Festival Events

Jiang Honghai on his bicycle riding surrounding Qinghai Lake with a total distance of 409km in 2017 © Jiang Honghai
postponed | Inclusive sport activity

Be A Better Me

This screenshot adopts a close-up view toward the female teacher Adeline at the special school and the mentally disabled boy Kenza. Adeline is talking to Kenza with a smile. Kenza’s head is resting on the cushion, food juices flowing from the corner of his mouth. Adeline supports Kenza's head with one hand and gestures with the other. Her smile is full of care and patience. © 2018 Fernand Melgar
postponed | Documentary

A l’école des philosophes

Wang Mengfan at Theater HORA
postponed | Public talk

Wang Mengfan in conversation with Theater HORA

Past Festival Events

LIU YI: Walk in, and then look through © Liu Yi
22.07. – 23.09.2022 | Exhibition

LIU YI: Walk in, and then look through

Art & Signs: Deaf Culture / Hearing Culture
10.09. – 09.10.2022 | Exhibition

Art and Signs. Deaf Culture / Hearing Culture

This picture shows seven people walking down the street. On the left is Eddy in a white tracksuit, followed by Magda with sunglasses holding a guide stick. On her right side are Oliver in a wheelchair, and Rainer who has messy hair. Next to them are Michael, wearing a red helmet, and Laura with short blond hair. In front of them walks Franzi, wearing a silver dress and a pink fur coat. © Jürgen Olczyk / Sony Pictures Entertainment Deutschland GmbH / Wiedemann & Berg Film GmbH & Co. KG
14.09.2022 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM | Movie

Goldfish

© 本片的中国版权由数梦DDDream独家提供.
15.09.2022 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Movie

The Restless

This image is the poster of the documentary To The Summit. The main character, Xia Boyu, is climbing alone between glaciers and snow-covered peaks of Mount. Qomolangma with his pair of artificial legs firmly planted on the cliff and hands firmly holding on the climbing rope.
16.09.2022 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Movie

To the Summit (Accessible Version)

In this photo, over ten people dressed in yellow, red, blue, and other colors stand on a stage with a white dance floor. They are of different gender, age, and body shape, but all are doing a similar dance posture, standing on the right leg with the left leg pointing to the floor, stretching their left hand forward, the right hand up, and tilting the head slightly to the left. © Photographer Josefina Tommasi, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (Argentina, August 2015)
16.09. – 17.09.2022 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Dance Performance

Gala

This black and white photograph is centered on two women. The woman closer to the camera is wearing a bright colored jacket and is gesturing with her hands. The woman behind her is wearing a black jersey and is making a pincer movement with her hands against the woman in front of her. The whole picture has a strong contrast between light and dark. © Credits Yu Jin
16.09. – 17.09.2022 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM | Performance

Midnight Movie

The image shows five models looking straight to us in sophisticatedly designed outfits. From left to right are Kitty in a pinkish gray evening dress, Hillberg, wears a crown in a shiny golden dress, main character Emma, rising her left hand in a pure-white long dress with delicate engravings, Ida, smiling in a bright blue suit, and Alex in glittering silver gray. © Photo by Charlie Bennet
17.09.2022 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Movie and talk

Catwalk: From Glada Hudik to New York

Roman Signer: Mobile Poetry © Roman Signer, Installation 2006
17.09.2022 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Puclic talk

Roman Signer: Mobile Poetry

This black and white picture shows four people, two young women, and two men, in what looks like a dance studio. A young man is on the floor, and the two women, one in a wheelchair and one with no disabilities, are pulling him by his hands. The other man is pulling the women back. The T-shirt of the woman standing says: “Dance is my freedom”. © Camila Malaver - ConCuerpos Company, Colombia
17.09.2022 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Performance screening and talk

Diverse Dance

REDO © Fotograaf / Thijs Huizer
17.09.2022 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Public talk

REDO

beYoureyeS © beYoureyeS
18.09.2022 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Inclusive sport activity

beYoureyeS

Acappella in the Dark © 美爱融合人声乐团
18.092022 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Workshop

Acappella in the Dark

Planet Hora © Planet Hora
18.09.2022 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Movie

Planet HORA

In this staged photo, Julia Häusermann is playing the role of the lead character, Frank. The woman has orange ponytail hair and is wearing a black dress with bright red trousers and white sneakers. The image is in dim blue and black, with the shadow of the heroine and a rockery in the background. © Gina Bolle
20.09.2022 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Performance Screening

It's Me, Frank

This image is a scene of the communication and interaction between the Rhythm Project team and people with dementia through music and songs. This forum invites scientists, artists and communities to share and discuss how to use interdisciplinary methods to intervene in the care of people with dementia. Elderly cognitive impairment cannot be completely reversed, but non-drug treatments, especially art social therapy Healing is currently considered to be a more effective and humane way of healing. photoed by Teng Chen, provided by Xunyao Plan
21.09.2022 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Seminar

World Alzheimer’s Day："BEING by your side" Seminar

I don't wanna dance © The Rogues
21.09.2022 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Movie

I don't wanna dance

Loxandra Lucas © Patroklos Skafidas
22.09.2022 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Documentary with public talk

Loxandra Lucas breaks the stereotypes

The Journey of young refugees © The Journey of young refugees
22.09.2022 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Documentary with public talk

The Journey: Looking Forward

This picture is a portrait of the deaf Finnish rapper Signmark who is smiling brightly at the camera with his hands wide open in the front. He is standing in a studio with a dark background, wearing a gray button up shirt and a pair of black jeans with a brown belt. © Lari Jarnefelt
23.09.2022 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Performative workshop with lecture

Signing Songs

This picture shows a relaxed moment in the performance when sound artist Kim sits on the right side behind her mixing consoles, and audio equipment, with closed eyes and her hands resting in her lap. On the left side sits Lucy in a wheelchair, and Pawel is resting with his head on Lucy’s lap and knees, while his torso and legs are lying on a white flokati rug on a platform. © Jean Marc Turmes
23.09.2022 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Performance Screening and talk

Scores that shaped our friendship

A girl in a wheelchair, dressed in a yellow sweater, shorts, and long socks, is in front of her desk, watching the computer with her hands up as if she was imitating a movement shown on the screen. In her room, there are some folders on the floor and the wall is full of drawings. © Camila Malaver - ConCuerpos Company, Colombia
24.09.2022 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Online workshop

Virtual Inclusive Dance with the Colombian company ConCuerpos

The picture shows a performance by dancers with and without disabilities from an above perspective. The stage floor is black, and six spotlights on the top cast yellowish patches of light on it. The dancers form a complex circle style hand in hand, wearing costumes in black, white, and gray. The work responds to the theatrical scenes in Swiss-born artist Paul Klee’s oeuvre. © BewegGrund, Fotographer: Matthias Dömötör
24.09.2022 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Public talk and workshop

BewegGrund

Seven people are on a theater stage. Behind them, there is a big bed. On the left is a young man in jeans and a sports jacket, followed by a girl with long hair and glasses, and a man with a white beard. On his right side are two women, one in a doctor’s jacket and the other in a worker uniform. Next to them are a man with sunglasses holding a guide stick, and a woman with red hair. © Luz Soria
24.09.2022 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Performance screening and talk

Supernormals

This picture shows Doris Uhlich and the dancer and choreographer Michael Turinsky during their performance of Ravemachine. Both lie on their backs on the floor with winkled legs and their bodies moving to Techno-Beats, inspired by the sound of Turinsky’s wheelchair. Michael works with Doris in exploring the body, its physicality, energy, and ecstasy. © Peter Empl
24.09.2022 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM | Performance Screening

Ravemachine

Don’t fear the weird festival © Don’t fear the weird festival
25.09.2022 2:00 PM - 3:10 PM | Movie

Don't Fear the Weird

This image shows a scene of Pan with six dancers. In the center is the male performer Wheelsmith, seated in a wheelchair, and the physically disabled dancer, Tung Ka Wai, standing behind him with one arm raised. Two more dancers stand beside Tung, and two others crouch beside Wheelsmith trying to reach him. All dancers look concentrated like listeners to each other’s bodies. © Bernie Ng scaled
25.09.2022 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM| Performance screening with public talk

Pan

Fatfront © Sine Vadstrup Brooker, Louise Detlefsen
25.09.2022 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Movie

Fatfront

This image is the main visual of the Hidden Project and is made up of five colors: green, orange, blue, light curry and purple. The image is divided into eight sections, forming regular shapes such as triangles, circles, plum blossoms and peaks. In the bottom left corner of the image is a green rectangular color block with the words “The Hidden Project” written in white. © The Hidden Project
26.09.2022 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Public Talk

The Hidden Project

This picture shows a relaxed moment in the performance when sound artist Kim sits on the right side behind her mixing consoles, and audio equipment, with closed eyes and her hands resting in her lap. On the left side sits Lucy in a wheelchair, and Pawel is resting with his head on Lucy’s lap and knees, while his torso and legs are lying on a white flokati rug on a platform. © Jean Marc Turmes
28.09.2022 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Performance Screening

Scores that shaped our friendship

Sign Night: Sign Botanics
08.10.2022 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Talk and Projection Screening

Sign Night: Sign Botanics

Marie Kroyer © Rolf Kronow
14.10.2022 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Movie

Marie Krøyer

© Zhou Yangyang
20.09. – 30.10.2022 | Exhibition

Black Dog

This image consists of a sketch of individuals’ portrayals in simple lines and the exhibition title Access Ability. The general background is painted in white color with the words “Access Ability” written in black and orange. Through the lines it demonstrates that impairment does not determine who you are.
22.10 – 30.10.2022 | Photography exhibition

Access Ability

The Miracle of the Gifted Quarter © The Miracle of the Gifted Quarter
13.11.2022 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Documentary and after talk

The Miracle of the Gifted Quarter

Start Line © Studio AYA
13.11.2022 3:00 PM - 5:40 PM | Documentary and after talk

Start Line