The Stimming Pool + Q&A

An experimental—at times fantastical—hybrid movie, co-created by a collective of autistic artists, The Neurocultures Collective who invite you into a neurodiverse world within the undulating logic of neurotypical environments. An engaging hybrid feature film, THE STIMMING POOL presents the possibilities of a world informed by autistic perspectives and perception. A B-Movie film club host introduces a lost animated horror movie; a young woman fills out questionnaires and watches sequences in an eye tracking test; an office worker goes about their life, masking their autistic nature; a picture book tells the story of an enigmatic dog-human spirit watching over people with disabilities. The co-directors invite the audience to take pleasure in exploring details in every part of the frame. Each of the characters exists in a separate world whilst also jumping and cutting through one another. Some are concealing their autism and dealing with the resulting feelings of isolation, while others thrive in the communities and support structures around them. All, however, have a shared objective: to find a place where they are free to move and stim, uninhibited by the tests and restrictions of normative society. This secret place is the Stimming Pool… The screening is followed by a live on stage Q&A with Sam Chown and Benjamin Brown from The Neurocultures Collective. This showing will feature a lower volume, and we will have a designated Quiet Space on site.DocumentaryPT1H7M12A2025-03-29

Co-created by The Neurocultures Collective (Sam Chown Ahern

Georgia Bradburn, Benjamin Brown

Robin Elliott-Knowles

Lucy Walker)

and filmmaker Steven Eastwood

The Stimming Pool + Q&A"The Stimming Pool + Q&A"

Showtimes

March 29, 3:45 pm