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A film festival about disabilities has launched its line-up and announced both local and international guests. The Other Film Festival will open with the Australian premiere of Aphasia, about Carl McIntyre an actor who lost his ability to write, read and speak after a massive stroke. McIntyre will be a guest of the festival along with producer Chuck Bludsworth.

Other films include Deaf, Mugger, My Song, Athens Inferno, and Beautiful.The announcement:

The world’s leading disability film festival The Other Film Festival today announced a stellar line-up of local and international guests. The five-day event presented by Arts Access Victoria screens at Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall from 19-23 September.

Opening night features the Australian premiere of festival circuit favourite Aphasia (USA) which follows the story of successful actor Carl McIntyre as he negotiates his way back from losing his ability to read, write and speak after a massive stroke.

Back in October last year, Screenterrier posted the casting call for My Song, a short film from C & B Films, a new production company headed by director William Mager and scriptwriter Charlie Swinbourne, funded by the British Sign Language Trust (Bslbt). The film went into production in November 2010 and was completed in March 2011.

A coming of age story which follows Ellen, a young deaf girl stuck in the middle of the deaf and hearing worlds, the film premiered on Film Four.

My Song stars Lara Steward, (who also appeared in BBC Drama The Silence), as Ellen who feeling as if she doesn't fit in, learns sign language, and attempts to enter the deaf world by taking part in a sign song competition in London. However Ellen finds her journey far more difficult than she first thought.

A thought-provoking film which reveals a hidden truth about the deaf community in Britain...