Celebrating the lives and stories of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities — from 26 countries, across every genre. Browse our most popular categories below, or explore a specific category further down the page.
See all 312 Films →Autism
Rachel writes a letter to her future children describing her experiences of caring for her big brother.
Maeve and Billy are separated by the Belfast peace lines. The spark of love has been ignited.
Join Noëll and Gerrit on a transformative road trip where they discover freedom, trust, and their true selves.
An engaging look at the transformative power of dance and the importance of giving people with disabilities the opportunity to be seen, challenged and celebrated as artists.
Samson works in his father’s martial arts dojo, dreaming of becoming a professional martial arts stuntman.
Laura, Tim W and Tim S were born with developmental disabilities and are now living outside an institution for the first time.
Down Syndrome
In Cuba, a group of mothers bring their children with Down syndrome to perform with joy and verve in a park for a public audience.
A music video for the band, Delay Treesby, starring and featuring the artwork of director Teemu Erämaa’s brother, Tomi.
Funny and heart-wrenching – peoples’ candid and articulate self-awareness quickly shatter preconceptions of the disabled.
During a road trip, Michael, a young man with Down syndrome, is determined to convince his brother to teach him how to drive.
Daniel is different. He’s missing something. He only has 46 chromosomes where 47 should be.
A theatre group prepares for a large-scale spectacle, to be staged in a stadium for an audience of 5,000 people.
Intellectual disability
Riley was brutally beaten in a bias crime because of his developmental disability. Such a bias crime is not unusual.
The “How’s Your News?” crew are at it again with their insightful and hilarious coverage of the 2004 Presidential campaign.
Funny and heart-wrenching – peoples’ candid and articulate self-awareness quickly shatter preconceptions of the disabled.
A music video by Station 17 – a collection of improvisational musicians gathered from a Hamburg community of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Benjamin was 7 years old when he moved to Toronto. His neighbor Ramzi was 18 months old at the time. Within a year the boys had become best friends.
A music video, with catchy-as-all-get-up verses and power-hitting choruses, from one of Australia’s most unique rock acts.
Films with Discussion Guides
A young filmmaker revisits a lifetime of resentment toward his childlike, emotionally absent father — until a single fact about his father’s past forces him to reconsider everything.
A personal look into the lives of three couples with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Aroha wants to share her creativity with her neighbors. Her imaginations come to life for everyone to enjoy.
Tom holds a secret in his human heart; a wing beat and a flutter, and it’s bursting to take flight in this tale of magical realism.
Funny and heart-wrenching – peoples’ candid and articulate self-awareness quickly shatter preconceptions of the disabled.
Go inside the life of a woman with a developmental disability who is struggling to raise three children who also have disabilities.