Easterseals Disability Film Challenge

GENRE: Dramedy The films entered into the challenge must be in the genre of Dramedy. Some examples of Dramedy movies: Up in the Air, The Big Sick, Silver Linings Playbook, Lost in Translation, The Truman Show, Forrest Gump, Sideways, Little Miss Sunshine.

GENRE: Thriller or Suspense The films entered into the challenge must be in the genre of Thriller & Suspense. Some examples include: "Only Murders In The Building" , "Knives Out", "Run", "Clue", "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo", "A Simple Favor", "Searching", "Murder Mystery", "The Menu", "Psycho", "Rear Window", "A Few Good Men", "Silence of the

GENRE: Buddy Comedy The films entered into the challenge must be in the genre of Buddy Comedy. Some examples include: "Pitch Perfect" "The Heat" "The Hang Over" "Turner and Hooch" "White Men Can't Jump" "Superbad" "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" "Sideways" "The Trip" "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" "Hot Fuzz" "Men [...] The post 202

GENRE: RomanceThe films entered into the challenge must be in the genre of Romance. These films can be comedic, romantic and or dramatic.

After being nominated for best actor in the 2022 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge I landed a role as Emma Wheemer in Lucky Hank with Bob Odenkirk. The show produced by Sony will be on AMC this year.

After we made our film "Expectations", which was a 2020 finalist of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, I got an e-mail from an executive at a production company that was producing Brie Larson's Disney+ series "Growing Up". They wanted to feature a disabled person's story and were looking for a disabled director to helm [...] The post Ashley

Genre: SuperheroAs we get back to normal times, does the world still needs Superheroes? And how do you define "superhero" anyway?

Mockumentary or documentary style short film. The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge is a narrative short film competition but many of our film challenge participants are currently staying home and safe due to the COVID-19 pandemic the genre of the assignment of the 2021 EDFC: Home Edition is Mockumentray or documentary style.

Danny J Gomez guest starred in CBS's NCIS: Hawai'i. He credits the the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge for helping to kick-start his acting career, starring in film challenge winning films Check Mate in 2018 and in I/O in 2019.

Emily Hopper (star of our 2019 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge “Best Film” winner- Parents, Inc.) booked a major role as a disabled teenager in the Amy Poehler-directed Netflix film, MOXIE. The casting director Allison Jones and the producers of "Moxie" discovered Emily through her work on her film Parents Inc.