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The Focus on Ability Short Film Festival reached an exciting new audience in 2025 with our national broadcast on SBS, celebrating an extraordinary collection of films from around the world.

Every year, the Focus on Ability Short Film Festival shines a light on powerful stories that challenge perceptions and celebrate the abilities of people with disability. 2025 was no exception. From heartfelt documentaries to creative short films, this year’s winners

Each year, the festival grows in reach, impact, and community connection—and 2026 is shaping up to be our most powerful yet. With filmmakers, schools, and communities already preparing their entries, we’re once again inviting the world to share stories that

Welcome to this years Focusonability Film Competition where you can be inspired, educated and entertained by some fabulous films. Voting started today and we already have many hundreds of voters keen to see their choice recognised on the 15th of

A quick review of our viewers and voters show most folk coming from Australia (obviously) then the United States and then in 3rd place the Philippines. Head to your social media sites and get your friends - here and overseas

A quick reminder that leaving a comment is appreciated and encourages our film makers and comments are not counted as votes - you need to do both! We already have films with some encouraging comments but (as yet) no votes.

Viewers and Voters Please note that we operate an email verification system that requires voters to confirm the given email addresses in fact exist.

The past 5 days has seen a tremendous interest in our film comp with viewers and voters coming from around the world. Most come from around Australia with the USA in second place (we are big in California, Texas, Florida

For those entrants keen to do well there is a clear correlation between the use of social media and success. In the organisational categories for example, organised use of social media is clearly supporting several entrants towards success in 'most

While some of the voting trends are clear, the schools competition is certainly not! There is a front runner and they are 20 votes in front of the schools that come next. 2 schools are tied for 2nd place then