Easterseals Disability Film Challenge 2021

The 2021 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge took place on May 6th, with a live audience of hundreds. Team C4B proudly produced the virtual film challenge with Easterseals Southern California and Microsoft Teams. This year, with a record-breaking 93 competitive submissions, the theme for this year’s challenge was mockumentary. Winners included:

Social Fitness – Anna Pakman (Best Awareness)

The Home Office (The Making of Cartoon HQ) – Dani Bowman (Best Editor)

Nay Nay Too Bomb - Natalie Trevonne (Best Actor)

Dwarfo-psychosis - Maria DiDomenico (Best Director)

Dwarfo-psychosis – Emily Pascal (Best Film)

Get ready to laugh through some of the best short films you’ll see all year!

Hosted by the film challenge’s founder & director, Nic Novicki, we were joined by a star-studded line up of presenters, including Millicent Simmonds (A Quiet Place: Part II), Ryan O’Connell (Special), Ali Stroker (Oklahoma! on Broadway), Paul Raci (Sound of Metal), Matthew Jeffers (New Amsterdam), & Michelle Buteau (Welcome to Buteaupia).

If you missed it, there’s still time to catch the full show online.

The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge gives filmmakers—with and without disabilities—the opportunity to collaborate to tell unique stories that showcase disability in its many forms.

The film challenge is a weekend-long filmmaking contest, open to all, that provides a platform for new voices in the entertainment industry. Each year, aspiring storytellers are prompted to creatively write, produce and complete a short film. Challenge winners receive invaluable access to entertainment professionals, opening the door to an industry notoriously difficult to enter.