From September 3 until September 7, Australia's only disability film festival will be held at The Age Theatre, Melbourne Museum.

Presented by Arts Access Victoria, THE OTHER FILM FESTIVAL is a kaleidoscopic biennial event of ground-breaking short films, documentaries and animations from all corners of the globe including Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Greece, UK, USA, France Iran, Denmark, Canada, Hungary and, of course, Australia.

Now in its third year, THE OTHER FILM FESTIVAL promotes the passionate exchange of ideas by offering a gloriously diverse line-up of films that explore the many facets of disability with humor, verve and drama, and invites interaction with audience members via a range of guest speakers and lively forums.

The 2008 line-up includes more than 35 films to be shown over 20 sessions, in an environment that promotes accessibility for every audience member. Films will be captioned and audio described and all sessions and forums will be sign interpreted.

This year's Festival is also delighted to welcome several international guests including award-winning Canadian director, Paul Nadler, whose gutsy film BRAINDAMADJ'D...TAKE 2 will be re-screened due to popular demand; Greek documentary-maker Antonios Rellas who will present his latest film WAVES OF THE AEGEAN; Gregor Kern, the world's leading authority on disability cinema and director of Germany's long-running Wie Wie Leben (The Way We Live Festival), and from the USA, Betty Siegel, director of Accessibility at Washington's Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts.

Several local filmmakers will also be on hand to present their films, including Festival Patron Adam Elliott who will share some hilarious and potentially defamatory stories about the making of his latest stop-motion feature animation, and Michael Noonan, the PhD filmmaker whose controversial thesis, LAUGHING AT THE DISABLED: CREATING COMEDY THAT CONFRONTS, caused a 2007 media furor involving Queensland University of Technology. Noonan, will screen his latest work, an ABC TV series pilot entitled DARREN AND JAMES DOWNUNDER MYSTERY TOUR, which evolved from his original thesis and is the sequel to his 3-part ABC TV series UNLIKELY TRAVELLERS. Following the session, Michael and his two lead actors will discuss the oft well-meaning, but misguided paternalistic attitudes, that obstruct actors with intellectual disabilities from appearing on television.