Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Announces 2024 Winners
variety.comPat Saperstein Deputy Editor The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge awarded prizes in several categories at a Thursday event on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City.
The Disability Film Challenge is celebrating 11 years of advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion in the entertainment industry.
Presenters and attendees included “Ricky Stanicky” writer, producer and director Peter Farrelly, comedian Nate Bargatze, “Coda” director Siân Heder, Caterina Scorsone of “Grey’s Anatomy,” Sheaun McKinney of “The Neighborhood,” Rick Glassman of “Not Dead Yet,” Jillian Mercado of “The L Word: Generation Q” and Heather Morris of “Glee.” The winners were selected from 135 submitted from around the world.
They include: Best Film – “Audio Description” – Lee Pugsley; Best Director – “The Case of the Obsidian Muskrat”- Chase Chambers Best Actor – “Emergency Contact” – Kiersten Kelly Best Writer – “Call the A.D.A.” – David Radcliff Best Editor – “The Case of the Obsidian Muskrat” – Chase Chambers Best Awareness Campaign – “Out of Reach” – Sawsan Zakaria Easterseals also presented 12 seed fund/film finishing grants for $15,000 each to selected finalists and winners to further develop their short films or accelerate the development of their projects into features or series.
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