About this Short Film
Tonic Blue (Danielle Tomlinson, Australia, 2025) In Tonic Blue, Danielle Tomlinson offers a thoughtful short that explores themes of accident, brain injury and the drive to keep moving forward. The film touches on adult experiences of medical and cognitive processing disability and reflects on individual motivation and achievement. Surfing appears as a motif that suggests freedom, challenge and recovery. Honest and unshowy, this short fits the Focus on Ability festival by highlighting the abilities and everyday achievements of people with disability. It invites audiences to witness resilience and to reconsider assumptions about capability and independence.
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Danielle Tomlinson is the filmmaker behind this entry. See every Focus on Ability entry from Danielle Tomlinson.
