Superfest 2020 occurred online Friday, October 16th, Saturday, October 17th, and Sunday, October 18th. Read below to check out the blurbs for 2020’s films!
Friday, October 16th
The God-Given Talent (5:35 pm)
Disability Justice Award for Charles Blackwell
USA, 2018 (Feature Film, 70 min)
Blind Oakland poet, painter, playwright, and teacher Charles Curtis Blackwell had a challenging upbringing in California and Mississippi. This sensitive documentary explores his current creative life rooted in loss, love, pain, and redemption.
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Saturday, October 17th
High Flying Jade (2:05 pm)
Best of Festival: Documentary
USA/Vietnam, 2019 (Documentary Short, 22 min)
Follow the true story of a bipolar American white woman who tries to manage her unique brain chemistry by running away to join the circus in Hồ Chí Minh City.
The Secret Life of Tom Lightfoot (2:27 pm)
UK, 2020 (Dramatic Short, 10 min)
Tom Lightfoot works at a call center that answers anybody’s questions about absolutely anything. The talented co-workers know an awful lot, except about Tom himself, who holds secrets inside. And studying for a PhD in bird migration isn’t even half of it.
ReAct (2:37 pm)
Japan, 2019 (Dramatic Short, 4 min)
A self-employed Japanese wheelchair dancer born with Spina Bifida confronts the elements, natural and human in lyrical, unexpected ways.
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Sweet Solace (2:41 pm)
France, 2019 (Dramatic Short, 10 min)
A penniless, whimsical street musician smiles when two blind passersby encounter one another, catapulting all three into his imaginary world of movies and music.
Sign at All Times (2:51 pm)
Advocacy Award
USA, 2019 (Documentary Short, 8 min)
A young skateboarder shares his journey to find pride in his Deaf identity.
Indimenticabile (2:59 pm)
Italy, 2019 (Dramatic Short, 20 min)
Luna, who has Cerebral Palsy, and Angel, a sex worker, share an unusual story of love, which challenges the cages and the judgment of others.
