabled brother, Marcos. Marcos misses his grandmother and refuses to accept that she has died. In Spanish with English subtitles.

The eldest of seven kids, four of whom have autism, Junior, the WBC youth international boxing champion, must now face increasingly tougher opponents to secure a home and a better life for his brothers and sisters. In Dutch with English subtitles.