The Stimming Pool

70' 2024

dir.: The Neurocultures Collective (Benjamin Brown, Georgia Bradburn, Sam Chown-Ahern, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Lucy Walker) & Steven Eastwood

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A hybrid film by a collective of creators on the autism spectrum: an experiment unceremoniously combining conventions, themes and narratives.

What could a Civil War–era zombie horror movie possibly have in common with the story of a gentle border collie named Chess? This hybrid work, made by a collective of filmmakers on the autism spectrum, blends documentary and conceptual art where even the creative process becomes part of the film itself. Constructed like a series of nesting boxes, each layer reveals another, made in a different style or register by successive auteurs. Yet the plot soon gives way to something deeper: an exploration of perception as “Stimming Pool” is, above all, an attempt to show how autistic creators experience the world and themselves. And it invites the viewer to ask: how does a so-called “neurotypical” audience navigate a story told through a neurodiverse lens?

Konrad Wirkowski

Audio description

Please note that the new Kino Dostępne 2.0 app does not require an internet connection in the cinema, only that you download the audio description track to your phone before the screening.

Before going to the cinema, install and open the Kino Dostępne 2.0 app. You can find it on Google Play and the App Store.
Click and install the Kino Dostępne 2.0 app.
Go to the "Festivals" tab and select "WATCH DOCS".
Select a film from the list.
Click "Download audio description".
Remember to bring your headphones with you.
You will need internet access (Wi-Fi or mobile data) to download the materials before going to the cinema. You will not need the internet during the screening.
Once the film has started, put on your headphones and turn on the previously downloaded audio description or narrator in the application. The application will automatically adjust to the sound in the cinema.
More detailed instructions on how to use the new version of the application can be found in the tab https://watchdocs.pl/en/dostepnosc