Aspiring Filmmaker

About this Short Film

Aspiring Filmmaker by Arjanmar Rebeta (Philippines, 2024) is a short film that touches on themes of ability, family and friendship. Though details of the story are spare, the film engages with moments of assistance, everyday interactions and the realities faced by young people and adults with physical disability, including wheelchair use. Presented as part of the Focus on Ability International Short Film Festival, it sits alongside works that celebrate skill, resilience and shared experience. This screening invites audiences to reflect on how care, companionship and community shape lives, and to consider the many ways people adapt and support one another.