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Asperger and Proud (1996)
Grad film
Directed by Molly Okell
Synopsis
“You’d have to knock me out before you get rid of my obesessions. 10 x day x a day x a day ....... approximately.”
Director's Statement
Asperger syndrome is a form of Autism characterised, mainly, by a lack of social judgment and obsessional behaviour. Asperger and Proud is a film about my brother Aquinas Okell who suffers from this syndrome. His obsessions from pencil cases to the guards at Buckingham Palace, through to LL Cool J, are constant and sometimes all consuming.
Festivals
1996 Cinanima, Espinho, Portugal; Cine-Feel,Paris 1997 Metamorphose, Rome; Pesaro Film Festival; Lichtnichts: International Young People’s Film Festival; Anima Mundi, Rio de Janiero; AnimExpo ‘97, Seoul; Ottawa International Student Animated Film Festival; Valladolid International Film Festival: RCA Retrospective; Festival de Cine de Alcala de Henares; Flipside Film and Video Shorts festival, Nottingham; Split New Film and Video Festival; Kinofilm ‘97, Manchester 1998 Flickerfest Film Festival, Sydney; Tout Feu Tout Femmes, Forum 1998, Nantes: Perfos and Cellulos Screenings; Cinema Zita: British Animation Festival, Stockholm, Sitges Film Festival 1999 Revelations Film Festival: RCA Programme, Perth and Adelaide 2000 Dresden Film Festival: RCA Programme