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Holland Bloorview in Toronto is delighted to announce that filmpossible - an online video contest where filmmakers are challenged to create a video under two minutes that will bring visibility to disability – is now open and accepting entries.
Aspiring filmmakers of all ages and abilities are encouraged to enter. Winners will be determined by a panel of celebrity judges and online public voting. Terrific prizes will be awarded including a first prize of $5000 and Flip Video Camcorders, donated by Cisco.
Films will be reviewed by a jury consisting of an eclectic mix of people who have come together to embrace this important cause, including experts from the film industry, high profile comics, a singer and an acclaimed journalist and author.
Our judges include:
Trevor Boris, MuchMusic personality
Ian Brown, Feature Writer, The Globe and Mail
Allen Braude, Co-Director, Learning, Toronto International Film Festival, Sprockets programmer
Justin Hines, singer/songwriter
Nikki Payne, comic
Tania B. Reilly, Programming Manager, Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival;
Karen Shopsowitz, independent filmmaker.
“Let’s change the way the world views childhood disability,” said Christa Haanstra, Holland Bloorview’s Senior Director, Communications and Public Affairs. “We are looking for videos that bring visibility to disability in interesting ways. Consider showing changes we can make, celebrating achievements, demonstrating inclusion or dispelling myths surrounding childhood disability. Show us your creative twist on bringing visibility to disability – and help create a better world for children with disabilities.”
Beth Haller, Ph.D., is Co-Director of the Global Alliance for Disability in Media and Entertainment (www.gadim.org). A former print journalist, she is a member of the Advisory Board for the National Center on Disability and Journalism (https://ncdj.org/). Haller is Professor Emerita in the Department of Mass Communication at Towson University in Maryland, USA. Haller is co-editor of the 2020 "Routledge Companion to Disability and Media" (with Gerard Goggin of University of Sydney & Katie Ellis of Curtin University, Australia). She is author of "Representing Disability in an Ableist World: Essays on Mass Media" (Advocado Press, 2010) and the author/editor of Byline of Hope: Collected Newspaper and Magazine Writing of Helen Keller (Advocado Press, 2015). She has been researching disability representation in mass media for 30+ years. She is adjunct faculty in the Disability Studies programs at the City University of New York (CUNY) and the University of Texas-Arlington.
From Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto, Canada:
