Coming out Autistic is a short animated documentary that explores the experience of telling the world that you are autistic, when you also identify as LGBTQ+. Queer coming out stories are well documented, but the occurrence of telling friends, family, co-workers and strangers that you are autistic is less explored. Parallels with queer experiences are investigated and a wide range of individuals are interviewed to express the array of feelings and reactions that are encountered when you come out as autistic.
Animation heightens the emotion, conceals the identity of the speakers and presents themes of pride, joy, shame, introversion, respect and torment. The animation also emphasises the passionate, funny and important words and actions that are witnessed. Coming out Autistic is an original queer short film, shot and animated on mobile devices.
Screenings
Sit Down Shutup And Watch Film & New Media Festival – South Australia – 19/10/2022
International Queer Film Festival Merlinka – Belgrade, Serbia – 08/12/2022
Reelout Queer Film Festival – Kingston, Canada – 04/02/2023
Lived Perspectives Film Festival – Winchester, England – 21/03/2023
Roze Filmdagen – Amsterdam, Netherlands – 22/03/2023
Leeds Queer Film Festival – Leeds, England – 23/03/2023
Marvels of Media Awards – New York, United States – 30/03/2023 – Winner Animation Award
Kaboom Animation Festival – Amsterdam, Netherlands – 01/04/2023
Divine Queer Film Festival – Torino, Italy – 15/04/2023
Geelong Pride Film Festival – Geelong, Australia – 20/04/2023
ReelAbilities International Film Festival – New York, United States – 27/04/2023
Castlemaine Pride – Victoria, Australia – 02/05/2023
ReelAbilities Film Festival Toronto – Toronto, Canada – 12/05/2023
Amor es Amor Festival – Córdoba, Argentina – 16/05/2023
Manchester Pride Superbia Festival – Manchester, England – 15/06/2023
Pride Filmtage Bremen – Bremen, Germany – 16/06/2023
Tasmania Pride Festival – Tasmania, Australia – 20/06/2023
International Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR – Poznan, Poland – 21/06/2023
Glasgow Zine Fest – Glasgow, Scotland – 09/07/2023
Last Frame Queer Fest – London, England – 16/07/2023
Animaphix New Contemporary Languages Film Festival – Palermo, Italy – 25/07/2023
Antwerp Queer Arts Festival – Antwerp, Belgium – 05/08/2023
Queer Film Festival Utrecht – Utrecht, Netherlands – 01/09/2023
Indie Street Film Festival – NJ, United States – 13/09/2023
London Queer Fringe – London, England – 24/09/2023
Aniyasyros International Animation Festival – Syros, Greece – 26/09/2023
Scottish Queer Film Festival – Glasgow, Scotland – 30/09/2023
Taiwan International Queer Film Festival – Kaohsiung City, Taiwan – 01/10/2023
Sardinia Queer Film Expo – Cagliari, Italy – 04/10/2023
Image Out – Rochester, United States – 05/10/2023
Animest – Bucharest, Romania – 06/10/2023
Everybody’s Perfect – Geneva, Switzerland – 06/10/2023
Petit Plan: Europa IV – Athens, Greece – 16/10/2023
Adelaide International Film Festival – Adelaide, Australia – 18/10/2023
Pride Pictures – Karlsruhe, Germany – 21/10/2023
Taichung International Queer Film Festival – Taichung, Taiwan – 03/11/2023
Extraordinary Film Festival – Brussels, Belgium – 08/11/2023
Queer Xplicit Film Festival – Leipzig, Germany – 15/11/2023
Bradford Queer Film Festival – Bradford, England – 23/11/2023
Séquence Court-Métrage – Toulouse, France – 06/12/2023
Paris International Animation Film Festival – Paris, France – 17/01/2024
Queer Mais Trash – Brussels, Belgium – 31/01/2024
Pink Life QueerFest – Ankara, Turkey – 23/02/2024
Pride Pictures Queer Community (QZM) – Mannheim, Germany – 24/02/2024
ReelAbilities: New Jersey Film Festival – New Jersey, United States – 29/02/2024
Oska Bright Manchester – Manchester, England – 12/03/2024
Oska Bright – Hove, England – 18/03/2024
BFI Flare – London, England – 21/03/2024
L’hybride Film Festival – Lille, France – 12/04/2024
Foyle Film Festival – Foyle, Northern Ireland – 20/04/2024
Queer Pasticciaccio Bello II Exhibition – Rome, Italy – 28/04/2024 – 14/05/2024
ReelAbilities Film Festival: Los Angeles – Los Angeles, United States – 04/05/2024
FilmPride Brighton – Brighton, England – 01/06/2024
SQIFF x Porty Pride – Portobello, Scotland – 28/06/2024
AN/OTHER Film Festival – Fremantle, Australia – 12/07/2024
FilmPride – Brighton, England – 01/08/2024
Film Pride TV Festival – Online – 12/08/2024
Rest Fest – Online – 15/08/2024
Art200 International Queer Film Festival – Bucharest Romania – 14/09/2024
NeuroCinema Film Festival – Berlin, Germany – 29/10/2024
Unity Film Festival – Cardiff, Wales – 09/11/2024
One Fluid Night – London, England – 15/11/2024
London International Animation Film Festival – London, England – 26/11/2024
Margate Pride – Margate, England – 28/11/2024
Queer Vision Film Festival – Bristol, England – 08/07/2025
Cardiff Animation Festival – Cardiff, Wales – 23/08/2025
Scottish Queer Film Festival – Glasgow, Scotland – 01/11/2025
Steven Fraser 