About this Short Film
Ugly Muffins (2019), by New Zealand filmmaker Grace Westenberg, is a short film that looks at cooking and the quiet moments that shape a young adult's day. Thoughtful and unassuming, it frames themes of individuality and intellectual disability through simple, everyday practice. As part of the Focus on Ability International Short Film Festival, this film joins others that celebrate skill, dignity and personal agency. It asks viewers to pause and notice the care in routine tasks, and to appreciate the small, skilled gestures that reveal who we are. A gentle, warm piece that fits neatly into a programme about ability and inclusion.
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Grace Westenberg is the filmmaker behind this entry. See every Focus on Ability entry from Grace Westenberg.
The Grange family love this We look forward to these ugly muffins next time we visit NZ Well done Matt
Whoa Matt and Grace- you are stars and our whole family has been enjoying this film. Hope you win. Anna and William are watching it daily at the moment
That is profoundly moving. The humour is handled with such sensitivity and in no way conceals the real message of the film our humanity is what binds us together on this planet.
They looked like yummo ugly muffins. Well done to Matt