"IT IS SOMETHING TRULY COLLECTIVE – RADICAL IN WAYS THAT CHALLENGE NOT JUST NEURODIVERSE STEREOTYPES, BUT THE FILM'S INDUSTRY STANDARD WAYS OF TELLING A STORY."
SOPHIE MONKS KAUFMAN, SIGHT AND SOUND (APRIL 2025 ISSUE)
"A DENSE, ELLIPTICAL FILM THAT REWARDS REPEATED VIEWING"
SASKIA BARON, THE GUARDIAN
"ENGAGING AND ILLUMINATING"
BUSINESS DOC EUROPE
"THE STIMMING POOL IS LIKE NOTHING ELSE YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON THE FILM FESTIVAL CIRCUIT THIS YEAR"
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"DESERVES TO BE SEEN AT LEAST TWICE"
MODERN TIMES REVIEW
THE STIMMING POOL
2024
EXPERIMENTAL | ENGLISH | 70 MIN
THE STIMMING POOL is a unique film exploring a world shaped by neurodiverse perspectives. The narrative unfolds through an autistic camera, capturing diverse subjects navigating environments both challenging and comforting. Characters, some concealing their autism, others thriving in their communities, share a common goal: finding a space free from societal norms — The Stimming Pool.
"Hypnotic threads that weave in and out of a recognisable reality with relaxed rhythms" — TIME OUT
"A drifting, hybrid form captured by an 'autistic' camera disrupts the normative concept of life, experienced by neurotypicals" — LITTLE WHITE LIES
"A refreshing and poignant representation of a different view of the world" — VLADAN PETKOVIC, CINEUROPA
DIRECTED BY THE NEUROCULTURES COLLECTIVE
(Sam Chown Ahern, Georgia Bradburn, Benjamin Brown, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Lucy Walker) & STEVEN EASTWOOD
PRODUCED BY WHALEBONE FILMS
FUNDED BY WELLCOME TRUST
SUPPORTED BY BFI NATIONAL LOTTERY FUND
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