International disability film festival at AFI Silver in Maryland June 7-11

From VSA Arts:

AFI Silver is collaborating with VSA--the international organization on arts and disability--to present the International Disability Film Festival, which will include a wide selection of outstanding films by and about people with disabilities from all over the world.

The film festival is part of the 2010 International VSA Festival, taking place in theaters, museums, cultural institutions, and public spaces throughout the Washington metropolitan area, and bringing together more than 2,000 participants from around the globe.

Tickets for all film screenings and panel discussions are FREE and available from the AFI Silver Box Office starting at 1:30 p.m. the day of the show only (limit 4 tickets per person).

Here's a list of the films:

See What I'm Saying
Monday, June 7
7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
(United States) - A portrait of four extraordinary entertainers who are deaf over the course of a single year as their stories intertwine and culminate in some of the most important events of their lives. In English with open captioning. RATED PG-13

Music by Prudence
Tuesday, June 8
7:15 p.m.
(Zimbabwe) - An Academy Award®-winning short film about the resilient Prudence, who has a hauntingly beautiful voice and leads an Afro-fusion band called Liyana, all eight members of which have disabilities. In English with open captions. NOT RATED

Part of the Shorts Program
Drona & Ik
Tuesday, June 8
7:15 p.m.
(Netherlands) - In this short film, young Drona explores the city of Amsterdam and spends time with his brother, showing that autism is no obstacle to a loving sibling relationship. In Dutch with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Part of the Shorts Program
Special People
Tuesday, June 8
7:15 p.m.
(United Kingdom) Attempting to make his comeback into filmmaking by directing an emotional drama about the struggles of living with a disability, Jasper is thwarted at every turn by his cast of witty and capable adolescents. In English with open captioning. NOT RATED

Part of the Shorts Program
BEN X
Tuesday, June 8
9:15 p.m.
(Belgium) - The harsh world of high school is even harsher for a young man with Asperger's syndrome until a girl he has met in an online gaming site shows up in his real life. In Dutch with open captioning in English. NOT RATED

Antoine
Wednesday, June 9
7:15 p.m.
(Canada) - Set in Montreal, Antoine explores the real and imaginary life - which includes solving mysteries, hosting radio shows, and even driving - of a five-year-old boy who is blind. In French with open captioning in English. NOT RATED

The Willow Tree
Wednesday, June 9
9:15 p.m.
(Iran) - This thought-provoking narrative tells the story of a university professor who after 40 years of blindness miraculously regains his full sight and must readjust to a different life. In Persian with English subtitles. NOT RATED

For Once in My Life
Thursday, June 10
7:00 p.m.
(United States) - The story of a band made up of talented performers with a wide range of mental and physical disabilities who are on a journey to become professional musicians. n English and Spanish with open captioning in English. NOT RATED

El Truco del Manco
Thursday, June 10
9:15 p.m.
(Spain) - This three-time Goya award-winning film tells the story of Cuajo, a man who is paralyzed on half his body and has a single dream: to succeed in music. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Nobody's Perfect (pictured)
Friday, June 11
7:00 p.m.
(Germany) - A darkly humorous film about a man searching for, then photographing, eleven people who - like him - were born with disabilities caused by side-effects of Thalidomide. In English and German with open captioning in English. NOT RATED

Stubborn and Spite
Friday, June 11
9:10 p.m.
(United Kingdom) When two men with physical disabilities fight over the last disabled parking space, there are unexpected consequences. In English with open captioning. NOT RATED

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Friday, June 11
9:10 p.m.
(United Kingdom) Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is (The Road to Guantanamo co-director) Mat Whitecross' rip snorting portrait of capricious British punk rock pioneer Ian Dury (BAFTA nominee Andy Serkis). From a troubled childhood and a battle with debilitating polio to the effects of fame on relationships and fatherhood, here are the highs and lows of a life lived sneeringly, unapologetically out loud. In English with open captions. NOT RATED