Easterseals Disability Film Challenge

The 2026 EDFC Awareness Campaign has officially begun! We had a record-breaking 144 films submitted! Support all these awesome #dramedy films by watching, liking, sharing, and commenting. You can view all the films on our Facebook page and YouTube channel. Congrats to all our amazing filmmakers! ID: montage of images from the 2026 dramedy film submissions. #EDFC2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #easterseals #eastersealssocal

Help us give a big thank you to @sonypictures for hosting and to all our presenters for the 2026 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. We are very grateful for your support! ID: (Collage of headshots L to R) Kristine Belson (President, Sony Pictures Animation), Kat Coiro (You, Me and Tuscany; Marry Me, Matlock), Jason Ritter (Matlock), Peter Farrelly (Academy Award Winner - “Green Book”), Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Project Hail Mary, Spider-verse), Robert Horry (LA Lakers), Grace Wu EVP of Casting, NBCU, Frank E Flowers (The Bluff), Vedanten Naidoo (The Bluff), Tal Anderson (The Pitt), Diana Elizabeth Jordan (The Pitt), Sian Heder (Academy Award Winner - “CODA”), David Radcliff (WGA), Dashiell Meier (2025 Best Actor Winner), Wilmer Valderrama (NCIS, Zootopia 2), Lee Pugsley (2024 EDFC Best Film Winner), Mia Schaikewitz (Push Girls, LA Woman Rising), Danny Gomez (NCIS Hawaii, New Amsterrdam), Nic Novicki (Spider-man Across the Spider-Verse, Founder, Director of Easterseals Disability Film Challenge), Nancy Weintraub (Chief Advancement Ottices, Easterseals SoCal), Amber Howard (Board of Directors, Easterseals SoCal) #EDFCAwards #EDFC2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #easterseals #awardshow

Easterseals 13th @DisabilityChall Challenge awards returns to Sony lot 144 films submitted. All must have someone w disability in front of or behind camera Founder @nicnovicki and Directors Phil Lord & Chris Miller present first award to... The Ticket! @EastersealSoCal

Thanks to CNN and David Daniel for featuring the EDFC Awards Show on the CNN Hollywood Minute! (cnn.com/2026/05/08/ent…) Congratulations to the 2026 winning films! Watch, like, and share them all on our YouTube channel. ID: screenshot of the @cnn Hollywood Minute with a still from the 2026 best film winner DON’T FORGET TO DANCE #edfc2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #easterseals #awardshow #cnnhollywoodminute

Thank you @variety for the article on the 2026 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Awards Show! Congratulations to all of this year’s winners! And thank you to EVERYONE for making this another amazing year of disability representation in filmmaking! ID: screenshots of @variety article with photo of nominees and filmmakers with disabilities at the awards show step and repeat. #disabilityfilmchallenge #edfc2026 #easterseals #winners #awardsshow variety.com/2026/film/news…

And the winner for Best Film presented by @sonypictures is.... Tim Bartow for DON'T FORGET TO DANCE. Congratulations! ID: blue background with the film poster and winners names and the film title. #EDFCAwards #EDFC2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #easterseals #dramedy

And the winner for Best Writer presented by @netflix is.... Aya Obeid and Shan Hafez for CRIP CLUB. Congratulations! ID: blue background with the film poster and winners names and the film title. #EDFCAwards #EDFC2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #easterseals #dramedy Netflix

And the winner for Best Editor presented by @paramount is.... Tony Pape for THE TICKET. Congratulations! ID: blue background with the film poster and winners names and the film title. #EDFCAwards #EDFC2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #easterseals #dramedy

And the winner for Best Awareness Campaign presented by @amazonmgm is.... Anna Pakman for BACK TO THE DARK AGES. Congratulations! ID: blue background with the film poster and winners names and the film title. #EDFCAwards #EDFC2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #easterseals #dramedy

And the winner for Best Actor presented by @imbpro is.... Vincent Rutley for NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. Congratulations! ID: blue background with the film poster and winners names and the film title. #EDFCAwards #EDFC2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #easterseals #dramedy

And the winner for Best Director presented by @nbcuniversal is.... Jayla Hodge, Jaylin Hodge and Jerah Milligan for THE TICKET. Congratulations! ID: blue background with the film poster and winners names and the film title. #EDFCAwards #EDFC2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #easterseals #dramedy

Check out our incredible 2026 finalists! Watch as we livestream the EDFC 2026 Awards ceremony from @Sony pictures tomorrow Thursday, May 7th at 7 PM PST. Link on our website and YouTube channel! ID: montage of clips from 2026 finalist films #EDFC2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #easterseals #dramedy #nominees

We're proud to once again partner with Social Audio Description Collective (SADC) to provide #AudioDescription for the #EDFC2026 finalists. Just like the filmmakers in the challenge, SADC produces the AD within a tight deadline. SADC Member Thomas Reid reminds us, "And we do it all without using #AI or text to speech #TTS voices.” Here's more from @treid99 on how to access the audio description for the finalists on YouTube.

Today’s finalist announcement/screening was a packed house at The Lido Theater in partnership with the Newport Beach Film Festival! Down below are the 2026 EDFC finalist results. Mark your calendars and go to our YouTube channel on May 7 at 7 PM PT for our 13th Annual Awards ceremony. Congrats to everyone who made a film this year! 2026 EDFC finalists: Best Film presented by Sony Pictures:
Amor Fati - Joe Guintu 
Don’t Forget To Dance - Tim Bartow 
The Ticket - Jaylin Hodge 
ZIPTIED – Angel Giuffria 

Best Director presented by NBCUniversal: Dead Wife Montage – Wren Brooks Don’t Forget To Dance – Carmen Flood 
The Shoot – Juan Arce The Ticket – Jayla Hodge, Jaylin Hodge and Jerah Milligan
Neighborhood Watch – Vincent Rutley

Best Actor presented by IMDbPro:
Be Right Out – Colin Miller
Dead Wife Montage – Marissa Bode
Neighborhood Watch – Vincent Rutley
VIVIAN PROBZ – Jessy Yates

Best Awareness presented by Amazon MGM Studios:
Back To the Dark Ages – Anna Pakman I will be fine – Steven Ching Reclaiming – Aly Corvin
The Shoot  – Juan Arce 
Best Writer presented by Netflix: Amor Fati – John Kessler and Joe Guintu
Crip Club – Aya Obeid and Shan Hafez
Interruptions - Stephanie Castelete-Tyrrell
The Ticket – Jaylin Hodge, Jayla Hodge and Jerah Milligan 
Best Editor presented by Paramount:
Before I Die - PJ Germain
Dead Wife Montage - Janine Anne Uyanga
The Shoot  – Rich Valverde
The Ticket – Tony Pape  The finalist films have audio description tracks on YouTube. Just go to your settings in the film you want to watch and in subtitle track selections choose English AD. ID: Group photo of people with and without disabilities in front of the Lido theater at the 2026 EDFC Finalist announcement. #EDFC2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #easterseals #dramedy #finalistannouncement

Find out who the finalists are for the 13th Annual Easterseals Disability Film Challenge! We are announcing and screening the #dramedy finalists LIVE this Sunday on May 3rd at 11 am PT from the Lido theater in partnership with the @newportbeachfilmfest . Stream the announcement from our Youtube channel or visit our website for the link. ID: image with Finalist Announcement date and time with a circular film reel of images of people with disabilities and gold dramedy masks in the middle . #EDFC2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #easterseals #dramedy

Home alone and can’t make it to the awards show? Tune in to the link via our website link in bio! Watch as we livestream the EDFC 2026 Awards ceremony from @Sony pictures Thursday, May 7th at 7 PM PST. #EDFC2026 #DisabilityFilmChallenge #HomeAlone ID: People with various disabilities sit on a plane in a parody sketch from the movie Home Alone. Cast: Lee Pugsley @leepugsleyla , Mia Schaikewitz @miaschaik , David Radcliff @david.radcliff , Joe Guintu @jguintu , Diana Elizabeth Jordan @fromtheheartdej , Nic Novicki @nicnovicki , Dashiell Meier @dashiellmeier Director: Matthew Bauer @electric_bauergaloo Cinematography: Curtis Leitch Darrin Williams Writers: Matthew Bauer David Radcliff Editor: Matthew Bauer Producer: Steve Craig @stephenjosephcraig @eastersealssocal

Who’s ready to watch the Awards Show with us on Thursday, May 7 as we announce the winners live from @sonypictures ?! ♿️🎉🎥You don’t need to come to LA for this year‘s award ceremony as we will be live streaming it at 7 PM PST via our website link in our bio. #EDFC2026 #DisabilityFilmChallenge #Trumanshow ID: cast of actors with disabilities acting out a parody scene from the film #trumanshow Cast: Angel Giufrria @aannggeellll , Dashiell Meier @dashiellmeier , Nic Novicki @nicnovicki , Diana Elizabeth Jordan @fromtheheartdej , Joe Guintu @jguintu Director: Matthew Bauer Cinematography: Curtis Leitch Darrin Williams Writers: Matthew Bauer David Radcliffe Editor: Matthew Bauer @electric_bauergaloo Producer: Steve Craig @stephenjosephcraig @eastersealssocal

Find out who the finalists are for the 13th Annual Easterseals Disability Film Challenge! We are announcing and screening the #dramedy finalists LIVE from the Lido Theater in partnership with the Newport Beach Film Festival @nbff ! You can also watch the livestream on our Youtube channel. #EDFC2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #officespacemovie ID: parody of the film #officespace featuring: Cast: Tobias Forrest, Joe Guintu, Nic Novicki Director: Matthew Bauer Cinematography: Curtis Leitch Darrin Williams Writers: Matthew Bauer David Radcliffe Editor: Matthew Bauer Producer: Steve Craig @eastersealssocal

@DisabilityChall @NinaStorey @MsJulieSLam @TheWHN @BaileyDevine20 @michael_hoerger @DrJudyStone @LongCFoundation @LCawarenessInt @winslow_la @longcovidaragon Help support #LongCOVID awareness. Please watch, like, and share Strangely Optimistic! 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=aaVmJv… 👉 fb.watch/Gj_jvwH4Ga/

Always wanted to play a Pirate! #EDFC2026 a little creative inspiration for #PWD inclusion in Entertainment. To inspire storylines & unique possibilities that come w/real battle scars. #PWDPirates #HireRealPirates @DisabilityChall @eastersealshq youtu.be/iubs4Os7n2g

Thank you for the shout out for "Back to the Dark Ages'"! Want to watch the film? Find it here: youtu.be/Ei_Lc0rRD7M?si… #covid #longcovid #edfc2026 #film @DisabilityChall