For the first time ever, we'll be hosting an online Showcase that's just for kids! We'll screen a series of shorts that will help your introduce to your children how disability can serve as a creative and generative force in cinema and society more broadly. All films will play with audio description and captioning, and the program will have live captioning and ASL. For other questions, email: beitiks@sfsu.edu. 

10:30 -11:30am PT / 1:30 - 2:30pm ET

To learn more about Superfest, visit: superfestfilm.org

Chin Up (4 minutes):
Throughout her childhood, JoAnne loved to draw herself as heroic characters to escape the insecurity and feeling of being different that came with her condition. However, JoAnne never drew her facial features any differently to fit the scene of a heroic warrior or mystical mermaid. This animated documentary touches on poignant milestones that have impacted JoAnne and made her the strong woman that she is today.

On Beat (7 Minutes) This documentary short follows the lives of a deaf couple with hearing children and the unexpected outlet that brings their family closer together.

Just Go! 11 Minutes- Just Go is inspired by the true story about a young man, name ‘Just” who at age 24 lost both of his legs in a childhood accident. In this love story/action film, viewers are reminded that looks can be deceiving.

The Penguin Who Couldn't Swim (5 minutes)
This animated short, made by a disabled animator, follows the story of a penguin who lives on a rocky island in the southern seas where she feels isolated from the rest of her colony.

Predators of Transylvania (7 Minutes) Kids are followed by a great wolf. They are trying to escape from large sharp fangs by climbing on a tree. The dawn comes and first rays of sun reveals, that nothing is, as it seems. 


Stopgap in Stop Motion (5 Minutes) Photographs of performers in a disabled and non-disabled dance company come to life. The individual artists dance out of the photos and across table tops.