Acknowledgement of Country
Quiet on set, and action!
2026 Sit Down Shutup And Watch Screen Festival
Thank you to everyone who submitted work for the 2026 Festival. Entries are now closed.
Sit Down Shutup and Watch returns to Nuriootpa from 22 to 24 October 2026 for a free three-day festival celebrating learning disabled and neurodivergent digital storytellers.
Join us for conversations, workshops and film screenings of more then 20 short films by learning disabled and neurodivergent filmmakers from around the world.
Everyone is welcome. More details coming soon.
An online version of the festival will also be available so everyone can take part.
This year marks our 15th anniversary and 7th biennial festival.
As the first disability‑led screen festival in the Southern Hemisphere, we’re proud of our history of leadership, adaptation and innovation.
“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