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Champion Film Salon International Film Festival

The Champion Film Salon International Film Festival is a one-day festival in Frisco for films made by filmmakers with disabilities and films about people with disabilities. Its founder, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2014, started it as a professional showcase for disabled filmmakers and for stories about disability, and each edition also raises awareness for the organizations its featured "champions" support. The 2026 edition ran September 26 with features, shorts and documentaries from the U.S., Spain, Italy, Iran, the U.K. and Ecuador; winners receive a custom medallion. Submissions go through FilmFreeway, and 2027 dates had not been posted as of October 2026.

Festival · Frisco · Active

Next
Usually late September
Theatre Frisco
Champion Film Salon
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Categories
Feature Film
Short Film
Feature Documentary
Prizes
Several award categories; winners receive a custom medallion.

Notable

2026 winners: Who Will Cry For Me (Spain, Best Feature Film), The Goalkeeper (Italy, Best Short Film), Lightning Flowers (USA, Best Feature Documentary) ↗︎
Founder started the festival after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in March 2014, to give filmmakers with disabilities a professional platform ↗︎
Listed as running 6 years on FilmFreeway ↗︎

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