Part Fish

Diagnosed autistic at 31, a Cumbrian filmmaker turns the camera on herself to explore burnout, stimming and the path to self-acceptance.

Part Fish is the first project where Sophie Broadgate has allowed herself to completely unmask on screen, sharing what stimming looks like for her and tracing her journey through burnout to autistic joy. The result is something poetic and cinematic, with flowing and repetitive movements that are genuinely soothing to watch. Broadgate's experience is woven together with ideas about how environment shapes us all, how we can thrive in the right conditions and struggle when displaced. With real sensitivity and originality, Part Fish invites you into the internal rhythms of neurodiverse life, opening up new ways of thinking about connection, bodies and what it means to feel at home in yourself.