Ms Crankypants & The Hood, from Ocean View College (Australia, 2023), joins our Focus on Ability programme with a clear focus on connection and inclusion. The short film responds to themes of autism, friendship, group life, intellectual disability, school and work, and the everyday world of teenagers. It offers a warm, attentive perspective that invites audiences to reflect on how relationships and community shape opportunity and belonging. Presented within the festival that celebrates the abilities, experiences and achievements of people with disability, this film contributes to a broader conversation about access, support and respect in youthful settings. An engaging work for educators, families and peers.
My name is Luke Fiddler, and this is my story! I like trains. Hi, train! There we go. It worked. Fiddler, there we go. That was pretty good. That was pretty good. That was pretty good. My class is crazy. Crazy! Crazy! Everyone's got something going on. Copernicus Some days, he's a Hulk. Some days, he thinks he's Spiderman. And then there's a shark. He thinks he's a shark! He thinks he's a shark. Young Sarah, she's always laughing. I like trains. Theo likes balls. The A-man is a bit sus. Pretty sure he's an assassin. I think Harry is a Harry Crystal. The class guru is known as supportive. We've never seen his face! Hi, Luke. I gotta go. See you on the flip side. Wow! He's so wise. We all miss our favourite teacher. Mr Flippity Flunch! He was the best! He was so funny. What do you call a fish wearing a bow tie? I don't know! Sophisticated! He buys hot chips for us every day. Flippity Flunch, it's time for lunch! Hey, I got some hot chips! Thank you, Mr Flippity Flunch! He would bring us flowers from the garden. Boots! Harry's dad reckons that's what turned him into a Krishna. There you go, Luke! Thank you, Mr Flippity Flunch! He would sing us funny songs. There you go, Luke! Thank you, Mr Flippity Flunch! He would sing us funny songs. Oh, isn't it cruel? When a man eats his meal. But one day he got run over by an old lady. She was riding a bicycle. Now he's gone. Oh well. Then she appeared. She seemed really nice at first. I am so sorry you lost your teacher. You must be feeling so very sad. It wasn't long before he realised why they called her Miss Crankypants. Get your books out! Books? Yes, you know, to do work in. Work? Don't you know what work is? Work? Mostly Mr Flippity Gibbet just told us jokes and gave us hot chips. And flowers. If she talks about this thing, she could work. She made us work and work and work. One day she was teaching us about being safe in the community. It's really important to have a safe person. Everybody needs a safe person. But she didn't like our safe room. My safe room was a mess. It was a mess. It was a mess. It was a mess. It was a mess. It was a mess. It was a mess. It was a mess. It was a mess. It was a mess. She didn't like our safe room. My safe person is Tom Holland. Oh no, Copernicus. You don't really know. My safe person is Rock. Now, you see the same problem there. Tom Holland is my father. What? The Rock is my mother. What? Tom Holland is not your father. The Rock is not your mother. Um, young sir, I don't think the Rock is your mother. He's a man. Ha ha ha ha. Oh! Hey, Miss Squanky Pants. It's okay. No one means to upset you. So take a chill pill, dude. The hood really hurts Miss Squanky Pants. All that hard work paid off. A shark became a biologist. Copernicus became a theoretical physicist. Like Sean Cooper. Harry became a forest in London. Young Sir is a famous artist. Theo won a brown lion at Richmond. The hook became a famous psychoanalyst. And the manager had a lot of breaks. And that was my story. Story. Gooperman, Gooperman, Gooperman, Spiderman. Arrgh! See ya. There it goes. Arrgh!
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