This year’s EDFC Awareness Campaign has begun! Support all these awesome #ThrillerSuspense films on our Facebook page and YouTube channel by watching, liking, sharing, and commenting! ID: Montage of clips from the films submitted for 2025 Thriller and Suspense. #edfc2025

Film Challenge Founder/Director and @EastersealSoCal board member Nic Novicki spoke at the Variety Hollywood & Horror event where he discussed this years genre of Thriller & Suspense and the impact the film challenge has had on employing people with disabilities in Hollywood.

Nat Luna Best Actor nominee and co-writer for HYPOTHETICALLY, THE END talks about her first time acting and how co-writing her role really helped it be even more authentic. Congrats on your amazing work, Nat! ID: Nat sits in her wheelchair and talks to the camera in a black

Lily Drummond Best Editor winner for HYPOTHETICALLY, THE END talks about how much fun she had making the film and the importance of showing disabled characters with multi-dimensions. Congrats on your win and for making a great film, Lily! ID: Lily Drummond talks to the camera

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Courtney Marsh talks about the release of her latest film “Where Did The Adults Go?” which stars Carey Leigh Cox, an EDFC alumni grant winner along with her husband Joseph Kibler for their film ADOPTION. “Where Did The Adults Go?” was released October

Actor Crystal Rivers talks about the importance of accurate portrayals of disability in the media and why we need to tell our own stories. ID: Crystal sits in her wheelchair in a red and black dress as she gets interviewed at the step and repeat at the 2025 EDFC Awards Show.

Best Director finalist Crystal Arnette from DON’T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY talks about her process of working with @RachelHandler on the film and exploring new avenues in storytelling together. She also explains her past experience participating in the film challenge and how it

Help us congratulate Carey Leigh Cox who is making big waves in the biz. She's an EDFC alumni grant winner along with her husband Joseph Kibler for their film ADOPTION and starred in @amc_tv “The Handmaid's Tale”, and is now the lead in an Independent film "Where Did The Adults

It's National Disability Employment Awareness Month! Each October we celebrate the value and talent workers with disabilities add to America’s workplaces and economy. We're so proud of all our Film Challenge participants who are getting jobs in the entertainment industry and

Thanks to @MicrosoftTeams for allowing us to be interactive from the Easterseals HQ where we were able to announce the 2025 finalists live and a week later our Awards ceremony at Sony Pictures. We are so grateful for your support! ID: clips from our 2025 finalist announcement

We’re excited to be here at the @filmindependent Forum! All our 2025 EDFC winners and alumni @adobe grantees were invited to attend. The forum is a packed weekend of filmmaking information including panels, screenings and networking opporutnities. What a blast! ID: Group of

Steve Way, Best Writer winner for WE’LL MEET AGAIN along with Danny Kurtzman, talks about the reason for making the film and the impact they wanted to have on an audience. Great work, Steve and Danny! ID: @thesteveway talks to the camera while video clips from his film and

Thank you, @Adobe ! With your support we've been able to provide workshops in all areas of filmmaking, offer our winners $5,000 production grants, and provide $25,000 production grants to alumni who will use the money to further develop their projects. Thanks for making all of

Actor Nicole Cyrille (GREY’S ANATOMY) talks about when people with disabilities are in front of and behind the camera, it shows we are an important part of the entertainment industry and should be included everywhere. She says that when we are portrayed as people, just living our

Actor Kaitlin Clarke talks about finding out about the Film Challenge and participating in it for the last three years. She’s seen her crew grow with a percentage of people who identify with a disability over the years. Thanks for your work, Kaitlin ! ID: Kaitlin stands in a

We’re excited for our 2025 winners and finalists to be screened at this year’s #oscar qualifying Heartland Film Festival on Sunday, October 12 at 7:00pm. Tickets are available on the @heartlandfilm website. Looking forward to seeing you in Indianapolis! ID: image of

We’re saddened about the passing of Robert Redford who founded the Sundance Film Festival and Sundance Institute. The @sundanceorg has been incredibly supportive of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge including providing the challenge grants, tickets to events and