@reelabilities
Parent organization of the flagship ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York, the premier exhibitor celebrating the lives, stories, and artistic expressions of disability communities worldwide. Find out more at: ReelAbilities.org
Meet our 2026 Pitchers 🎤 Watch fiction and nonfiction projects come to life as filmmakers pitch their visions to a panel of influential industry leaders on April 28 during the 18th annual ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York!
More Info + Tickets ➡️ zurl.co/r08ud
Blue graphic with CFF logo, a QR code, and white text: "Open Call. Climate Film Festival. Sept 2026 NYC. Submit your film."
Submit your film to New York’s Climate Film Festival 🎥
CFF is returning September 18–21, 2026. They are looking for bold and boundary-pushing works, from narrative and documentary features to experimental shorts and music videos.
Submit your film ➡️ filmfreeway.com/ClimateFilmF...
Our 2026 Opening Night film will be revealed in 3 DAYS!
Check back this Wednesday, March 12 to find out and buy your Opening Night tickets.
Who remembers these moments from Opening Night last year? 🙋🙋♀️🙋♂️
The Athena Film Festival is happening this weekend at Barnard College!
SCHEDULE & PASSES ➡️ zurl.co/kPvdp
Nic Novicki holding up his hands with orange text "DRAMEDY." Above is a 13th annual Easterseals Disability Film Challenge laurel. Below is text "March 24th - 29th, 2026"
The 13th annual Easterseals Disability Film Challenge is coming up!
Taking place March 24 through 29, the Disability Film Challenge is a 5 day challenge to create a disability inclusive short film under the “Dramedy" genre.
Register to participate by March 23: filmfreeway.com/DisabilityFi...
Black and orange graphic with film still from Walk With Me. Text reads "Walk With Me. March 31 | 7pm, Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, followed by Q+A with director Heidi Levitt." The CaringKind and ReelAbilities logos are in the bottom corners.
Come out to our screening of WALK WITH ME this month 🎥
🗓️ March 31 at 7 PM
📍Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
TICKETS 🎟️ zurl.co/20gZN
Screening followed by Q+A with director Heidi Levitt. Co-presented by ReelAbilities, co-sponsored by CaringKind.
Black and blue graphic with the ReelAbilities Industry Summit logo and photos of a performer on stage and a film camera. Text reads "Passes on sale. Disability Inclusion in Film + Performing Arts. April 27-28, 2026. NYC + Online."
NOW ON SALE: Industry Summit Passes! Taking place April 27-28, 2026, join industry professionals to discuss accessibility, inclusion and representation in the film and performing arts industries at the ReelAbilities Industry Summit.
BUY YOUR PASS 🎟️ reelabilities.org/summit
Blue graphic with large white text "NYSCA FY26 Grantee" and the NYS Council on the Arts logo.
For the first year since becoming a 501(c)(3), ReelAbilities has been awarded a NYSCA grant!
We are so grateful for this support from NYSCA to help further our mission to amplify disability storytelling, increase opportunities for disabled creators, and foster inclusive spaces.
Graphics promoting Forum Without Barriers third edition's presentation of ReelAbilities short films and Ravit Turjeman's participation as an expert.
Graphics promoting Forum Without Barriers third edition's presentation of ReelAbilities short films and Ravit Turjeman's participation as an expert.
Forum Without Barriers: On Accessible Cinema begins tomorrow! ReelAbilities COO Ravit Turjeman will be presenting:
🔸 ReelAbilities short films screening
🔸 The State of Disability Inclusion in the Industry panel
🔸 ReelAbilities Case Study
Register to tune in online 💻 zurl.co/EBCbZ
Blue flyer with film graphic, the poster for Looking Up, a QR code, and text: "Looking Up: Audio Described Documentary Film Screening. Featuring Director Elena Neuman Lefkowitz. Monday, February 23, 4:30pm ET via Zoom, FREE. Scan to register or visit https://bit.ly/LookingUpDoc"
Happening Monday: JBI Library is hosting a FREE, virtual, audio described screening of LOOKING UP followed by a Q&A with director Elena Neuman Lefkowitz!
🗓️ Monday, February 23
🕒 4:30pm ET
💻 Virtual via Zoom
Register for free 🔗 bit.ly/LookingUpDoc
A hand holding a film camera with a Slamdance 2026 laurel in the bottom left corner and white text centered "2026 Unstoppable"
Slamdance Film Festival is opening in LA today through Feb 25th! ReelAbilities is proud to support Slamdance Unstoppable - a showcase of films by disabled filmmakers, programmed exclusively by disabled artists.
Passes, schedule & more info 🎬 slamdance.eventive.org
A wide view of a full auditorium at the Zero Project Conference 2026, with speakers on stage and large screens displaying live captions and a remote participant.
#ZeroCon26 has begun! ReelAbilities COO Ravit Turjeman is moderating two panels tomorrow:
🔸 From Description to Inclusion: Nobaflix - 11:40 CET / 5:20am ET
🔸 Making Films and Screenings Accessible for All - 15:20 CET / 9:20am ET
Tune in via YouTube livestream ▶️ zurl.co/aG1Va
A wide view of a full auditorium at the Zero Project Conference 2026, with speakers on stage and large screens displaying live captions and a remote participant.
#ZeroCon26 has begun! ReelAbilities COO Ravit Turjeman is joining live in Vienna to moderate two panels tomorrow:
🔸 From Description to Inclusion: Nobaflix - 11:40 CET / 5:20am ET
🔸 Making Films and Screenings Accessible for All - 15:20 CET / 9:20am ET
Tune in via YouTube livestream ▶️ zurl.co/aG1Va
Horizontal flyer with graphics of a red camera and film, logos for ReelAbilities, Bus Stop Films, New Filmmakers LA, and Emerson College, and text "Film screening, Q&A and Industry Mixer. Celebrating the work of intersectionally diverse filmmakers from the USA and Australia. Tuesday 24th February, 4pm to 7:30pm, Emerson College Los Angeles."
Join ReelAbilities LA, Bus Stop Films and New Filmmakers LA for a selection of dynamic short films followed by a panel discussion with filmmakers and networking.
🗓️ Tuesday, February 24
🕒 4pm
📍 Emerson College Los Angeles (5960 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA)
RSVP for FREE 🔗 zurl.co/en7hG
You can also watch Lachi's Industry Summit Session from ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York 2025 on ReelAbilities Stream: zurl.co/zahbc
📍Brooklyn Heights LibraryRSVP for free 🔗 zurl.co/IjQcF
Lachi and Tina Friml smiling in front of a step and repeat.
TOMORROW: Our friend @lachimusic.bsky.social is hosting a book signing at @bklynlibrary.bsky.social! She will be in conversation with @tinafriml.bsky.social about her new book I IDENTIFY AS BLIND.
🗓️ Tuesday, Feb 17th
🕒 6-7:30pm
Black and orange graphic with quote from Lawrence Carter-Long in Able News, "Retire euphemisms that encourage avoidance. If the words you use make you comfortable but erase real live disabled people, this isn’t kindness. It is cover."
Director of Engagement Lawrence Carter-Long expands on his recent Dis & That blog post 10 years after "DISABLED. #SayTheWord" went viral in this month's Able News.
Read online 📰 zurl.co/OQDg3
This #ThrowbackThursday, we are looking back at last year's ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York!
Enjoy this recap video by Limitless Laughs & join us this year from April 23-30, 2026 for another week of films, art, and conversations.
Mark your calendar with our 2026 Key Dates 🗓️ zurl.co/Rog1I
An orange a black graphic with a still from Take Me Home. White and black text reads "New Blog Post. Op-Ed: Sundance Continues to Break Ground with Take Me Home. By Isaac Zablocki."
ReelAbilities CEO Isaac Zablocki's writes about how "@sundance.org continues to break ground with 'Take Me Home'" after Liz Sargeant's recent feature film premiere in Park City.
Read on Dis & That Blog 📰 zurl.co/ZKGu0
Two ReelAbilities volunteers in front of an audience. Orange text above reads "Volunteer with us!" Below is the ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York 2026 logo.
📣 Volunteers needed for ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York 2026 📣
The commitment and generosity of our volunteers is the foundation that makes our festival a great success. Learn more and express interest at reelabilities.org/newyork/vo...
Black and orange graphic with quote from Mayer Waxman on Dis & That Blog, "Disabled Jews and Disabled people belong at the center of our narratives, rituals, and responsibilities."
February is Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month (#JDAIM)! We have a guest blog from ReelAbilities Advisory Board member Mayer Waxman.
Read on Dis & That Blog 📰 zurl.co/dFY5A
1- Film still from Remedial with ReelAbilities Stream logo and two orange banners that read "Remedial. Watch online at ReelAbilities.org/stream" 2- Two women smiling in front of a ReelAbilities step-and-repeat, one holding an award certificate and the other holding a microphone
1- Film still from Remedial with ReelAbilities Stream logo and two orange banners that read "Remedial. Watch online at ReelAbilities.org/stream" 2- Two women smiling in front of a ReelAbilities step-and-repeat, one holding an award certificate and the other holding a microphone
Throughout #BlackHistoryMonth, we're highlighting films by Black filmmakers! By Laurie Jeanette Gardiner (recipient of our 2025 Shine Global Script Award), REMEDIAL follows Will as his social and learning difficulties lead to a false diagnosis. Watch at ReelAbilities.org/stream 💻
A panel on stage at the Marvels of Media Festival.
Are you an autistic media-maker? Museum of the Moving Image is hosing the Marvels of Media Festival to recognize the outstanding media work of autistic media-makers.
Submit your films, video games, music videos, and virtual reality experiences by tomorrow, Jan 31: Bit.ly/Submit-MarvelsofMedia26
Film still from The Tallest Dwarf of 6 little people. Below are logos for DCTV Firehouse and Women Make Movies and text on the image reads "Special NYC Screening. Thursday, Jan 29th - 7PM"
Happening TOMORROW: @womenmakemovies.bsky.social and @dctvny.bsky.social are hosting a screening of The Tallest Dwarf 🎥
🗓️ Thursday, January 29th at 7pm
📍 DCTV Firehouse Cinema
🎤 Followed by Q&A with Director Julie Forrest Wyman
Take Me Home team posing in front of a step and repeat
Daisy Friedman speaking on panel
From screenings of Take Me Home to “The New Disability Cinema” panel with The Impact Lounge, we’re thrilled to see disability representation at Sundance Film Festival!
ReelAbilities Film Festival: Greater Washington is taking place now through March 8! Attend screenings and events throughout the DMV area and virtually.
More Info + Schedule 🎬 reelabilities.org/greaterwash
Happening today with The Impact Lounge in Park City at @sundance.org! Last chance to register ⬇️
theimpactlounge.com/session/...
Won't be at Sundance? Watch the short doc version of "Take Me Home" on ReelAbilities Stream 💻 zurl.co/CVVHX
A black and orange graphic with white text "ReelAbilities at Sundance Film Festival 2026. The new disability cinema panel: Mon, Jan 26, 10am. Take Me Home Screenings: In person Jan 26–Feb 1, Online Jan 29–Feb 5" and a photo of an Impact Lounge panel and film still from Take Me Home.
Sundance Film Festival begins today! ReelAbilities is headed to Park City for the last time. Say hi to us at...
The Impact Lounge panel "The New Disability Cinema: Everything Everywhere All On Screen" 🎤 zurl.co/oxeCE
Screenings of "Take Me Home" 🎥 zurl.co/p0vRo
