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Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival

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In 2024, Cinema Touching Disability takes place Friday and Saturday, September 27 and 28, at the Long Center in Austin. This year's offerings include screenings of winners and official selections of this year’s international short film competition and more!

Please note that * starred films include adult topics or language, parental discretion is advised.

Friday night

6:00 Venue opens

6:30 Pre-show music by Gretchen McMahon (lobby)

7:00 Program begins, with welcome by CTDFF staff

7:20 Selected Shorts block 1

• Turquoise (non-documentary)
• Sound Tracks (documentary)
• Rising Tides, Raising Voices (documentary)

7:50 brief intermission

8:05 Selected Shorts block 2

• Invisible Barriers (documentary)
• * Lockdown (non-documentary)
• Traveling Light (non-documentary)

8:35 brief intermission

8:50 Documentary winners

• Colorful Souls
• Stoop Chat with Shayana and Jimmy
• Turn up the Bass

9:30 Voting for Audience Favorite & Awards Announcement

10:00 close of program

Saturday night

6:00 Venue opens

6:30 Pre-show music by Gretchen McMahon (lobby)

7:00 Program begins, with welcome by CTDFF staff

7:10 Presentation of Gene Rodgers Creative Advocacy Award

7:20 Selected Shorts block 3

• A Tale of Sword and Smoke (non-documentary)
• * Pyramid of Disunion (non-documentary)
• Seeing Notes (documentary)
• These Are the Sounds I Make (documentary)

8:00 brief intermission

8:15 Non-documentary winners

• * We're Too Good for This
• * Existing Patient
• * Mo<3Kyra

9:00 Voting for Audience Favorite & Awards Announcement

9:20 Existing Patient Filmmaker Q&A with director Aaron Abolt, star Jenn Covington, and editor & composer Leif Steenson

10:00 close of program

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Cinema Touching Disability is open to the public. Tickets this year are priced on a sliding scale starting at $5. Incidental costs like parking, snacks, and drinks are not included in the ticket. Comped tickets are available if cost is a barrier, you can request comped tickets by emailing filmfest@txdisabilities.org. If tickets sell out, we will have a wait list online and at the door.

Regarding access, the theater will have open seating, with unattached chairs on a level floor, and some tables for those who need a surface. All films will be screened with open captions, and ASL interpretation will be provided for all spoken portions of the Festival. Audio description devices and sound amplification devices will be available. Garage parking includes accessible spaces, and paid valet parking is available by request. For additional access requests, please contact the Festival at filmfest@txdisabilities.org or the Long Center.

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