As Rose spends the day bowling with her neurodivergent Uncle, she grapples with the secret that he is dying of cancer.
Angela Giarratana
as Rose
Marc Pulver
as Uncle Johnny
Paul Heredia
as Bowling Alley Employee
Deborah Giarratana
as Mom
A peek inside the absurd and whimsical mind of Mel, a woman with severe OCD who just wants to do something new with her day.
One girl's struggle to break free from the suffocating constraints of a world that wasn't made for her. Will she escape? Or be forever trapped inside a hellscape while forced conformity overrides her outward persona until no trace remains of her former self...
An autistic documentary filmmaker studies two neurotypicals, trying to understand their shared way of being through objects, language and small social gestures. As the day draws on, his sense of alienation slowly emerges.
Sensory Overload profiles individuals in the neurodivergent and neurosensitive communities and their allies, looking at how they are changing mindsets around them.
After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.
Trapped in a room with erratic keyboard clacking, trilling phones, and the moist crunch of a coworker’s lunch. How long could you suffer in silence?
What “living on the autism spectrum” means for those affected and their environment. To find out, the camera team accompanied autistic people into their world. The documentary shows the challenges they face in their everyday lives and lets them tell their personal stories. It is accompanied by two renowned autism researchers, Tony Attwood and Professor Ludger Tebartz van Elst, and dispels the clichés that most people have about autistic people. Because autism is very diverse. The documentary takes an exclusive look at the current state of autism research in Professor Jürgen Knoblich's gene laboratory in Vienna.
Joy is a journey through the mind of a 65-year-old autistic lesbian who's addicted to sugar and can't stop thinking about her ex-girlfriend from youth. She lives with her partner—a mannequin that she's built to look like her ex. The tragicomic piece delves deep into moments of intimacy, loneliness, sexuality, joy, and the desperate longing to be loved.
An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Jesus Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities tested while risking their lives to unearth the truth.....
This is the story of the unhappy maid Lena, who falls in love with the furniture mover Franz. But Franz' former girlfriend Karla is jealous of Lena and starts an intrigue against the couple, suggesting that Franz would leave Lena because of her poverty and shabby clothes. So Lena steals a ring and brings it to the pawnshop in order to get some money to buy something more attractive.
Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.
Looking for a successor to his leadership of a Lao Qiang shaddow puppet theatre places Shao in a dilemma; only sons with blood ties can become apprentices.