Short films about #autism #10 This lyrical, subjective short docudrama uses narration, sensorial imagery & children's drawings to try to convey how life looks, sounds & feels to an autistic girl, particularly her experience of attending a mainstream school #filmsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aQq...

Fun fact: one of the participants in the film, 22 year old Adam Harris, is the younger brother of the former Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris and founded Ireland's national autism charity AsIAm in 2014 to advocate for greater awareness, support and inclusion for autistic people in Ireland.

Short films about #autism #9 This observational doc gives a snapshot of the diverse lives of several autistic children and young people across Ireland & made a real, positive contribution to how autistic people were seen in the country. Watch for free on Tubi #filmsky tubitv.com/movies/45562...

Short films about #autism #8 Guang(2011) is a Malaysian narrative short, precursor to an award-winning 2018 feature. Inspired by the director's autistic brother it shows both social challenges & the intense focus/magic special interests can bring #filmsky #https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxIsfKauTBQ

The “Greatest” Short Films of All Time, as voted for by filmmakers, curators, critics and scholars from around the world: yanco.be/en/greatest-...

Good to see some reporting on #nuclear colonialism in a major UK newspaper. It’s an area I plan to get deep into in my next short doc…

Short films about #autism #7 Canadian artist Gil Goletski's 2018 animated short 'Hole' vividly conveys the confusion, and even disintegration, experienced in autistic sensory overload, with a dizzying collage of different animation techniques, sounds & music #filmsky psyche.co/videos/a-mys...

Finally made it to the new(ish) coffee shop in the converted ‘garden temple’ folly at Black Rock on the #Brighton seafront, built in 1835 but long fallen into disrepair until its recent restoration. Gets a big thumbs up from my daughter & I. Friendly staff, delicious food & the view is hard to beat😊

Ooh great shout! Every 4 years when when the Winter Olympics come around again I surprise myself anew with just how interested I get in people performing unfathomably impressive sporting feats in freezing conditions. The Herzogian take on it definitely appeals.

Short films about #autism #6 A bit of a companion piece to yesterday's Panorama, this short doc brings a playful contemporary autistic perspective to bear on 1950s film footage of autistic children in a clinical setting- a fascinating and fun watch 😊 #filmsky www.shortoftheweek.com/2025/02/18/a...

Bad Bunny and Sir Ian McKellen and Anoushka Shankar all reminding us this week, in very different ways, just how important art is for a progressive future.

Short films about #autism #5 The BBC Panorama film 'And...It's for Life', predating the concept of an autistic spectrum by 5 years, takes us inside the UK's second dedicated autistic school & first adult residential care home - and shows how far we've come in 50 years www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRSs...

Short films about #autism #4 Ryan Matthews: Basically Me (2014) is a sweet documentary profile of an artist with Aspergers whose life has been transformed by 2 things: his love of trains and moving to Alaska, where he's found his own personal & creative 'paradise' #filmsky psyche.co/videos/an-au...

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Short films about #autism #3 Pixar's animated short Loop (2020) is a gorgeously rendered portrait of a non-verbal autistic girl (voiced by a non-verbal actor) & neurotypical boy learning to communicate on a canoe trip. Affecting *and* authentic representation #filmsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB5Q...

Short films about #autism #2 John Clark's BFI-funded 'Snapshot' from 2022 is loosely based on his own lived experiences with striking visuals/ sound design taking us inside the head of a young autistic photographer as he navigates interviewing for a new job #filmsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxjz...

Announcing it to the world so it’s really REAL. Yep I’m making another film! open.substack.com/pub/vickiles...

Check out my online members club 'The Film Thread' - it's like a book group, but for films! A slow cinema journey tracing one theme over many months, through lesser-known film gems from different countries, eras & genres. New season on autism coming soon... vickilesley.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

Whilst prepping the new season of my film club - on #autism - I thought I'd share a short film each day in Feb that I’ve encountered whilst researching the programme. Starting with seminal animation 'A is for Autism'(back when Ch4 still commissioned stuff like this!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxt3...

Had a lot of fun talking with Oscar Project head honcho Jonathan about this one - some genuinely mind-blowing stunt sequences and Jean Harlow was a sensation! #filmsky #hollywoodgoldenage #oscars #1930s 4.11-Hell's Angels with Vicki Lesley open.substack.com/pub/theoscar...

Whilst looking for autism films I came across one featuring Michael Baron, who co-founded the National Autistic Society in the 60s. He passed away only last week aged 96. What a legacy - and he campaigned on nuclear waste too!We’d have had lots to talk about…RIP www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Can’t wait to watch this

Discerning film folk, I’m gathering contenders for the next season in my online ‘slow cinema’ club The Film Thread - one topic over several months & multiple movies. I’d love to get your suggestions for movies about autism - any country/era/genre, especially forgotten or overlooked titles🙏🏻 #filmsky

@nuclearanthro.bsky.social same goes for you too - you'd be super welcome to join 😃

It's out last online meetup in The Film Thread movie club's atomic season TOMORROW! With very special guest Dr Thomas Keating from @liu.se And if you sign up this weekend there's 49% off your membership for a whole year 🤩 See you there? #filmsky #nukesky open.substack.com/pub/vickiles...

Wanna join my slow cinema film club for 49% off? It’s my 49th birthday so I’m offering a discount on The Film Thread until our last Zoom of series 1 on Sunday. Access all 6 deep dive essays/replays on atomic movies ahead of our brand new season on autism🎬🍿 #filmsky 👉 vickilesley.substack.com/49for49

I recorded a little New Years video update - and threw in a birthday-related discount for my slow cinema online movie club The FilmThread for good measure. 49% off for my 49th birthday. I know, I don’t look old enough, etc 🤣 Get it while it’s hot folks! #filmsky open.substack.com/pub/vickiles...

My fiery New Years film recommendation for you, as promised… ☢️💥 #filmsky #nukesky

Dropping a FREE festive bonus chat in my Film Thread film club tomorrow about a mid-‘80s Ozploitation nuclear war/teen romance flick. Set mostly in the Sydney Opera House on New Years Eve, it’s a wild ride! Here’s the trailer to whet your appetite… m.youtube.com/watch?v=gMy4... #filmsky #nukesky

Atom-Powered Reindeer. Post-Cuba Crisis Christmas '62.

After reading my early '80s Ladybird book version at bedtime last night we've been on a Little Mermaid extravaganza! Watched today: the 2023 live action version, a 1970s Readers Digest cartoon (narrated by no less than Dr Kildare!) and best of the bunch - the trippy 1968 Soviet animation #filmsky

How did that happen?! Can hardly believe I’m already announcing the final movie pick in my inaugural film club season - on atomic movies. Deep dive essay coming in the New Year and Zoom chat on 18th Jan… open.substack.com/pub/vickiles... #filmsky #nukesky

Something I wasn’t expecting to see today: a rose in full bloom with a fully decorated Christmas tree & lights in the background… Climate change, what climate change?

In Substack years I’m 2 years old today… I wonder what that is in dog years? 😄 Do feel free to come say hi over there. I’m very friendly I promise!

Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA #nuclear www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

What are you doing on Sunday? Why not watch this gripping Korean nuclear spy thriller (plus a little short of mine!) then sign up to my movie club & come chat about it with us on Zoom? All the details are in the post. I'd love to see you there! 🍿🎬☢️ #filmsky #nukesky open.substack.com/pub/vickiles...

Last month it was 1940s Soviet jazz, this month the soundtrack to my latest film club essay is the first K-pop band ever to perform in North Korea! Look out for my ‘10 Things to Know About… The Spy Gone North’ - the terrific Korean nuclear espionage film we’re watching this month - out later today…

Here it is, my full report on Margot Bennett’s slice of mid-century atomic science served with a nice dollop of regressive ’60s gender stereotypes on the side. You can snap up your own copy for a cool 180 quid at Oxfam Books or just watch my video instead! open.substack.com/pub/vickiles... #nukesky

In response to the order by Trump for US to resume nuclear testing, the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, of which the Western Shoshone's Native Community Action Council are a member, will be at the gates of the Nevada National Security Site for an educational Peace Camp today November 21, 2025.

🚨 JUST IN: Since it started as a producer of nuclear waste storage canisters, #Holtec has built an empire around mothballed nuclear power plants and incomplete nuclear initiatives. The firm's history of overpromising and underdelivery raises the question of whether to trust it this time. #nukesky

I've recorded my latest video book report, this one on my mid-1960s vintage charity shop gem, 'The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Atomic Radiation'. Full thing will be up later on this evening but here's a sneaky peak... #nukesky

I couldn't possibly do a season on atomic movies in my film club without including a spy thriller could I! This month's movie pick takes us to 1990s North & South Korea for some super tense nuclear espionage action in The Spy Gone North... vickilesley.substack.com/p/the-film-t... #nukesky #filmsky

Whilst I found the repeated telling of events from different angles rather anti-climactic, I DID really like the choice to end the film on that deliberately suspended moment before whatever happened happened. This beautifully written piece articulates much better than I could why.

Today at 11:30 AM CST / 12:30 PM EST, join the Bulletin for an expert discussion unpacking "A House of Dynamite." Watch below. ⬇️

Nuclear testing you say? "Nuclear Conquistadors: Military Colonialism in #Nuclear Test Site Selection during the Cold War” #NuclearTesting #ColdWar #NukeSky ipus.snu.ac.kr/eng/wp-conte...

Current reading, from my pile of charity shop finds. Published in 1964 and written by a Scottish mother of four whose first job was on a New Zealand sheep station and who later wrote crime & sci-fi novels. And that cover! I mean how could I possibly refuse? 😄 #nukesky

Just finished watching House of Dynamite. I made my son go to bed halfway through cos it was late and it’s school tomorrow. He was annoyed but I honestly think he already saw the best of it. It’s fantastic that Bigelow is tackling nuclear weapons but watching brought sadly diminishing returns for me