The Stimming Pool

In this drifting, playful film, an autistic camera reclaims the space. We spend time with subjects in interweaving stories – a cult film club host; a woman taking part in a diagnostic test; a young admin worker masking, and an enigmatic spirit. This experimental, hybrid feature film is co-created by a collective of autistic artists, the Neurocultures Collective, and filmmaker Steven Eastwood. An artistic invitation into what it is like to live with neurodivergence in a chaotic world often hostile to those who are different and an illuminating possibility of a world informed by neurodiverse vision.

4–5.30pm – Screening 5.30–5.45pm – Break 5.45–6.30pm – Q&A with Hjinx Academy, an all-Wales network of actors with learning disabilities and/or autism.

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This will be a relaxed screening, so feel free to move around and leave and re-enter the Stiwdio if needed.

There will be a designated quiet space in the Cinema Foyer. Sensory, stimming toys and noise-cancelling headphones will be in this space for anyone who needs them.

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Curated in collaboration with artist Imogen Stidworthy to accompany her exhibition, In a thread of air .