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Field Reports

2026

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An autistic documentary filmmaker studies two neurotypicals, trying to understand their shared way of being through objects, language and small social gestures. As the day draws on, his sense of alienation slowly emerges.

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Jon Beaton

Jon Beaton

the documentary filmmaker

Alma Rio Cromstege

Sarah

Lander Merckx

Tom

Creative team

Directed by: Jon Beaton

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