Yesterday was quite an interesting day. I took myself up to stratford, for the Together2016 disability film festival. To be honest I didn’t know what to expect. A few weeks ago, I had submitted my 1000 Londoners film to them, and they said they would use it, so I thought I would go up to check it out. It turned out to be a great day: it took place in stratford town hall: I got there part way through a discussion, but soon, films were played. Most were fairly short, and I was surprised at how varied they were. Their subjects covered both physical and intellectual disabilities; there was fiction and documentary; live action and animation. There was even some poetry, although, truth be told, I wasn’t much taken by it. My film was shown in the second sequence of films, towards the end of the afternoon. To my surprise and mild embarrassment, when it finished it got a huge round of applause, although that may just have been because I was there.

I started to head home soon after that – I didn’t want to stay too late. It had been quite a fascinating afternoon. I held my head high as I rode the tube home: that applause still buzzing in my ears, it’s good to see people like my work.