About this Short Film
Paws and Patience (2025), from Para Hills High School, Australia, is a short film that explores themes including cognitive processing and congenital disability, intellectual disability, school life, teenagers and therapy. Presented as part of Focus on Ability, it offers a compassionate, everyday view of young people with disability and the relationships and routines that shape their lives. The filmmakers bring a respectful, inquiring eye to group dynamics and the small moments that reveal resilience and care. This is a sincere student-made work that sits comfortably within the festival’s mission to highlight the abilities, experiences and achievements of people with disability.
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