Superfest

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About Superfest:

Superfest is the longest running film festival venerating disability in films. Founded in 1970, this yearly Bay Area grassroots event has grown into an international media showcase honoring the unique contributions of the expanding disability arts and culture movement, exhibiting the most innovative and provocative works from established and emerging filmmakers. Crucial to Superfest is that the majority of the leaders, jurors and participants are people with disabilities whose judgments and values inform festival choices.

Superfest 2014:

Theme: Superfest 2014 will focus exclusively on short films 40 minutes and under in length that compellingly portray disabilities or are written, produced, directed or starring disabled individuals. Judges will assess entries in the competition based on a number of critical artistic criteria, including: artistic merit, impactful message and cutting edge cinematography.

Where: The festival will be held at the magnificent Contemporary Jewish Museum in the heart of the San Francisco, next to Yerba Buena Gardens, SFMOMA and the Metreon.

When: November 2, 2014 – specific times for film showings will be announced once we finalize the program.

Accommodations: In addition to ample space for wheelchairs, a friendly environment for service animals and a scent-free environment, films will be audio described and captioned to ensure a welcoming environment for people of all disabilities.

Call for Entry:

1) Works must be on the subject of disability, feature a prominent disabled character, or are written, produced, directed or star disabled individuals.
2) This year Superfest is focusing on shorts.  All submissions must be under 40 minutes.
3) Work must have been produced within the last 10 calendar years (since January 1, 2004 for entry in Superfest XXVIII in 2014).
4) Entries for Superfest XXVIII must be postmarked on or before March 15th, 2014, no exceptions.
5) Submissions can be on Youtube, Vimeo or DVD. Visit Superfestfilm.com for more information.