Presented in Collaboration with The Polygon Gallery
Ahead of this screening, The Montreal Steppers will host a beginner-friendly, high-energy Stepping workshop and demo accompanying The Steppers Visit South Africa! Stepping or step is the art form of creating music with one's body through claps and stomps. Participants will explore the basics of step choreography—claps, stomps, and chants—and discover the origins of step as a black art form.
Present Revolutions is a collection of films that respond to social issues of our time. Reflecting young peoples’ experiences growing up in a politically dynamic and polarized society, these works crystallise moments in time where we question our current reality.
A movement can begin within an individual, garnering momentum until it exists beyond oneself. Through its sheer urgency this action accumulates to a point when it cannot be ignored. When we create films that creatively interrogate our social reality, we liberate ourselves and our communities. It is in this way that filmmaking is an act of everyday resistance.
Autistic Joy is a micro short poetry film exploring the side of autism that often goes unspoken and under-explored: the joyful. From happy stimming to sensory delight, Autistic Joy delivers an insight into the positives within our autistic experience.
"Our experiences stand together. We are learning our place by the day. The world is so bright with us in it."
Autistic Joy was co-produced in collaboration with autistic peers, project managed by an autistic woman, and produced with a primarily neuodivergent cast and crew.
- Year2024
- Runtime3:48
- CountryEngland
- RatingNR
- DirectorAaron Shrimpton, Hollie Dee
- ScreenwriterMaddi Crease
- ProducerMaddi Crease
- CastLiberty Bliss, Abigail Deehan, Rupert Vaughan
- CinematographerAaron Shrimpton
- EditorAaron Shrimpton
- Sound DesignSteve Pretty
Presented in Collaboration with The Polygon Gallery
Ahead of this screening, The Montreal Steppers will host a beginner-friendly, high-energy Stepping workshop and demo accompanying The Steppers Visit South Africa! Stepping or step is the art form of creating music with one's body through claps and stomps. Participants will explore the basics of step choreography—claps, stomps, and chants—and discover the origins of step as a black art form.
Present Revolutions is a collection of films that respond to social issues of our time. Reflecting young peoples’ experiences growing up in a politically dynamic and polarized society, these works crystallise moments in time where we question our current reality.
A movement can begin within an individual, garnering momentum until it exists beyond oneself. Through its sheer urgency this action accumulates to a point when it cannot be ignored. When we create films that creatively interrogate our social reality, we liberate ourselves and our communities. It is in this way that filmmaking is an act of everyday resistance.
Autistic Joy is a micro short poetry film exploring the side of autism that often goes unspoken and under-explored: the joyful. From happy stimming to sensory delight, Autistic Joy delivers an insight into the positives within our autistic experience.
"Our experiences stand together. We are learning our place by the day. The world is so bright with us in it."
Autistic Joy was co-produced in collaboration with autistic peers, project managed by an autistic woman, and produced with a primarily neuodivergent cast and crew.
- Year2024
- Runtime3:48
- CountryEngland
- RatingNR
- DirectorAaron Shrimpton, Hollie Dee
- ScreenwriterMaddi Crease
- ProducerMaddi Crease
- CastLiberty Bliss, Abigail Deehan, Rupert Vaughan
- CinematographerAaron Shrimpton
- EditorAaron Shrimpton
- Sound DesignSteve Pretty