WWW.REELABILITIES.ORG WWW.REELABILITIES.ORG TICKETS Accommodations Sponsors* $15 Opening and Closing Night and Accessibility GREATER DC D ISABILITIES GREATER DC D ISABILITIES $10 General Admission JCCNV Special Needs Department 3 $7 Students and Seniors (60+) ASL interpretation, CART, Audio Description, Gold Level: 3 and information in Braille are available. F EBRUARY 6-13, 2014 Please note that there are several complimentary fi lms and group rates available. Please check www.reelabilities.org/greaterdc for Individuals needing accommodations F EBRUARY 6-13, 2014 more information, to view trailers, and to purchase tickets. should contact [email protected], Schedule (703) 537-3031 by January 27. Box Offi ce and Will Call open 30 minutes prior to the start of FOR A LISTING OF SPECIAL EVENTS each fi lm. All fi lms are captioned or subtitled, and all venues are wheelchair accessible. ReelAbilities Film Festival AND SPEAKERS, PLEASE VISIT National Sponsors: Proceeds from the festival will benefi t special needs programming. WWW.REELABILITIES.ORG/GREATERDC FILM DATE TIME VENUE ADDRESS Opening Night: Come As You Are 6-Feb. 7:00PM Spectrum Theatre 1611 N. Kent Street, Arlington, VA 22209 Director: Reel Encounters (Autism in Love, Be My Brother, Dancing Outside 7-Feb. 7:00PM Imagination Stage 4098 Auburn Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814 the Box, Flying Anne, Sensory Overload) Come As You Are 8-Feb. 7:30PM Reston Community Center 2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston, VA 20191 Six Points About Emma 9-Feb. 11:30AM DCJCC 1529 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 Screenwriter: Ocean Heaven 9-Feb. 2:00PM Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library 3310 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 Son of the Stars 9-Feb. 2:00PM Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library 1630 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 Supporting Roles: Aphasia 9-Feb. 2:00PM Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia 8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax, VA 22031 (JCCNV) The Importance of Tying Your Own Shoes 9-Feb. 4:00PM Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852 (JCCGW) Reel Encounters (Autism in Love, Be My Brother, Dancing Outside 9-Feb. 5:30PM Temple Rodef Shalom 2100 Westmoreland Street, Falls Church, VA 22043 Screening Partners: the Box, Flying Anne) Reel Signs (Coming Home and Departure Lounge) 9-Feb. 7:00PM Temple Beth Ami 14330 Travilah Road, Rockville, MD 20850 Costco Six Points About Emma 9-Feb. 7:00PM Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia 8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax, VA 22031 Wholesale (JCCNV) Reel Encounters (Autism in Love, Beautiful, Be My Brother, The 10-Feb. 6:00PM Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Great Hall, 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 Outreach Partners* Conference, Dancing Outside the Box, Flying Anne, Willowbrook) Active Minds Audio Description Associates, LLC Center for Workers with Disabilities Reel Encounters (Beautiful, Be My Brother, Flying Anne, Sensory 10-Feb. 7:00PM George Mason University Johnson Center Cinema, 4400 University Drive, Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind Overload, Willowbrook) Fairfax, VA 22030 Continuum Autism Spectrum Alliance DC Government Offi ce of Disability Rights (ODR) Reel Signs (Coming Home and Departure Lounge) 11-Feb. 7:00PM Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library 3935 Benning Road NE, Washington, DC 20019 Embassy of Belgium Fitness for Health Reel Signs (Coming Home and Departure Lounge) 11-Feb. 7:00PM Parklands Turner Neighborhood Library 1547 Alabama Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20032 George Mason University Hillel Goodwill of Greater Washington When I Walk 11-Feb. 7:30PM Fairfax County Government Center 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA Hugh Gregory Gallagher Theatre 22035 Imagination Stage Jewish Foundation for Group Homes (JFGH) Reel Encounters (Sensory Overload, The Conference, Flying Anne) 12-Feb. 2:00PM Northern Virginia Community College – Colgan Auditorium (MC 226), 6901 Sudley Road, Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA) KidWX Manassas Campus Manassas, VA 20109 LTCCC Committee for Young Adults with Disabilities National Association of the Deaf Ocean Heaven and preview of Autism in Love 12-Feb. 6:30PM The Ivymount School 11614 Seven Locks Road, Rockville, MD 20854 Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities RespectabilityUSA The Importance of Tying Your Own Shoes 12-Feb. 7:00PM Bethlehem Lutheran Church 8922 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax, VA 22031 Reston Community Center SPARC Solutions Closing Night: Wampler's Ascent 13-Feb. 7:00PM Artisphere 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209 Spina Bifi da Association of the Mid-Atlantic Region Stroke Comeback Center Sunfl ower Bakery The Ivymount School and Programs The Treatment and Learning Centers Jewish Community Center Washington Jewish Film Festival of Northern Virginia 8900 Little River Turnpike • Fairfax, VA 22031 *As of 12/15/13 Phone: (703) 323-0880 • www.jccnv.org WWW.REELABILITIES.ORG OPENING NIGHT REEL SIGNS WHEN I WALK COME AS YOU ARE TWO SHORT FILMS 85 minutes | USA | Documentary • Sunday, Feb. 9 | Temple Beth Ami | 7PM • Tuesday, Feb. 11 | Fairfax County Government Center | 7:30PM GREATER DC D ISABILITIES 115 minutes | Belgium | Dutch, French, Spanish with This screening is presented by the Washington Society of This screening is presented by the National Disability Institute English Subtitles Opening Night Speaker In 2006, 25-year-old Jason DaSilva was on vacation at the beach 3 • Jewish Deaf Thursday, Feb. 6 | Spectrum Theatre | 7PM • Tuesday, Feb. 11 | Benning Neighborhood Library | 7PM with family when he suddenly fell. This screening is presented by Chimes Asta Philpot, Executive Producer Asta Philpot was born with a condition known as • Tuesday, Feb. 11 | Parklands Turner Neighborhood Library | 7PM Doctors told him not just that he had F EBRUARY 6-13, 2014 arthrogryposis which means joint contractures multiple sclerosis, but an especially Additional Screening severe case that could lead to a myriad • that develop before birth and are evident at birth. Saturday, Feb. 8 | Reston Community Center | 7:30PM Asta says that waking up every day has been a COMING HOME of other disabilities. Jason picked up 27 minutes | UK The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia bonus since his birth. He never complains and the camera, turned it on his declining Mark, a deaf man adopted by hearing parents, (JCCNV) is excited to present the 3rd Annual Mature content. Recommended for adults. his favorite saying is he loves life. Asta acts, body, and set out on a journey in search On a quest to lose is determined to uncover the truth about his sings, and is an ardent campaigner on behalf of of healing, self-discovery, and love. ReelAbilities: Greater DC Disabilities Film Festival! their virginity, three past. all people with disabilities. He is not scared of An emotional documentary fi lled with young men with ReelAbilities is dedicated to promoting awareness saying exactly what he thinks when he is invited unexpected moments of humor and joy, When I Walk is a life- disabilities embark and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic to debate a variety of issues on radio. DEPARTURE LOUNGE affi rming fi lm driven by a young man’s determination to survive on a wild road trip. 27 minutes | UK — and to make sense of a devastating disease through the art of expressions of people with different abilities. This Enjoying the fi ner In 2007, Asta gave the world a small snapshot into his life through A young hospital janitor who is deaf avoids cinema. unique festival presents award-winning fi lms in things in life (like his BBC documentary under the One Life Strand, titled “For responsibility until a bond with an ailing patient wine and song), locations throughout the Greater DC area. The One Night Only” in which he persuaded two other young men gives him courage to face life. these friends with disabilities to join him in an encounter and enjoy a sexual screenings are accompanied by speakers and other believe the only CLOSING NIGHT experience in a legal Spanish brothel whilst being followed by the engaging programs that bring together the community thing missing is the BBC. Audience Award – Best of Fest. to explore, discuss and celebrate the diversity of our touch of a women. SIX POINTS ABOUT EMMA WAMPLER’S ASCENT Isolated by their disabilities and cared for by their parents, they shared human experience. Based on Asta’s story, Come As You Are has won numerous 90 minutes | Spain | English Subtitles 77 minutes | USA | Documentary convince their families they need to go to Spain on a “wine tour” awards, has been distributed in more than 30 countries worldwide, • Sunday, Feb. 9 | DCJCC | 11:30AM • Thursday, Feb. 13 | Artisphere | 7PM but this is a cover for their true destination — a Spanish brothel that and the director, Geoffrey Enthoven, has been named one of the • Sunday, Feb. 9 | JCCNV | 7PM This screening is presented by caters to men with disabilities. top 10 directors in Europe! Booz Allen Hamilton Mature content. Recommended for adults. Preceding the fi lm, Hugh Gregory Film Descriptions Emma is a magnetic, attractive woman Gallagher Theatre presents a Films are not rated, viewer discretion is advised. who is blind. Determined to have a performance by the Gallagher Gang. baby, she sets out on a search for a REEL ENCOUNTERS THE CONFERENCE 18 minutes | UK man, wooing her psychologist from Steve Wampler, who has cerebral palsy, APHASIA A COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS This short fi lm follows a disastrous disability group therapy and her young neighbor. needs to do 20,000 pull-ups to climb Her objective seems easy enough to the famous El Capitan Mountain in 40 minutes | USA | Documentary • conference at a drab hotel. As plans unravel, a Friday, Feb. 7 | Imagination Stage | 7PM (Autism in Love, Be achieve, but our heroine soon falls Yosemite. His family cheers him on from • Sunday, Feb. 9 | JCCNV | 2PM comedy of politically incorrect manners unfolds.