The disTHIS! Film Series: disability through a whole new lens, a program of the Disabilities Network of New York City, showcases festival quality, cutting edge short, documentary, feature and experimental films that offer ground-breaking interpretations of the disability experience beyond tiresome "movie of the week" cliches.

Acclaimed by film lovers with and without disabilities, disTHIS! has been featured in Disability Studies Quarterly, the Tribeca Trib, the New York Nonprofit Press, Able News and the New York Times Sunday Style section (above the fold!) for presenting quality disability cinema with the promise of "No handkerchief necessary, no heroism required!"

disTHIS! films are always provocative, frequently funny (and meant to be), remarkably sexy (just like our audiences), often controversial (because we like that sort of thing) and never what moviegoers expect. Screenings are followed by audience “talk-backs” and regular appearances by filmmakers, actors and other guests.

Throughout our 3-year history, we've teamed with Film Comment, the BBC, IFC, and MTV, among others, to bring audiences the cutting edge of disability-themed cinema and television.

In February 2009, disTHIS! partnered with New York University's Council for the Study of Disability to present screenings at NYU.

To submit a film to disTHIS!, please send a DVD (any format) to:

Lawrence Carter-Long
Disabilities Network of NYC/disTHIS! Film Series
c/o Fund for the City of New York
121 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10013

disTHIS! is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the generous support of the United Way of New York City, the Fund for the City of New York, Union Square Awards, the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, the Screen Actors Guild, the NYU Community Fund, Bat Entertainment and our members.