1st UK Disability Film Festival DayBirmingham - MAC - www.macarts.co.ukBristol - WATERSHED - www.watershed.co.ukCardiff - CHAPTER - www.chapter.orgCoventry - THE HERBERT - www.theherbert.orgExeter - PHOENIX - www.exeterphoenix.org.ukGlasgow - FILM THEATRE - www.gft.co.ukGloucester - GUILDHALL - www.gloucester.gov.uk/guildhallHerefordshire - RURAL MEDIA - www.ruralmedia.co.ukInverness - EDEN COURT - www.eden-court.co.ukLancaster - THE DUKES - www.dukes-lancaster.org Leicester - PHOENIX - www.phoenix.org.ukLondon - BFI SOUTHBANK - www.bfi.org.ukManchester - CORNERHOUSE - www.cornerhouse.orgNewcastle-u-Tyne - TYNESIDE - www.tynesidecinema.co.ukNottingham - BROADWAY - www.broadway.org.ukSheffield - SHOWROOM - www.showroomworkstation.org.ukShrewsbury - THE SPACE - www.dasharts.orgStockton - ARC - www.arconline.co.ukStoke-on-Trent - FILM THEATRE - www.stokefilmtheatre.org.ukStrule - ARTS CENTRE - www.struleartscentre.co.ukWest Bromwich - THE PUBLIC - www.thepublic.comWolverhampton - LIGHT HOUSE - www.light-house.co.uk

3rd December 2010

Photo by Sarah Kennedy.

Session 1 - Morning The Best of OSKA BRIGHT (subtitles & audio description) Oska Bright is a Learning Disability Festival of the moving image consisting of films made entirely by people with learning difficulties. Originating in Brighton, Oska Bright has been running for 4 years and this is the first ever Best of Oska Bright screenings. All films are between 5 - 10 minutes in length. All films are subtitled and will include audio description.

The Oska Bright films to be shown are:

Journeys - Country Road? Take me Home! by Project Ability (Glasgow)I Saw A Girl by Arty Party (Telford)In Our Shoes by Serena Nordon (Kenilworth)The Raven’s Tale by The ShystershadowsGerm Academy by JUMPcuts Film ProductionStory of The Beatles by Hughie Mclntyre (Glasgow)35 km by Vilmos Kerecsendy (Vacegres, HungaryHope Springs - Episode 1 by David Miller, Wendy Elsley and Peter Nison (Shoot Your Mouth Off Films) The End of The World According to The Ram by Yosef Foyt, Martin Vojmik, Lucis Pasovam Pavla Jeykova, et al

Session 4 - EveningDisability Archive Film From MACE (indicative) Films between 15 seconds and 10 minutes in length. Leicester Guild of Cripples - A major fundraising event by the rich in aid of the ‘Cripples of Leicester’. Fatantastic sights of old equipment. 1930s.Goose Fair in Nottingham - Man with one leg dives from high board into a small pool of water; and a Black, female, short stature ‘freak’ meets the Mayor. 1930s.Midland Montage - 2 February 1961 - Bus for the disabled: a Cheshire Home recieves a new bus for the use of its residents. Ideal viewing to see range of old chairs. Midlands News - 5 May 1961 - ‘Handicapped’ people from Wolverhampton off on holiday: set-off from Molineux Hotel opposite Molineux Motors.Midlands News 10 February 1964 - Nottingham’s Barton’s Buses give a Cheshire Home - Holme Lodge - a special bus for disabled patients.18 April 1966 - Interview with Dame Isobel Cripps opening a new centre for ‘handicapped’ children at Cheltenham.ATV Today 17 May 1966 - A Blind man travels from Crewe to Birmingham each day by train to work at Delta Metals.7 October 1968 - Deaf-Blind man working in metals factory.Midlands News 29 April 1969 - Carlson House School for ‘spastic children’ at Harborne receives a coach from the Variety Clubs Sunshine Committee. ATV Today 15 September 1975 - Actor Roger Tonge - the ‘crippled Sandy Richardson on Crossroads’ - launches a road safety campaign at Victoria School for the disabled at Northfield in Birmingham.20 April 1970 - Barbara Blake interview with Peter McCranor and Neil McDonald of Coventry who run a stall at Coventry Market and take part in paraplegic sport.10 September 1970 - A Jeffrey Watson report about Hilary Pole in Walsall: who is considered to be one of the world’s most severely disabled people.18 August 1969 - Invalid cars - a danger to everybody!11 December 1972 - An interview with Joyce Carpenter from Bromsgrove: at 29 inches - the smallest woman in the world.20 Jan 1981 - Wheelchair dancing class in Cannock - Not Strickly!.

The 1st UK Disability Film Festival Day

DASH, one of the UK’s leading Disability Arts organisations, supported by ScreenWM, are proud to present the 1st UK Disability Film Festival Day on the International Day of Disabled People: 3rd December 2010.

The Festival is also supported by Oska Bright, the Media Archive for Central England (MACE), The Eveson Charitable Trust, The Elmley Foundation and the BBC.

Details of all films are available on www.disabilityfilmfestival.eu or DASH’s website at www.dasharts.org

Many venues will be adding extra events including, seminars, workshops, presentations, interviews with filmmakers and even ‘how to direct a film’ workshops. Go to the website of the festival or the venue for more details.

Session 3 - Late afternoon / Early eveningFeature Film from the BBC Archives - Free Raspberry Ripple (subtitled)1986, 1 hr 25 mins, Nigel Finch, John Gordon Sinclair, Nabil Shaban, Faye Dunaway

Raspberry Ripple was produced by the BBC and features John Gordon Sinclair (of ‘Gregory’s Girl’ fame) as a doleful young man who uses a wheelchair and regularly escapes reality by dreaming about American gangster movies. Figuring in his fantasies is a team of Bonnie and Clyde-like desperadoes. The film was produced by the prolific and exceptionally talented producer Ruth Caleb who recently produced the excellent BBC drama film The Last Days of Lehman Brothers.

Ruth Caleb will be ‘In Conversation’ at DASH - THE SPACE - after the screening of Raspberry Ripple.

The White Wall - Sanchita Islam The Beaten - Simon McKeown

Still from the MACE Archive Still from the MACE Archive

Session 2 - AfternoonShort Film Selection (indicative)Magic Hour 2010 Short Films and other selected Short Films.

The Beaten, 2010, 10 mins, Simon McKeown The legendary UK disabled actor and comic Liz Carr stars in a hard hitting drama about the potential despair disabled people are facing in the future.

Finding a Sky, 2010, 18 mins, Ewan Marshall (Dir), Alex Bulmer (Writer) A retired naval officer, Robert (John Alderton) - who has dementia, wants to help a blind woman, Betty, by giving her a moment of seeing.

The White Wall, 2010, 13 mins, Sanchita Islam, Animation The White Wall traces the journey of a girl who does not fit in the world and has never fitted, although outwardly she resembles a little girl her mind is in another place, another world, another time.

Introducing Homo Mancus, 2009, 9 mins, GermanyA story of a man, Christian Saleta, on his search for acceptance and recognition: a furious Corvette ride through social barriers and a life on two different sides, ending up in a famous dream. Real life action.

Turn the Book Around, 2009, 2 mins, Sean Burn An experimental film using sound and images to evoke life …

Flourish2BU. 2010, 10 mins, Outside Centre Productions A group of disabled people come together on a health and well being project in Wolverhampton; during which some weight is lost, some fitness gained and friendships made.

• There are 4 screenings throughout the day.• Not all venues will be showing all screenings.• All films are subtitled. Full screening list on website.• Please check venue websites for precise times

screenings as actual screening times may vary.This leaflet is available in large print and audio. Please contact us on 01743 272939 or via our websites: www.disabilityfilmfestival.eu or at www.dasharts.org