The Other Film Festival returns to ACMI Cinema 3 in 2026! In collaboration with Alter State.
The Knight, 2025
The Other Film Festival is Australia’s first international disability film festival. Since 2004, it has become a leader in the global disability screen advocacy movement. The Other Film Festival champions Deaf and Disabled-led and authored work. Acknowledging also the vital role of allyship in the screen industry to make change together. The Other Film Festival is a major project of Arts Access Victoria.
Our 2026 screening program on ACMI Cinema 3 includes ground-breaking Australian short films and animation. The Other Film Festival is committed to making films as accessible as possible. All films are free, audio described, captioned and streamed across Australia.
The Other Film Festival is supported by City of Melbourne Arts Grants.
Butterflies
12 minutes | 2012 | Australia | English
Director: Isabel Peppard | Writers: Isabel Peppard, Warwick Burton | Producer: Warwick Burton
When a struggling artist is offered a paying job by a sinister businessman, the prospect seems inviting but the reality threatens to kill her imagination.
The Bear Hunt
12 minutes | 2025 | Australia | English
Director: Lily Drummond | Writers: Lily Drummond, Nat Luna | Producers: Sarah Moulton, Lily Drummond
Determined to make her beloved teddy bear look ‘normal’. 12-year-Ellie goes on a journey that changes the way she understands difference.
D-Tox
12 minutes | 2025 | Australia | English
Director: Polly Garrett | Writers: Polly Garrett, Lewis Bell | Producer: Lewis Bell
Everyday Ari takes a pill. When one day the pills stop, she is forced to confront the truth she has been hiding from.
The Knight
11 minutes | 2025 | Australia | English
Director: Lotte Sweeney | Writers: Lotte Sweeney, Maiah Stewardson | Producers: Lotte Sweeney, Maiah Stewardson, Morgan Wright, Ben Golotta
Claude has urges that need to be explored – in private. A hot, disabled teenager concocts a world of medieval pleasures in her bedroom.
Some Kind of Blue
16 minutes | 2025 | Australia | English and Cantonese
Director: Rae Choi | Writer: Rae Choi | Producers: Eleanor Somerville, Sheree Ramage, Rae Choi
After moving into her late mother’s home by the beach, a musician is confronted by another kind of loss.
Feeling
13 minutes | 2025 | Australia | English
Director: Jake Willis | Writer: Jake Willis | Producer: Tobias Willis
A dancer sets out to put on a performance of a lifetime to impress the girl of his dreams.
How to turn on Audio Descriptions and Captions:
When: Thursday 19 November – Sunday 6 December
Where: ACMI Cinema 3
Access: Open captioning, closed captioning and audio description
Click here for ACMI Cinema 3 access page.
Click here to visit our TOFF Cinema 3 landing page.
Major Funding Partner
Presenting Partner
The event is presented in collaboration with Alter State
Opened Captioning (all audience can view)
Closed Captioning (view on a device)
Audio Description
