Abilities Arts Festival A Celebration of Disability Arts and Culture  
Justin Hines performing at In Celebration of our Children and Youth
The 2009 Abilities Arts Festival

 

Dates and Venues


NUIT BLANCHE
October 3rd, 2009
Urban Space Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto

PROJECTIONS FILM FORUM
October 8th & 10th, 2009
Innis Town Hall, Toronto

IN CELEBRATION OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
October 14th & 15th, 2009
Columbus Centre, Toronto

Lieutenant Governor's Exhibit
May - October 2009

 

Call For Submissions


2009 "Projections" Film Forum:

The Abilities Arts Festival is seeking works by filmmakers with disabilities that exemplify excellence, innovation and creativity in film. Films that provoke, enlighten and offer diverse perspectives. Films that are innovative and entertaining. We welcome submissions of features, documentaries, or animation films that are either feature-length or shorts.

EXTENDED Submission Deadline: July 10, 2009

Click here for Rules and Conditions and Entry Form

 

The Children's and Youth Photography and Film Exhibit:

An exhibit of photography and short films by children and youth with disabilities will be on display both during and after the day-long celebration.
 
Our past experience shows that this unique exhibit captures the imagination, beauty, creativity and wisdom of photography and films created by children with disabilities and allows for active involvement in the arts.

We are currently asking children and youth with disabilities to create and send us their creative masterpieces for inclusion in the photography and film exhibit.

Submission Deadline: September 18, 2009

Check out the CALL FOR ENTRIES on our website for details on how children and youth with disabilities can submit their photographs and films.

 

 


Featured Artist:

Justin Hines

Celebrate the story of a great man in LIKE EACH DAY WAS YOUR LAST: A JOURNEY WITH JUSTIN HINES. Singer-songwriter Justin Hines' road to musical success is profiled in this one hour documentary, premiering November 18 at 9pm ET on Bravo Channel. Possessed of an unflagging spirit that’s remarkable under any circumstances, Justin copes with a rare genetic joint condition that keeps him wheelchair bound as he pursues his passion in music.