Disability

Song of the Hands explores deafness through music, following Jennifer, Gabriel, and José—three Deaf musicians from Venezuela—as they face the challenge of staging Beethoven’s Fidelio in Sign Language for the first time, under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. The film reveals the isolation the protagonists experience due to their deafness, ultimately showing that music is not only their refuge, but also their salvation and their...

In between prejudiced gazes, Margarita, a free spirited woman and salsa music lover, walks away from her marriage searching for her own identity. At night Margarita finds refuge in a seashore kiosk, where improvised salsa parties take place. Her path crosses with Liana’s, a deaf tourist who arrives at the peak of the party. Seeing in Liana a world foreign to her own, Margarita finds the perfect company to explore her true being, and decides to teach Liana how to dance, understanding her...

An exciting and inspiring story about Zuko's life, which exemplifies the human spirit's preseverance and resilience in the face of adversity. He worked as a professional mountain guide for 15 years before being injured and losing the mobility of his legs. However, this does not deter him, and he demonstrates to us, through his inner search and the expedition to Kilimanjaro, that limits only exist in our...

The Free Thought School is a Philosophy project for intellectual disabilities, in an agora where everyone, regardless of ability, is welcome. The extraordinary is poetically inscribed in the ordinary, appropriating what is natural to it, materializing the possible...

Simon suffers from Asperger's syndrome, but that doesn't stop him from trying to communicate with Valeria, a deaf-mute girl who regularly visits the same lonely beach as he...

Chica Latina is a documentary that narrates the way of life of Alba Prieto. Alba is a 32-year-old woman who, despite her particular physique, works as a stripper and cheerleader at bachelor parties . She lives in El Palo, a popular and working class neighborhood of Málaga (Spain). Her origins are humble and comes from a broken family. Her mother abandoned her when she was 12 years old and her father barely took care of her. From the age of 16, Alba had to look for her own life doing various...

In the drought-stricken town of Agua Dulce, in the California High Desert, a ten year old girl challenges her grandfather, a cranky retired firefighter, to follow a crazy plan and bring water back to the dry...

Aleixo Paz A.K.A. "Boy from the Blaze" is the survivor of a tragic accident that destroyed his life and that of his family. About to turn 18, without a job or an education, he spends his days in the darkness of his room. Consumed by pain and anger, his only hope is writing songs for an imaginary crowd. Inspired by a friend and encouraged by his mother, he will find the strength to go on stage and overcome his...

Zahra is a middle-aged woman who visits a temporary marriage agency and signs up to have a young working girl. She picks her up to take her home but the girl (Negar) who has never had a female client before, becomes suspicious of Zahra’s intent and sexual...

Luca and Silvana are in love and dream of getting married. But there are many bureaucratic obstacles to overcome for those who – like them – have Down Syndrome, so their marriage is postponed year after year. Perhaps their desire for an independent life together will remain just a...

Nick, 35, has cerebral palsy and still lives with his parents. His loyal twin brother Chris has always felt guilty about the daily struggles Nick goes through, which he doesn’t. As Nick finally gets his wish to move out on his own, Chris has to deal with his own fears and feelings about this...

Based on an experience of the director, “Silence please” tells the story of two brothers Dani is a young neighborhood guy from a humble house. He works in a warehouse and wishes things were easier for him and his family. He lives with his mother and brother, Javier, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Javier is working on an intership on the neighbrhood library, but a little incident disrupts the family...

Wanja was diagnosed with ALS nine years ago. While she’s busy making plans for what’s left of life, she meets someone and everything changes. It turns out that having a fatal illness doesn’t mean that life is...

Raúl, a teenager with cerebral palsy shows his concerns and thoughts through a mime. Among them, David's life, a boy with autism who loves planes and is always carrying with...

Sharing car is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna...

True smile is the story about a trip through the empty glance of an autist and blind boy who crosses 1.300 kms in tandem bycicle with his brother. This documentary inmerses us into the Sergio's unreachable world, that seems to the desert, the destination of their...

My capacities show the daily day of a group of people with disability. They and their parents are the protagonists of this film, which aim to raise awareness, touch and, above all, inform to other families that may be living this situation in the...

Irene is eight years old and has just awakened from a horrible...

Micky is a young man who wakes up hungover one day in bed with Elsa, a mentally handicapped young woman, and he has no idea how he got there. Little by little he comes to realize he is in a supervised living facility inhabited by last night’s hookup and her two housemates. As he tries to piece the night back together in his head, the supervisor of the group, Alicia,...

Mercedes works at an insurance company. She is good at her job, she is even She may be promoted. Everything seems to change when the company assigns him a new assistant: Juan Francisco, a young man with Down...

As a toddler, Philly Mayer was healthy and happy. A chubby baby, he was quick to laugh and eager to get up on his own feet. And then, before his first birthday, Philly suddenly stopped walking. His motor skills began to deteriorate. After a slew of tests and endless emotional upheaval, doctors diagnosed Philly with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a genetic disease that occurs in an estimated 1 out of every 6,000 births and leaves the spine underdeveloped. His parents were told that he would not live...