Applications are open for the NYWIFT (New York Women in Film & Television) Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant. Now in its 15th year, the grant is provided by disability rights advocate Loreen Arbus and awards $6,500 to a woman filmmaker for a film about physical or developmental disability issues.
“Courtesy of Michele Spitz, Woman of Her Word will produce the winning film’s audio description asset as a post-production in kind grant,” a press release details. The donation will “allow for the film to be accessible for blind or visually impaired audiences. ReelAbilities Film Festival, the largest disabilities film festival in North America, will provide captioning service for the selected film