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KCC presents : The Stimming Pool 2024 (110mins) cert 12A.We are proud to announce a screening of acclaimed film The Stimming Pool in conjunction with our good friends at Pen Pals Fife [arts based grassroots peer support for queer and/or Neurodiverse folks]
The screening is free though you need to identify as neuro-divergent and or queer to attend. Pre- screening there will be the monthly penpals vegan social lunch from 1-3pm [again free to attend]. If you wish to attend either the Screening or Lunch or Both please email [email protected].
You can also register for free to become a penpals member at https://penpals.site/join.
Co-created by the Neurocultures collective and artist-filmmaker Steven Eastwood this film is a magical,innovative look at the world through an Autistic Lens.The Stimming Pool is a hybrid film that presents the possibilities of a world informed by autistic perspectives and perception.
A B-Movie film club host introduces a lost animated horror movie; a young woman fills out questionnaires and watches sequences in an eye tracking test; an office worker goes about their life, masking their autistic nature; a picture book tells the story of an enigmatic dog-human spirit watching over people with disabilities.
Like a Russian doll of Where’s Wally scenes, the film invites the audience to take pleasure in exploring details in every part of the frame. Each of the characters exists in a separate world nested inside one other and often jumping up and down levels. But gradually we come to realise they have common experiences. Some are concealing their autism and dealing with the resulting feelings of isolation, while others thrive in the communities and support structures around them. All, however, have a shared objective: to find a place where they are free to move and stim, uninhibited by the tests and restrictions of normative society. This secret place is the Stimming Pool…
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Greener Kirkcaldy, 6 East Fergus Place, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1XT, United Kingdom
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