Sprout Traveling Film Festival and Art Show
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Images Cinema will host the SPROUT Traveling Film Festival, which features work by and about people with disabilities, and an art show of work by people with disabilities on Sunday, April 6 starting at 2pm.The events are presented by BCARC Down Syndrome Family Group. Tickets are available from Images Cinema, or through Berkshire County Arc at 413-499-4241 ext 265 or Steve Narey, 413-458-9231 or stevenarey@msn.com, and are $5; free for persons under 18. Following the film screening there will be an art show opening and reception in the lobby. Images Cinema is located at 50 Spring Street, Williamstown, MA.
Film Festival, 2pm
Difference is Normal (3 minutes). A unique music video from Lebanon with a universal message of acceptance, tolerance and inclusion for all persons.
Father’s Voices (14 minutes). This honest and powerful film focuses on the hopes, dreams, joys and challenges of four men raising children with developmental disabilities.
Debbie’s Dreams (2 minutes). A fun short dream sequence animation about a young woman with Down syndrome.
Up Syndrome (24 minutes). A playful unsentimental portrait of a man with developmental disabilities, offering insight into his personality and opportunities to mug for the camera.
Duo (25 minutes). We are reminded of the emotional difficulties of adolescent love when a teenage boy with Down syndrome develops a crush on a beautiful violinist at his school. To win her affections, he draws her pictures and starts learning piano, dreaming of being her accompanist. Will she reciprocate?
Mark (3 minutes). An animation that will question the tendency to rush through life and inspire us to find beauty and fulfillment in the many instances of life that we pass by.
Siblings (10 minutes). A touching look inside the world of those who have grown up with a sibling with a developmental disability and how this sibling relationship has had a profound effect on their lives.
Ups of Downs (10 minutes) Danny is a man with Down syndrome who not only lives life to the fullest but is independent and informed. This film gives a glance of a life to be proud of.
The Lifetime of Elvis Presley (3 minutes) This animation was created by artists on the autism spectrum and is an account of Elvis’s life, from childbirth to his untimely death.
Art Show of Work by Special Needs Artists, 3:30pm
Catered Opening Reception, Images Cinema Storefront
Featuring the work of Kelly Gallagher and A.J.Schlesinger
The only one of its kind in Berkshire County, Images Cinema is a year-round non-profit, member-supported community film house that presents a wide range of films that impact filmmaking and our culture. Images continuously seeks to entertain, educate and engage the community with quality programming, while maintaining its dedication to independent film and media. Images Cinema is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Check for up-to-date happenings at www.imagescinema.org.
