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2017 was the most successful festival in FOA's nine-year history, with a record number of overall entries, participating countries and schools involved. Last month's gala awards night lived up to the hype. Attendees came from all over Australia and the

Where to start? This year's Focus On Ability Film Festival broke all records. But it's not the records that matter so much as the increased awareness of the abilities of the actors, players, directors and makers both in front of

Over 1000 people filled the National Rehabilitation Centre in Ruwa, Zimbabwe on a sunny Saturday in October with guests from all over southern Africa.

Got a story to tell? Does it have a focus on the ability of people with disability? Do you have an interest in shooting video?

Six-time Focus On Ability (FOA) entrant, Davo Hardy, has written, directed and produced his first feature film, A Silent Agreement. An experienced filmmaker, Hardy shot shorts themed around the rights, responsibilities and dreams of his characters, many of whom are

'This year's Focus On Ability (FOA) film selection feels even more international,' says long-time judge David Cameron of the 2018 competition. 'There's a sense of expansion,' David says, 'discovering the hidden, the not yet acclaimed, the unnoticed …'

When John Orcsik asked David Cameron to be involved in Focus On Ability (FOA) as a judge, David was interested straight away. As both actor and director, he'd worked with John and NOVA Employment Ambassador Paula Duncan over the years

So many different mediums are represented in Focus On Ability 2018. Of all of them, animation, in all its forms, seems to be the most accessible. We have entries from an eight-year-old Aussie boy as well as international entries from

In 2017 Jared Hargreaves won the Focus On Ability Open Short Film section with his film 'Mr Joe'. Apart from feeling like a star at the gala awards night, Jared also won a 3-week all-expenses-paid trip to Los Angeles, where