
Directing
Ariel Baska
Ariel Baska is a Deafblind cyborg, disability advocate, multi-award-winning filmmaker, and the festival director of Access:Horror, which celebrates disability and genre through horror and experimental filmmaking. They have worked with Anarchists United, SXSW, and the Academy Museum as a filmmaker, speaker, and advisor. Their most recent short film, a horror memoir named Monstrous Me, received grants from Southern Documentary Fund, Sunny Side of the Doc (via ReelAbilities), and The Chimaera Project, and is executive produced by Lilly Wachowski.
Acting credits
NR"Horror Able" is an educational piece that focuses and raises awareness on disabilities and inclusion. It aims to stress the importance of diversity, representation and accessibility in the industry.
Horror Able
2024
NRWhen Ariel was a disabled and disfigured child of three years old, a bad babysitter brought over a bag of weed, her boyfriend, and a VHS of A Nightmare on Elm Street. From under the coffee table, through the railings, Ariel saw themselves in that Zenith television, in the face of Freddy Krueger, and decided there was agency in being a monster rather than a martyr.
Monstrous Me
2026
NRThis is a behind the scenes documentary for the making of the film OUR FIRST PRIORITY, which was made in the pandemic under unusual circumstances.
The Devil in the Details
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Behind the camera
NRWhen Ariel was a disabled and disfigured child of three years old, a bad babysitter brought over a bag of weed, her boyfriend, and a VHS of A Nightmare on Elm Street. From under the coffee table, through the railings, Ariel saw themselves in that Zenith television, in the face of Freddy Krueger, and decided there was agency in being a monster rather than a martyr.
Monstrous Me
2026
NRWhen Ariel was a disabled and disfigured child of three years old, a bad babysitter brought over a bag of weed, her boyfriend, and a VHS of A Nightmare on Elm Street. From under the coffee table, through the railings, Ariel saw themselves in that Zenith television, in the face of Freddy Krueger, and decided there was agency in being a monster rather than a martyr.
Monstrous Me
2026
NRJess is moving out, and her friends Marsha and Imani are down to help, until they realize they have a traitor in their midst.
Disabled AF
2025
NRA tale of one girl's experience of medical gaslighting and the avenging angels that keep our universe in balance.
Our First Priority
2022
NRA tale of one girl's experience of medical gaslighting and the avenging angels that keep our universe in balance.
Our First Priority
2022