Sarah Barton
Festival judge
Sarah Barton is a 2010 Churchill Fellow with 30 years of filmmaking experience, mainly with the disability community. Her first film, *Untold Desires* (1994), about sexuality and disability, won the first Logie Award for SBS television and an AFI Award.
In 2003, Sarah created and produced 70 episodes of the award-winning disability community television series *No Limits*. In 2017, Sarah’s feature documentary *Defiant Lives*, about the disability rights movement, premiered at the Sydney Film Festival and also screened at the United Nations in New York.
Sarah runs a video-on-demand service dedicated to streaming great films about disability. In 2024, Sarah was the key support person for her daughter Stella, who competed in the Paris Paralympics in para-dressage.
In 2003, Sarah created and produced 70 episodes of the award-winning disability community television series *No Limits*. In 2017, Sarah’s feature documentary *Defiant Lives*, about the disability rights movement, premiered at the Sydney Film Festival and also screened at the United Nations in New York.
Sarah runs a video-on-demand service dedicated to streaming great films about disability. In 2024, Sarah was the key support person for her daughter Stella, who competed in the Paris Paralympics in para-dressage.