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
This groundbreaking documentary, made in 1970, focuses on Georgia, a four-year-old with Autism in her special education class.
For students practicing interviewing techniques, a simple question receives surprisingly diverse and complex answers.
During an emotional time in his life Jimmy is enrolled at a boarding school. While there he gets a crush on a waitress and meets a ghost.
A personal mini-documentary on the thoughts of the filmmaker’s brother Wataru Kubo, who has autism.
A film crew captures the happenings during the making of a vampire film as reality becomes blurred.
Brian is a teenager with autism who indulges his imagination by creating characters, sculptures, and creatures from twist-ties.
Down Syndrome
The film follows a bride and groom’s various journeys on the morning of their wedding, with an expected twist.
Jack Blond is a regular guy with Down syndrome who idolizes James Bond.
A chance encounter between Georges and Harry sets the scene for a carefully crafted examination of love, loss and life rediscovery.
This auto-biographical documentary follows the filmmaker as he bids farewell to the housing he has lived in for eight years.
“Floating Boy” is the story of a young man who wants to fly. His father, wanting the best for his boy, wants him to stay grounded.
Lovely, simple, and compelling, this film highlights the work of a dance company consisting of people with intellectual disabilities.
Intellectual disability
Siblings is a touching look inside the world of those who have grown up with a brother or sister with a developmental disability.
Two young rowers with intellectual disabilities thrive on the companionship and routine that comes with being part of a team.
A music video, with catchy-as-all-get-up verses and power-hitting choruses, from one of Australia’s most unique rock acts.
Free follows the path to freedom of people with intellectual disabilities that are locked away in Croatian institutions.
A music video of improvisational musicians from a Hamburg community of people with developmental disabilities.
For students practicing interviewing techniques, a simple question receives surprisingly diverse and complex answers.
Films with Discussion Guides
A family film about a waitress who notices that one of her customers is extremely upset and goes out of her way to try and make the customer feel better.
An inspirational short documentary about a boy with Down syndrome and his love of baseball.
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.
A personal look into the lives of three couples with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
35 people answer the same one question: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would you change?
A short photo-essay offering a glimpse into the life of a boy on the autism spectrum and the challenges he and his family face.