Films will be available for free unlimited access during the month of October. The Sprout Film Festival inspires audiences across the nation by focusing on exclusive films that celebrate the diverse lives and creativity of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).

Viewers will be able to stream anytime from anywhere. This festival features short films from around the world introducing powerful, thought-provoking messages to promote greater acceptance and light the spark to help make the invisible visible. Together, we strive to challenge assumptions, celebrate differences, and break down stereotypes.

Schedule :

- Intro - Awareness

- Awareness

This video might make you think what people's lives could be like if we focused more on their abilities, rather than their disabilities.

- Intro - What Would You Change

- What Would You Change?

"If you could change one thing about yourself, what would change?"

- Intro - 3rd Son, Fourth Brother

- 3rd Son, Fourth Brother

Hiphop artist Cam Lasley: 'We got each others back - until the day we drop - and we never gonna stop.'

- Intro - I Wish

- I Wish

This is one in series of short videos featuring poetry written by poets with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

- Intro - Hands Away

- Hands Away

People often express joy through movements.

- Intro - What I Like About Myself

- What I Like About Myself

As students in a photography group practicing interviewing techniques, a simple question receives surprisingly diverse and complex answers.

- Intro - The Girl With the Tuba

- The Girl With the Tuba

A young woman with autism details how playing a tuba in the streets of Atlanta has helped her define her voice as an activist.

- Intro - Discovering the Truth

- Discovering the Truth

Tanner discusses the time when he learned about his diagnosis of being autistic, and how it has actually helped him.

- Intro - Jimmy

- Jimmy

Two young boys on a merry-go-round, one is "normal", the other has Down syndrome.

- Intro - Close My Eyes

- Close My Eyes

A sweeping music video that so slowly and cleverly reveals the characters behind this slice of pitch perfect indie pop.

- Intro -1 Cant Sit Still and Concentrate

- I Can't Sit Still and Concentrate

A poem, by Jennifer Fan, which shares moments of anxiety. The poem is recited and performed by Nadirah McFadden. A Sproutflix Production.

- Intro -1 Go Down

- I Go Down

A music video about the ability of a musician not the disability of a man with autism.

- Intro - No Goodbyes

- No Goodbyes

Lead singer, Rory Burnside: "When I finally meet someone, someday soon I hope, it will all come to the fore! And I will sing her this song."

Date : October 1, 2023 - October 31, 2023

Time : 12:00am - 11:00pm

Location : online

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