The Stimming Pool

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The Stimming Pool
Directed by
  • Sam Chown-Ahern
  • Georgia Bradburn
  • Benjamin Brown
  • Robin Elliott-Knowles
  • Lucy Walker
  • Steven Eastwood
[1]
Produced by
  • Steven Eastwood
  • Chloe White
CinematographyGregory Oke
Edited bySergio Vego Borrego
Music by
  • Brain Audio
  • Tom Haines
Production
company
Whalebone Films
Release date
Running time
67 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Stimming Pool is a 2024 documentary film about autistic co-creation, co-directed by Neurocultures Collective (Sam Chown-Ahern, Georgia Bradburn, Benjamin Brown, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Lucy Walker) and Steven Eastwood. [3] [4]

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Synopsis

A hybrid of documentary and fiction, the film shows a spectrum of some autistic experience, using a combination of ideas and characters thought up by the collective of co-directors. [1] [5]

Production

The film uses a collaborative approach to filmmaking. [3]

Release

The Stimming Pool had its world premiere at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen in 2024. [2]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "British Council Film: The Stimming Pool". britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  2. 1 2 "The Stimming Pool". CPH:DOX. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  3. 1 2 Baron, Saskia (2025-03-12). "'It's supposed to be intense': inside the experimental film that 'truly captures' autism". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  4. Monks Kaufman, Sophie (2024-10-10). "Lost horrors and autistic cameras: the people changing neurodiverse cinema forever". Time Out. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
  5. "Review: The Stimming Pool". Cineuropa. 2024-07-29. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  6. "Silence of Reason and The Stimming Pool share top prize at IceDocs". Cineuropa. 2024-07-23. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  7. Rickinson, Steve (2024-07-21). "Kumjana Novakova and The Neurocultures Collective win joint best film award at IceDocs". Modern Times Review. Retrieved 2025-03-13.