In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
A widowed mother, raising her nine year old autistic son, develops a bond with her new alcoholic neighbor, a painter who loves music and works hard to provide for his teenage daughter.
Austin is a boy with both a rare brittle-bone disease and autism. But what makes Austin truly unique is his joyous, funny, life-affirming worldview that transforms and unites everyone around him.
An abused autistic boy is the sole witness to the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.
Somewhere in the north-east of France, Eric, a penniless man who lives in his car, rejects his son Esteban, 10 years old, autistic and living under the care of his uncle. Because of another carelessness of his father, Esteban is kidnapped by two gangsters. Eric, devastated, is determined to do what's necessary in order to raise the ransom. He plunges into the city's ghetto in hopes of saving his son.
Dr. Reineger, a famous neuro-psychologist, has become convinced that a twin girl named Anna has a rare form of Autism called Asperger's Syndrome, rendering her unable to cope with reality. As for her blind sister, Sarah, the doctor cannot say for sure why her imaginary visions map so close to Anna's. At home, unable to face reality, their father leaves the family. To escape the pain, the girls sink deeper and deeper into their imagination. When a major earthquake takes their mother's life, Reineger gets more involved with helping the now-orphaned twins, while struggling with his realization that the girls seem to be capable of prophetic visions. The girls escape the doctor's institution and a subsequent search finds no trace of them. Have they transcended the physical realm? A mixture of live action, stop motion animation and other techniques makes this film a fantastic journey into the realm of imagination.
A wind strike, a splash of water and an accomplice look. Will they be enough to change the life of a child?
Patrícia was born with a condition that made it impossible for her to give birth, but the paths of life led her to meet Emanuel and Cléber, her children at heart.
The story 'Knightmares' evolves around the young boy, Luke, who grows up with an autistic brother named Tommy. Luke feels rejected by his family as they are spending more time with Tommy, which makes Luke flee into a different world. This world is a combination of his imagination and his favorite computer games. Disguised as a fearless Ninja, Luke has to fight demons, which represent his biggest fears in real life to overcome them in reality.
When Daniel is fired right before his son's expensive surgery, an angel takes him on a journey back in time to witness the trials of Joseph and Mary before the very first Christmas, reminding him how God's love can carry him through anything.
Otto Baxter, a filmmaker with Down's Syndrome, directs and stars in this musical horror-comedy short based on his life, set in Victorian London.
Opa Oskar nimmt weder die Wahrheit noch sich selbst besonders ernst. Das Schlitzohr wurde gerade frisch aus dem Gefängnis entlassen, wo er eine Haftstrafe wegen Hochstapelei absitzen musste. Da der Ex-Knacki eine Bleibe braucht, quartiert er sich im alten Bauwagen im hintersten Winkel des Gartens seiner Tochter Tilda ein, die immer noch sauer auf ihn ist. Schon bald trifft der Senior dort auf seine autistische Enkelin Fanny, an deren Eskapaden und Absonderlichkeiten die Familie zu zerbrechen droht. Im Gegensatz zum Greis nimmt es die 8-Jährige mit der Wahrheit ganz genau. Um ihr Vertrauen zu gewinnen, stellt sich Oskar dem Comic-begeisterten Mädchen nicht als den seit Jahren verschollenen kriminellen Opa vor, sondern als Professor Krypton. Für Fanny, die am liebsten ein knallbuntes Superheldinnenkostüm trägt und dafür in der Schule gehänselt wird, kommt der allwissende Mentor vom Superman-Planeten wie gerufen, denn sie hat einen Traum: Den Talentwettbewerb in der Schule gewinnen!
The story of the musical friendship between veteran musician/filmmaker André Luiz Oliveira and Lorenzo Barreto, a boy with autism, over 15 years.
A young boy struggles to get through to his mum because of his severe autism. This short film is made to raise more awareness about ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). When I saw the struggle people with autism and their relatives go through--every day--I realized: if only people would be able to take a look inside the world of someone with autism, if only people would understand a little of what it really means for them, many judgments and dismissive actions towards people with autism, can be turned into motivating and stimulating actions. Understanding is the key for a change of behavior. It is my hope this film will create more of this understanding.
The film is based on a true story about an Icelandic boy called Brynjar Karl. The film explores those possibilities with Brynjar and other young people who share their experiences being on the autism spectrum and how their talent elevated them.
A girl with autism and her best friend run away from home in search of her mother with the only clue that she is in "heaven".
Louis, an eight-and-a-half years old autistic kid, arrives in his new school and is about to introduce himself.
Upon learning of his father's terminal illness diagnosis, a young, autistic, hearing-impaired music composer and sketch artist travels back to his home to be with him and his mother.