Anthology·2024·26:38
Field Notes for the Overwhelmed
Dir. Collective: Bright Static
An anthology of micro-films commissioned by Divergent Cinema CIC's 2024 Open Call.
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The programme
Films by
neurodivergent artists.
Free to watch, captioned where possible, never auto-playing. Click a poster to open the film in our embedded player.
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Short·2024·12:14
Stim
Dir. Priya Achterberg
A dancer-choreographer reframes self-soothing movement as performance art, scored entirely with field recordings.
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Short·2023·22:05
Half-Light
Dir. Iris Banerjee
A coming-of-age narrative about a dyslexic teen joining a film club in a Yorkshire mill town.
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Feature·2023·1:01:32
Open Loop
Dir. Theo Beckett
A feature-length conversation film tracking three neurodivergent creators across a 24-hour production sprint.
adhddyslexiadocumentary
Short·2024·9:56
The Quiet Light
Dir. Mara Ellingham
A meditative short on sensory perception, told through the eyes of an autistic photographer wandering coastal Cornwall.
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Animation·2023·14:48
Loops & Lines
Dir. Sam Okafor
An animated portrait of an ADHD mind at work — non-linear, joyful, and unapologetically tangential.
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Short·2022·18:20
Routines
Dir. Hana Vidović
Four short vignettes about the structures we build to make the world feel possible — gentle, lived-in, observational.
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Documentary·2024·7:42
Signal to Noise
Dir. Devon Aitkenhead
A sound designer with auditory processing differences invites the audience inside her mixing studio.
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Short·2026·19:16
Sholay 50th Anniversary documentary
Dir. Sophia Mahmood
Celebrating 50 years since the release of the Bollywood timeless classic Sholay, we visit the screening at Lumiere Cinema and talk to the guests and why this movie has survived the test time and what it means to them.
Sholay Short Film Documentary