Acknowledgement of Country

Quiet on set, and action!

Welcome to the second half of the year. I hope the start of 2025 has treated you well.

We as a committee are getting ready for the 2026 Sit Down Shut Up And Watch Screen Festival.

Yes, 2026 is just around the bend, across the road and along the red carpet covered in popcorn!

 

Submissions are Now Open:

Open July 1st 2025

Close December 31st 2025

 

SDSW, the Southern Hemisphere’s one and only screen festival led by learning disabled and neurodivergent storytellers just like you, invites you to submit your stories and creations by clicking the button below.

 

 

 

Successful submissions will be screened to audiences around the globe in person and online during October 2026, exact dates tbc

 

Good Luck 😊
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“People are only as disabled as their environment, so if we start to create a culture where it is acceptable for everybody to be able to create, then we are automatically adapting the culture to enable that to happen.”

-SDSW Founding Committee Member, Lee Witczak