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It has been an incredible year. Screenings in Thessaloniki, Vancouver, NYC, Albany, Asheville and over $5000 raised for TEACCH from our last two fundraisers!
If you haven't seen Neurotypical yet, we have upcoming screenings in Boone & Durham, NC. Or better yet, organize a Neurotypical screening/fundraiser of your own!
And, we will have a DVD soon - we promise!
We couldn't have done it without you. Thank you for your support!
If you didn't get a chance to see Neurotypical at the Asheville Fine Arts Theatre, join us this Wednesday, November 30 at 6:30PM at the Ferguson Auditorium on the AB Tech (Asheville campus) for another screening to benefit the Asheville TEACCH Center's scholarship fund!
Special thanks to Ana Soto for organizing this!
Ferguson Auditorium
AB Tech, Asheville Campus
November 30, 2011 - 6:30pm
Free with AB Tech student ID
Tickets for all others $5 at the door (cash only)
I'm going to use a lot of caps, so please forgive me :-)
The screenings in Asheville were amazing! We couldn't have asked for a better turn out - completely sold out on Thursday night and over 200 (out of 250 tickets) on a Saturday morning!
And to top it all, we raised almost $4000 for TEACCH!!
Thank you all!!!
Join us this Thursday, September 15 at 7:00PM and Saturday, September 17 at 10:30AM at theFine Arts Theatre in Asheville, NC for a screening to benefit the Asheville TEACCHCenter's scholarship fund!
It's wonderful for Neurotypical to come home to Asheville where it all started!
Asheville Fine Arts Theatre
September 15, 2011 - 7:00pm
& September 17, 2011 - 10:30
36 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
828-232-1536 / info@fineartstheatre.com
Tickets are $10
This past Thursday, Neurotypical was screened at The Linda, WAMC's Performing Arts Studio in Albany as part of their "Food For Thought, evening of socially relevant cinema" series.
We unfortunately were unable to attend, but Maddi, who appears in the film, was there and joined in the talkback. Way to go Maddi!
Join us Friday, July 8 at 9:00PM on the lawn at the Automotive High School in Williamsburg! (50 Bedford Ave. at North 13th St., Brooklyn)
Doors open - 8:00PM / Live music - 8:30PM
Film begins - 9:00PM / Q&A with director Adam Larsen - 10:30PM
After party - 11:30PM at Matchless (557 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn)
Another screening under our belt! This past Monday afternoon (despite the inopportune time slot), Neurotypical played to a crowded house at the DOXA Documentary Festival. This screening was particularly memorable for two reasons. One, we experienced our first english speaking audience and two, Adam Lando, joined us for an amazing Q&A after the film. Ironically, we had just met Adam's mother, Marianne Kaplan, in Thessaloniki where her film about Adam, The Boy Inside, was being screened. After Neurotypical, Adam shared his perspective about Asperger's and his burgeoning rap career.
Join us in Vancouver at DOXA, May 9 at 1PM!
"A remarkably cinematic film that often recalls the work of Terrence Malick in its treatment of the natural world, Neurotypical possesses a deep respect for the people it profiles. Indeed, Larsen's lens finds unending fascination in his subjects while tracking them in their day-to-day lives — whether it's a guy trying to get a date, a toddler's stroll in the woods, or a ride to the local skate park that radiates pure boyish joy, each individual navigates their own path through a world that is both bewildering and beautiful. With intelligence and care, Neurotypical carves out a more expansive idea of what it means to be human."
Happy World Autism Awareness (and Acceptance) Day!!
We have exciting news that we can't announce for another week, so here are a couple of updates about people we love!
Violet, Vijay, and Charlie were featured in a wonderful article about acceptance on the site Eco Child's Play.
And, Paula Durbin-Westby has been busy at autism NOW, an amazing resource for individuals on the autism spectrum and their families.
Congrats and keep up the great work!
It's hard to describe the culmination of almost 4 years of work. "Thrilling" will have to do!
Neurotypical premiered to a packed house in Thessaloniki last Saturday - with Greek subtitles! The audience was engaged, laughed and cried at all the right parts, and most stayed for the Q&A afterwards. Amazing! It was humbling to be in the company of so many remarkable documentaries, each striving to educate and push for change. We can only hope that all future festivals for Neurotypical will be as memorable.
In many ways Thessaloniki is more of a beginning for Neurotypical than a conclusion. It marks the start of a dialogue toward the recognition of neurodiversity.
Oh, one more thing you might find interesting. While we didn't come home with any awards (which is besides the point), Neurotypical was 10th out of 98 films for the foreign feature audience award! Just saying...
First, we need to thank you all! Things are definitely ratcheting up as we prepare for Thessaloniki. Your generous contributions are helping us get there! Through the fundraiser we connected with Joe Wenkoff, Eric Barnett, and Gerry Legros - the Toronto based team of Colr at Topix who color corrected and mastered Neurotypical!
I just returned from Toronto and I can say without question, Neurotypical has never looked better! All we need is an audience!!
Neurotypical got a great mention in Variety yesterday!
Thessaloniki focuses on disabilities
Docu lineup linked to Special Olympics
by Will Tizard
PRAGUE -- Thessaloniki's docufest unveiled a lineup Thursday featuring a strong showing of U.S. pics in its celebration of work keyed to the Athens Special Olympics later this year.
Tribute to work that explores disabilities, the lifestyles and the misunderstandings surrounding them, will include 30 pics such as the world preem of Adam Larsen's offbeat "Neurotypical," the word autistic people use to describe those without the syndrome, and "Embraceable," a look at the joyfulness of Williams syndrome sufferers.
Lizzie Gottlieb's "Today's Man" considers the often overlooked dimensions of adult life for people with Asperger's, while "For Once in My Life," helmed by Jim Bigham and Mark Moormann, is an engaging look at The Spirit of Goodwill Band, consisting of 28 members with mental and physical disabilities who show off the transformative power of music.
Michel Orion Scott's "The Horse Boy" follows a journey through Inner Mongolia by a couple hoping to cure their 5-year-old son of autism, while "Living with Fragile X," by Kathy Elder and Greg Mishey, chronicles lives touched by a little-known genetic syndrome that in many ways emulates autism.
Fest launches March 11-20 with a docu workshop led by the European Documentary Network intended to foster emerging filmmaker voices from the region.
It's official! Neurotypical will premiere at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.
What's even more exciting is that the festival is including Neurotypical as part of a tribute to the Special Olympics which will be held in Athens in June.
We are honored to debut the film for such a worthwhile cause!
