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November 19th - 20th, 2021

For the WIPE Amateur Film Festival, "amateur films are not just a festival concept. It is a search for a new film language, which can exist just outside of industrial schemes of production and distribution". WIPE takes pride in being a laidback, non-professional festival, where all people have an audience.  Due to COVID_19, the 5th edition of the festival was held virtually in October of 2020 and rescheduled for fall 2021 in-person in Berlin, Germany.

September 26th - October 24th, 2020

The International Social Change Film Festival, or "Change Fest" use the art of storytelling to pair justice-orientated films from around the globe with "opportunities to get involved with organizations committed to righting the wrongs highlighted" . Social Change is a "national nonprofit committed to liberations, amplifying  community voices and disrupting the legacy of systemic injustice through storytelling, organizing, direct action and policy advocacy". Powerful stories lead to powerful action. The 2020 festival was virtual. 

October 8th - October 9th, 2020

Each year, the "SLC is committed to centering the voices, wisdom, and experiences of college students with intellectual disability. The SLC is open to all students, with an emphasis on young adults who are transitioning into college and current college students. The focus is on students with intellectual disability and their peers, including traditionally enrolled friends, classmates, and mentors". The 2020 conference was held virtually and co-hosted by some of the casts' friends at Syracuse University and InclusiveU. And They Were Roommates was presented as the first keynote addresses. 

September 25th - October 4th, 2020

The Helsinki Education Film Festival International (HEFFI) was built on the idea that "videos and films are the latest, most commonly used, and most engaging medium of information in our time". The festival, located in Helsinki, Finland, aims to channel the "exchange [of] ideas and methods, including non-traditional ways that will open greater opportunities for collaboration for further development of education". The mission is to "educate the new generation through films and videos".

June 1st - June 30th, 2020

The disABILITY Film Festival was free to the public and available online for the month of June. The fest was in collaboration with Western Colorado University's Education and and Rocky Mountain PBS. With a "mission to raise awareness of the triumphs within inclusive education" the festival explored "creative pedagogy that serves students within inclusive classroom environments using film as a launchpad for discussion, advocacy and change in special education". And They Were Roommates was the first film of Part 1 of the festival.

June 20th - 27th, 2020

​This monthly film session is hosted by the Lift-Off Network. The purpose of the session was to share the works of emerging filmmakers. All 100+ films included in this virtual set come from filmmakers all over the world, cover a wide array of topics, and vary in style and type. 

All links for this session are now deactivated. 

May, 2020

And They Were Roommates: Navigating Inclusive Mentorship in Higher Education was shared as part of Syracuse University's Renée Crown Honors Program Thesis Showcase. Kylie's undergraduate honors thesis was created in conjunction with the film. 

The written thesis and information about the Renée Crown Honors Program can be found on the the program website site. 

February 28th - 29th, 2020

This conference, hosted by Teachers College at Columbia University, aimed to provide unlearning and learning opportunities for professionals in the fields of Education and Psychology. The theme of the 37th conference was "Teaching to Transform: Mentoring & Supervision in Psychology and Education", with keynote speaker Lisa Delpit. A rough cut of the film was presented at the conference as an adapted paper presentation (under a different title, "The UnGuide to Inclusive Mentorship in Higher Education").