Day Two

10.30am, Thursday 15th October

Watch the Day Two short films hosted by the wonderfully creative Lorcan Hopper. (38:40)

The Loop (18:50)

Documentary, South Australia

Lorcan Hopper and Johanis Lyons-Reid

The Loop is an absurd journey into disability, authorship and representation. Two directors, one living with Down Syndrome, explore representations of normality by creating a hybrid documentary following the process of making their own soap opera.

 

Aspectrum - What is Autism to Me? (4:56)

Documentary, UK

Cameron Lee Horace

Aspectrum documents Interviews with 4 young people living with the developmental disorder known as Autism Spectrum Disorder, a condition around 700,000 people experience living with, in the United Kingdom alone.

 

Light and Dark (5:02)

Experimental, Australia

The Monday Film Group - Arthur Collective

Dance, movement, shadows create atmospheric soothing emery, where all expression is celebrated.

 

Optometrist (1:06)

Comedy, South Australia

Tutti Arts Film and Media

Short scripted comedy written by Michael Need. This sketch shows what happens when you take a simple eye test to an extreme level.

I Am a Very Special Being (3:46)

Music video, Denmark

Marcus Mandel

40-year-old Christian is diagnosed with autism. He wrote the lyrics for this song about who he is - and he sings it himself.