Disability film festival in Arizona calls for entries

From the different from what? Film Festival:

Film Festival on Disability - Film Entries Wanted!

different from what? Film Festival
January 29-31, 2010
Tempe, Arizona
USA

** Please visit our website: http://differentfromwhatfilm.com/ **
Current submission deadline: October 25, 2009 - please check website for details.

MISSION AND OBJECTIVE
This festival explores the expression and construction of ability, disability, and identity from multiple perspectives. In what ways do our cultural practices reflect conventions and expectations that make some differences visible while obscuring others? Who and what conspires to compose these defining images and in what ways are they avoided, resisted, negotiated, and challenged? Participants will be intrigued by this mélange of film, conversation, and celebration of the differences that punctuate our community discourses.

GENERAL CALL FOR FILMS
Feature length and short films (30 minutes or under) are to being accepted for showcase in the first annual 2010 different from what? Film Festival. We welcome submissions in the following categories: drama, comedy, documentary, animation or experimental.

STUDENT FILM COMPETITION
Feature length and short films (30 minutes or under) will be accepted for competition in the 2010 different from what? Film Festival Competition. We are accepting submissions in the following categories: drama, comedy, documentary, animation or experimental.
Cash prizes and awards will be granted as follows:

* Best of Festival
* Best of Category: Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Animation and Experimental
* Audience Prize
* Spirit of the Festival

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
different from what? Film Festival will hold its premiere at the MADCAP Theaters in Tempe, AZ, during January 29-31, 2010. The Festival will feature productions that display a wide breadth of perspectives on disability as a life experience, an identity, and a social and political construct.

The Festival is a student-led initiative organized in collaboration with the Equity Alliance at Arizona State University, an organization providing services that support learning around equity, access, and participation.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...
For entry requirements, please download and refer to the general call, competition call, and entry form document attachments.
For other questions or comments, or if you would like to sponsor our festival, please email us at: disabilitiesfilmfestival@asu.edu