IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?
Cert 12A | 2023 | Dir. Ella Glendining| Documentary | UK | 87 mins
Feature Documentary - UK theatrical release weekend
In this deeply personal and disarmingly honest documentary, debut feature filmmaker Ella Glendining goes on a journey to find someone else with a body like hers, exploring what it takes to love and esteem yourself as a disabled person in an ableist society.
Born with a condition so rare that no reliable statistics for it exist, Glendining has always wondered if there is anybody out there who shares her physical experience of the world. Inspired to find others who do, she discovers that meeting them profoundly changes how she views herself and the potential of her future.
Featuring intimate personal diaries and home movie footage, conversations with similarly bodied people and the doctors treating Glendining's condition, and a unique, searching perspective, Is There Anybody Out There? invites the viewer to ask questions and challenge assumptions they may never have considered before, taking in ideas around body culture and parenting alongside questions of humanity and medical ethics. With warmth, intelligence and an infectious joy for her body and life as it is, Glendining takes you on an unforgettable journey, full of unexpected detours, that will change how you see others - those both like and unlike you.
Is Anybody Out There? is a revelatory film that gently tugs at the viewer’s biases and looks to a day when inclusivity is no longer an ‘issue’.
Free tickets for Students - You must pre-book to be sure of your seat and bring your Student ID with you to this screening.
