Filmmaker Joseph Inman collaborated with our EAD team to create an accessible version of Spines, a significant project being the first BFI Network-funded film to be written, directed, and starring an autistic person. Now you can experience the film online.
Deep in rural Cornwall, autistic Thomas loves to read. Retreating from a world he finds sensorily challenging, he spends all day buried in books, telling himself stories of heroes and epic quests. When a flying football starts a new friendship with sporty Agnes, Thomas initially finds it hard to relate and let her into his world. This distance between them means that Agnes becomes bored with Thomas’ storytelling, forcing Thomas to use his incredible creativity to make new stories for them both.