A Taste of ReelAbilities New York 2024

Important note for in-person attendees

This event will be online and in-person. The speaker and live stream starts at 7:30 pm ET. In-person attendees may arrive as early as 7 pm ET.

Description

ReelAbilities' co-founder and director will introduce the lineup for the upcoming festival and share a short film to get you excited for more riveting films and conversations during the festival week, April 3-10.

Get a sneak peek at the exciting lineup of riveting films and engaging conversations coming up at the 2024 ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York. The largest showcase of international premieres and award-winning films will take place in venues throughout NY + Online.

Join us as festival co-founder and director Isaac Zablocki shares a sneak preview of BEAR, an 11-minute short film by director Kate Hammer following Jude, a neurodivergent creative, who tries her best to fit into a typical world. While desperately in need of a job, an already tense interview is made even worse by the fact that no one wants to mention the bear in the room.

There will be time for your questions.

Presenter bio
Isaac Zablocki is the Director of film programs at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. He attended film school at Columbia University and went on to work at Miramax films. Previously, he produced and directed feature films and developed film educational programs for the Board of Education.

Since 2004, Isaac has been developing film programs at the JCC including The Israel Film Center. Beyond ReelAbilities, he programs multiple film festivals annually including the acclaimed Other Israel Film Festival about Arab and minority populations in Israel.

Accessibility
The presentation will have human captions [CC], not automatic captions. Please let us know about accessibility requirements two weeks before the event.

Livestream
YouTube video stream

Provided by Internet Society Accessibility SIG.

Location details
The event is on the 4th floor. Attendees can enter on the third floor and go up the staircase, or request accommodation to go directly to the 4th floor. (They will need to be accompanied.) Thanks to Ben Ogilvie for making this possible! Let us know if you're coming!

The building is near several transit stops:

6 train

• Spring Street (non-accessible stop): 100 feet
• Canal Street (accessible stop): 0.4 miles

NQRW trains

• Prince Street (non-accessible stop): 0.2 miles
• Canal Street (accessible stop): 0.3 miles

M1 / M55 Bus lines

• Broadway/Spring Street stop: 500 feet

Cabs and rideshares can let passengers out right near the building entrance

Accreditation
All A11yNYC meetups are pre-approved for IAAP Continuing Accessibility Education Credits (CAEC).

Sponsors
Thanks to Asana, Evinced, Equal Entry, and Fable for sponsoring. Want to be a sponsor? Contact meryl@equalentry.com