CDT NEWS AND INFORMATION
SAVE THE DATES FOR “SUPERFEST CLASSICS"
Join us in celebrating “Superfest Classics” --a diverse selection of extraordinary award-winning captioned films from prior competitions!
Who: Culture! Disability! Talent! (CDT)
What: Superfest Classics International Disability Film Festival
When: June 5, 12-4 p.m.- “Superfest Kids Classics” (films geared for teenagers) - Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Public
Library
June 6, 12-4 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.- “Superfest Classics” (screening the SAME block of films in
the afternoon and evening.)
Where: June 5 – Berkeley Public Library
2090 Kittredge Street, 3rd Fl. Community Room
Berkeley CA 94704
June 6 - Gaia Arts Center
2120 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
UPDATED ACCESS ACCOMMODATIONS INFORMATION: Both venues are wheelchair accessible. All films are captioned; both afternoon sessions (12-4 p.m.) will be audio-described. Braille and large print screening schedules are available. Film introductions will be American Sign Language interpreted at the June 6 screenings (12-4 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.) Please refrain from wearing perfume or other scented products.
Please click on the SUPERFEST link at the top of the page to view the press release, film descriptions, and screening schedules.
Superfest is the world's longest running international disability film festival, promoting films meeting the highest standards of artistic merit, diversity and authentic portrayals of the disability experience. 2009 marks the 27th year since Culture!Disability!Talent! (CDT) began sponsoring the unique festival, and the 11th time Superfest will be held in Berkeley, California.
Superfest Classics is sponsored by: Alameda County Arts Commission, Berkeley Public Library, California Arts Council, Gabriel Ledger, M.D., and the National Arts and Disability Center at the University of California Los Angeles. CDT is also currently funded by the City of Berkeley Civic Arts Program.
Our competitive Superfest International Disability Film Festival will resume in 2010. The call for entries for Superfest 2010 will be out on November 1, 2009, with a January 1, 2010 deadline for submissions. Potential submitters are strongly encouraged to provide captioning and audio description for their films; please see http://www.culturedisabilitytalent.org/superfest/caption.html for more information.
