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Oscar® worthy filmmakers shine at D:RDFF 2020 (read our press release).
“DISORDER: The Rare Disease Film Festival is one of the most powerful rare disease storytelling platforms on the planet.”
- Laura King Edwards
Author, advocate, rare sister
"Disorder the rare disease Film Festival and the Disorder Channel are two of the most powerful rare disease storytelling platforms on the planet."
- Raising Rare Podcast
A TV CHANNEL FOR RARE
Learn more about how hope comes streaming in to your living room with the new OTT channel we built. It shows some of the great films from our festival as well as new things you’ve never seen before. And it’s free. The Disorder Channel. Check it our here.
Change of date
due to COVID-19 concerns
We regret to announce Disorder: The Rare Disease Film Festival scheduled for May 18, 2020 in New York City will be postponed until this fall. We hope the current COVID-19 pandemic concerns will have abated before then. As a film festival dedicated to rare disease populations we are keenly aware that our audience has reasons for increased health concerns at this time. Many of those who would otherwise attend our festival have co-morbidities or suppressed immune systems which place them or someone in their home at greater risk.
We look forward to an amazing event in the fall. (Exact date in November TBD.) One that will include our largest number of films to date (57) and one in which social distancing is no longer a concern. A major goal of our event is to foster closer social connections in a shared community.
ANOTHER FEST IN THE BOOKS!
Read why Medical Marketing & Media thought we stole the show in 2019.
We just wrapped our 2019 event in San Francisco in November. We were so pleased at how this event came off. Thanks again to all our speakers, sponsors, filmmakers, volunteers Hundreds of people gathered to watch and tell stories of diseases they had never heard of and some they know far too well.
Check out some of the 2017 photos.
Check out this video of highlights from 2019.
Our festival spawned several other screenings of our films around the world including Italy, Germany, Japan, Miami, Philadelphia, Sioux Falls and back to Boston again. When and where is our next fest? The BIg Apple, NYC. May 18, 2020. Cineopolis Chelsea to be precise.
About
Disorder: The Rare Disease Film Festival is a new event showcasing films from around the world which address the challenges of life with a rare disease. It was held Oct. 2nd and 3rd, 2017 in Boston, MA. Most (but not all) of our films are documentaries. Many are less than 15 minutes.
Many filmmakers attending will have an opportunity for questions and answers with our audience following the presentation of their film.
Between some of our slates of films rare disease researchers and patient advocates will also share stories from their experience.
We believe increased awareness can connect patient families, inspire conversations about translation applications of current science, lead to new paths for research and save lives. These films put the often abstract and dire clinical information into the context of real people living their lives.
Wondering who is making this festival happen? Here's who.
Want to know who spoke in San Francisco? Here’s who.
To see our 2017 sponsors go here.
We thank our 2020 EXECUTIVE prODUCER sponsorS:
We thank our 2020 prODUCER sponsors including:
WE THANK OUR PROMOTIONAL PARTNERS INCLUDING:
