VarietySony Pictures Animation’s ‘GOAT’ Makes History as First Major Studio Film Looped by an All-Disability Group
VarietySony Pictures Animation’s ‘GOAT’ Makes History as First Major Studio Film Voiced by an All-Disability Loop Group
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https://variety.com/2026/artisans/news/goat-voiced-disability-loop-group-sony-1236686254/
Social Audio Description Collective2025 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge
For the second year in a row, SADC produced the audio description that was provided to all of the finalists of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, a program feature starting last year. As before, no specific information about any of this years fifteen finalist short films was provided to SADC prior to our receiving them, and we delivered Blind-reviewed, sound edited and mixed AD audio tracks for all of them within nine days. This year, the only films audiences were presented at the live announcement and screening of the finalists and at the 12th annual live awards show that followed a week later were “Open AD” versions incorporating SADC AD–as well as open captions. Emcee Nic Novicki gave the AD a fantastic shout-out and screened a brief promo of us as part of the show.
Read more about the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge on their website or our blurb about our work last year.
All of the films showcase deafness or disability on- or behind-the-scenes, and to enter, they had to be scripted, shot and finished within five days by volunteers. They are allowed to run anywhere from one to five minutes, and up to a minute extra for credits. This year the challenge called for a thriller or suspense film.
Project Lead was Thomas Reid. Writers were Cheryl Green, Oliver Baker, founding former member Kensuke Nakamura, and new associates Sean Collins, Casaundra Freeman, and Eboni Gaytan. Blind QC by Nefertiti Matos Olivares and Robert Kingett. Narrated by Thomas, Cheryl, Oliver, Nefertiti, Barbara Faison, Casaundra, and Eboni.
You can watch all fifteen finalist films with open AD and open captions through this YouTube playlist.
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2025 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Finalists with Audio Descriptions
‘Everhand’ Wins Best Film and Director at 2025 EasterSeals Disability Film Challenge Awards
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https://variety.com/2025/film/news/everhand-2025-easterseals-disability-film-challenege-1236392458/
Izzie G 🎹🎸🎙️🎛️🎚️♾️👨🦯🌕Hello everyone, another year, another #eastersealsdisabilityfilmchallenge. I'm putting a content warning on this, because the #film deals with #mentalhealth . It's ment to make the viewer feel uncomfortable. Enjoy.: Over the course of a tense dinner party, a man and his girlfriend unravel the threads of a broken relationship—until the night takes a dark, irreversible turn. But nothing is quite as it seems.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viR3ABH7_Lo
Late for Dinner - 2025 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Entry
Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Opens for Adobe Film Finishing Grants
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https://variety.com/2025/film/news/easterseals-disability-film-challenge-adobe-seed-fund-1236284749/
2024 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge
Here’s SADC receiving thanks from master of ceremonies Nic Novicki at the award ceremony.
The SADC provided audio description for 15 of the 16 finalists for the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, now in its 11th year. (The winner for Best Film, entitled Audio Description, had AD already supplied and central to its story.)
The films each showcase deafness or disability, and had to be scripted, shot and finished all within five days, all by volunteers, and this year all in the form of a buddy comedy.
Prizes are awarded in six categories. At the same time, winners also receive exposure and introductions to entertainment industry professionals and executives.
This was the first year in which finalist films were provided professional AD in advance of the winners being announced. Given the contest’s constraints, the description had to happen fast and under secrecy. SADC is proud to have been the EDFC’s choice.
Project Lead was Thomas Reid. Writers were Cheryl Green, Oliver Baker, and Kensuke Nakamura. Blind QC by Nefertiti Matos Olivares and Robert Kingett. Narrated by Thomas, Cheryl, Oliver, Nefertiti, and Barbara Faison.
Check out a playlist of the open captioned, open audio described finalist films.
#BarbaraFaison #CherylAudioEditor #CherylGreen #CherylGreenWriter #CherylNarrator #EastersealsDisabilityFilmChallenge #KensukeNakamura #NefertitiBlindQC #NefertitiMatosOlivares #OliverBaker #OliverNarrator #OliverWriter #RobertKingett #ThomasReid
2024 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge 11th Annual Awards Show
Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Announces 2024 Winners
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https://variety.com/2024/film/news/easterseals-disability-film-challenge-2024-winners-1235998827/
Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Returns With $15,000 Grants to Winners
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