ABOUT REELABILITIES
In 2016, the American-born ReelAbilities Film festival crossed the border and launched in Toronto, Ontario, making this the first official international chapter of RAFF.
Now in our fifth year, ReelAbilities Toronto Film Festival is proud to showcase Canadian and International shorts, features, and documentaries about Deaf and disability cultures and by filmmakers and actors with disabilities and/or who are Deaf. Click here to discover the impact of the 2023 ReelAbilities Film Festival.
Since its inception, ReelAbilities Film Festival Toronto has launched programs alongside producing the festival in the spring of each year. Programs such as the ReelAccess/CinemAccessible Guide and the CBC-ReelAbilities Breaking Barriers Film Fund have helped build this Toronto festival into a mainstay of the city’s disability and cinematic fabric! Our ReelEducation program has brought films and lesson plans about equity and inclusion into 118 schools across the province, in 28 school boards.
As you may have already heard, due to unexpected funding constraints, the ReelAbilities Film Festival Toronto has been placed on hiatus - meaning we will not be able to run our festival in May 2024 as planned.
We look forward to building back a successful festival, and we’ll connect with you as soon as we have more information about what that might look like.
We understand your disappointment; we feel the same way.
--Your RAFFTO Team
VOLUNTEER
https://reelabilities.org/toronto/get-involved/#volunteer
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Volunteering for ReelAbilities Film Festival: Toronto is a terrific way to get involved in this exciting initiative from its first stages! The commitment and generosity of our volunteers is the foundation that makes our festival a great success. Volunteering at our festival is hard work, but also lots of fun- you can meet filmmakers from around the world, interact with our engaged audience and watch great movies! Please join us to make this festival shine.
REELEDUCATION
https://reelabilities.org/reeleducation/
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The ReelEducation program provides free resources for educators and administrators to teach students about inclusion, empathy, universal design, mental health and stereotypes, as well as attitudinal and employment barriers.
Throughout the year, ReelAbilities works outside the festivals to raise awareness and promote inclusion by bringing our ReelEducation films and conversations to schools, community centers, corporate offices, and more