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Superfest Sacramento 2025

A disability film festival

Celebrate cutting-edge cinema that portrays disability through a diverse, complex and engaging lens. The festival is one of a few worldwide, completely accessible to film-goers of all kinds.

The 6th annual Sacramento Superfest takes place on Saturday, January 25 from 5 -7:30 p.m. on Zoom. Advanced registration is required.

Short films selected by disability rights advocates and filmographers
Featuring animated and dramatic shorts, plus full-length features
Completely accessible virtual film festival for film-goers of all kinds

This program is dedicated in memory of Amber Fawn Wooton-Clark

Superfest Sacramento is dedicated in memory of Librarian Amber Fawn Wooton-Clark and her work to make the Library more welcoming and accessible to all members of our community.

2025 Films

Friendly Signs
Poster for Friendly Signs. A man with light skin and a dark beard signs ASL to two other men whose backs are to the camera. The two men wear green vests that say "hearing impaired" on their backs.

Poster for Friendly Signs. A man with light skin and a dark beard signs ASL to two other men whose backs are to the camera. The two men wear green vests that say "hearing impaired" on their backs.

*Advocacy Award*
USA, 2023 (Documentary, 21 min)
Tommy Wickerd, an incarcerated man who grew up using sign language with a deaf older brother, seeks to make prison an inclusive place for "his brother's community" by starting a sign language class.

I Told You So
Poster for I Told You So. Underwater, a hand floats just below the surface, its reflection mirrored on the surface. The film's title is written in both English and overlaid in Arabic. Film credits at the bottom of the poster.

Poster for I Told You So. Underwater, a hand floats just below the surface, its reflection mirrored on the surface. The film's title is written in both English and overlaid in Arabic. Film credits at the bottom of the poster.

*Best of Festival - Documentary*
Egypt/Germany/USA, 2023 (Documentary, 27 min)
After years of debilitating period pain and unexplained symptoms, Malak finally gets a diagnosis: she has endometriosis. Despite being so prevalent, the disease has no known cause, no cure, and is not taken seriously, even by her own mother. In "I Told You So," Malak grapples with a tumultuous relationship with her pain, her body and her dreams for the future.

LUKi and the Lights
Poster for Luki and the Lights. A anthropomorphic 3D animated robot grasps at their chest as they sit on a bench by a window. They look down at their chest, concerned. Film credits at the bottom of the poster.

Poster for Luki and the Lights. A anthropomorphic 3D animated robot grasps at their chest as they sit on a bench by a window. They look down at their chest, concerned. Film credits at the bottom of the poster.

USA, 2023 (Drama, 11 min)
LUKi, a charming and upbeat robot known for living life to the fullest, confronts a life-altering ALS diagnosis with the support of his friends.

Mo<3Kyra
Film poster for Mo Heart Kyra. The heart is written with the less-than sign and the number 3. Amid pink and orange sparkles, a Black woman with her hair pulled back and wearing a zebra print suit and white bowtie grins broadly. Film credits at the bottom of the poster.

Film poster for Mo Heart Kyra. The heart is written with the less-than sign and the number 3. Amid pink and orange sparkles, a Black woman with her hair pulled back and wearing a zebra print suit and white bowtie grins broadly. Film credits at the bottom of the poster.

UK, 2023 (Drama, 13 min)
It's prom night, and it's Mo's last chance to ask out the girl of her dreams: Kyra.

Mobility Rights
Poster for Mobility Rights. A blur of images of a subway station and city street. A simple illustration of a wheelchair next to the title, which is written in both English and Korean. Film credits at the bottom of the poster.

Poster for Mobility Rights. A blur of images of a subway station and city street. A simple illustration of a wheelchair next to the title, which is written in both English and Korean. Film credits at the bottom of the poster.

*Disability Justice Award*
South Korea, 2024 (Documentary, 20 min)
Mobility Rights is a poetic visual examination of disabled people’s struggle in South Korea. It portrays the disabled fights being seen after decades of being denied basic rights.

Sukaskieskwew (Strong Earth Woman)
In a black room, a woman with light skin and dark hair pulled back poses while facing the camera head-on. From the neck down, she is covered in body paint of a tree against a blue, pink, and orange sunset. The branches and leaves go up over her breasts and collarbones.

In a black room, a woman with light skin and dark hair pulled back poses while facing the camera head-on. From the neck down, she is covered in body paint of a tree against a blue, pink, and orange sunset. The branches and leaves go up over her breasts and collarbones.

Canada, 2018 (Experimental, 5 min)
A slow, meditative, artistic film about a healing journey confronting, embracing and releasing illness with love.

Tie Your Camel and Trust in God
Poster for Tie Your Camel and Trust in God. A drawing of a camel on a desert landscape under a grey sky. The title is written in both English and Arabic. Film credits at the bottom of the poster.

Poster for Tie Your Camel and Trust in God. A drawing of a camel on a desert landscape under a grey sky. The title is written in both English and Arabic. Film credits at the bottom of the poster.

Canada, 2021 (Documentary, 12 min)
A meditative documentary that explores what it's like to be a Muslim with a mental illness.

Content and Care Notes

Because of the variety of films and experiences Superfest features, we cannot make any blanket statements for each film; however, we put together a list of content notes for each film that might be good to know. As with any list of this type, it may not be exhaustive, but we aim to do our best. As always, take care of yourself while watching these films.

Friendly Signs
Language, takes place in a prison

I Told You So
Discusses medical model trauma

LUKi and the Lights
Deals with disability and death

Mo<3Kyra
Language

Mobility Rights
Language, shows traumatic protests, shows people with disabilities being harmed by police

Sukaskieskwew (Strong Earth Woman)
Shows a woman’s bare chest with paint over it (so not much is seen)

Tie Your Camel and Trust in God
Discusses trauma

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