Celebrate International Day of People with Disability at The Other Film Festival and Alter State 2026.
Image: Darren Gill
Join us as we celebrate International Day of People with Disability at Fed Square’s Big Screen. Meet and chat with filmmakers and audience members. We have curated a program of six Australian short films for you to enjoy!
Program: 6 Australian short films
When: Thursday 3 December, 5.45 – 7 pm
Where: Big Screen, Main Square at Fed Square, Melbourne
Access: Seating available, wheelchair access, accessible toilet, changing place, registered assistance & companion animals welcome, assistance & companion animals facilities.
Fed Square is cobblestoned and may be difficult to navigate for visitors using mobility aids.
Click here for map and access information for Fed Square.
The Other Film Festival 2026 on the Big Screen presented in partnership with Fed Square and as an Alter State event.
12 minutes | Australia | English
Director: Edoardo Crismani | Writer and Producer: Tammy Coleman-Zweck
A tech-savvy teen, who relocates to live with her Deaf Aunty, must learn Auslan and deal with a technophobic, reclusive watchmaker, who challenges her world.
16 minutes | Australia | English and Cantonese
Director, Writer and Producer: Rae Choi
After moving into her late mother’s home by the beach, a musician is confronted by another kind of loss as mysterious mementos and phantom noises blur reality and memory.
10 minutes | Australia | English
Director, Writer and Producer: Leo Berkeley
A disabled man tries to solve the biggest question in physics, a solution to the theory of everything, while rubbish piles up on his balcony.
6 minutes | Australia | English
Director: Inez Playford | Writer: Harald Hummerston | Producer: Emily Bull
London, 1917. As Virginia and Leonard Woolf painstakingly handprint their first publication, we journey into the stream of Virginia’s mind as she is struck with paralysing anxiety, stopping the press in a bid for time.
12 minutes | Australia | English
Director and Writer: Lily Drummond | Producer: Sarah Moulton
When a disabled teenager fears she will never find love, she enlists her friends to become her mentors in the unpredictable world of dating and discovers that love can come in unexpected ways and different forms.
9 minutes | Australia | Auslan and English
Director and Writer: Sofya Gollan | Producer: Rebecca Janek
An experimental short documentary about an Auslan Sprite who must protect her sign language for those who need it most
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.
Full TOFF 2026 Program coming soon.
The Other Film Festival is presented in partnership with ACMI and in collaboration with Alter State. Our major Funding Partner is City of Melbourne.
Alter State has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, Office for the Arts and Screen Australia.
Wheelchair Access
Accessible Toilet
Auslan
Opened Captioning (all audience can view)
Quiet Space
Access Support Workers (Yes)
Changing Places Toilet
Registered Assistance & Companion Animals welcome
Assistance & Companion Animals facilities
