The Other Sister

Benny & Joon

1993

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

Liminal Girl

2024

Amidst the pandemic, a woman embarks on a treacherous journey through the wilderness to reach her brother while grappling with her mental state.

Oskar the Calendar

Based on the popular book by Andris Kalnozols, this is the story of Oskars, who lives in a provincial town with his mother, loves an idealised dream girl, and is gifted with an exceptional memory and imagination. On his way to independence, he gathers a motley crew of companions and has all kinds of adventures.

Flaminia

2024

Flaminia De Angelis, a cheerful girl from North Rome, is obsessed with fitness and comes from a wealthy background. Under pressure from her mother, she is about to marry Alberto, the son of a diplomat, as a means to climb the social ladder. The arrival of her autistic half-sister, Ludovica, turns her life upside down, and an unexpected event puts everything at risk.

The Black Balloon

2008

Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?

Mercury Rising

1998

Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.

Adam

2009

Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

Comedy Against the Odds

2024

10-year-old Austin Eletto has autism. He’s also an aspiring stand-up comic. This short documentary spotlights the struggle of growing up with labels, and how Austin uses comedy to embrace and overcome them. Through the intimate story of Austin as he faces adversity and hardships, our audience will be thoroughly connected to his childhood experience, making the inevitable laughs bigger and more inspired.

L'enfant de la nuit.

2001

A mother struggles so that her young autistic son can have a life like any child of his age.

Die Eisbombe

2008

A family in eco-fever. The Schuhmann Weils are radical environmentalists and mother their 19-year-old son like a small child. One day, when a chunk of ice hits the family home and the family seek shelter in a bomb shelter, Tom seizes the opportunity to escape to freedom and self-determination...

Lone Wolves

2024

When a single, pragmatic forty-something recruits the eclectic guy she didn’t go to prom with back in high school to be her D-I-Y sperm donor, but learns that he’s Autistic and navigating some significant mental health issues, her carefully planned hopes are turned upside down in one crazy weekend in Toledo, Ohio.

Homework

2023

Faulkner, a young boy with autism, attempts to do the two hardest things for a kid on the spectrum: finish his English homework, and reconnect with his older brother, Simon.