Schubert in Love

I Used to Be Famous

September 2022 •English

A former boy band star unexpectedly gets a second shot at success when he forms a bond with a gifted young drummer.

That Time at the Beach

June 2023 •Danish

Leif, a man with a mysterious fear of the ocean and suppressed memories of bullying, confronts his former tormenter at a middle school reunion to uncover the truth, find peace and maybe understand what happened in his past

Please Stand By

January 2018 •English

A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy follows the guiding spirit of Mr. Spock on her journey into the unknown.

Macie on a Good Day

August 2014 •English

Macie (Jen Santos) is a twenty-three year old woman with IDD (Individual with Developmental Disability) stuck in the middle of a feud between her sisters Abby (Maria Sole), a recovering alcoholic trying to become a more active member in Macie's life and her primary caregiver Megan (Elizabeth Archibeque).

Barfi!

September 2012 •Hindi

Set in the 1970s, the film focuses on Barfi, a deaf-mute young man from Darjeeling, and his relationships with two lovely girls, the rich Shruti and the autistic Jhilmil .

Weekend Warriors

Invalid date •English

Based on the 2023 German comedy-drama Weekend Rebels, an autistic teenager wants to find a favorite Premiere League soccer club and makes his father take him to see every single team so he can decide.

Aku Jati, Aku Asperger

October 2024 •Indonesian

Jati, a young man with Asperger's who is obsessed with trains, is threatened with not being able to carry out his daily routine due to the breakup of his older brother Daru's relationship with Kiara, who has always been involved in Jati's daily routine. His schedule is further threatened with ruin as Daru is not interested in finding a new girlfriend. Jati's difficulties increase when she has to go out of her own way of strategizing in order to convince Jenar, an independent woman she meets at the training ground as a suitable match for Daru.

Mr. Know-It-All

May 2018 •French

A football coach afraid of commitment has to take care of his nephew with Asperger's Syndrome.

The Girl from the Wardrobe

June 2013 •Polish

This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological disease, and Jacek contacts the world mainly via the Internet. This is also a film about love. Love of one brother to the other and of one alienated human being to the other. All together it creates a very universal picture with a Polish entourage.

Party Quest

June 2022 •English

Party Quest is the coming-of-age story of a college student with Autism. The Narrator, who acts like the voice in his head, persuades him to get the girl of his dreams in an epic adventure: a party. It’s just as bad as he thinks it’s going to be, until maybe it isn’t.

Weekend Rebels

September 2023 •German

Mirco von Juterczenka's novel "Wir Wochenendrebellen" is the story of a father and his ten-year-old son, who is Asperger's autistic. The boy has set his mind on finally finding his favourite football club. But his selection criteria are very specific and besides, he wants to experience all the clubs (no matter in which league they play) live in the stadium.

Benny & Joon

April 1993 •English

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

The Specials

October 2019 •French

For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations (The Hatch & The Shelter), they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for some quite extraordinary characters.

Die Eisbombe

August 2008 •German

Being There

December 1979 •English

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.

Oskar, das Schlitzohr und Fanny Supergirl

January 2022 •German

Grandpa Oskar takes neither the truth nor himself very seriously. The rascal has just been released from prison, where he was serving a sentence for imposture. Since the ex-con needs a place to stay, he quartered himself in the old construction trailer in the farthest corner of the garden of his daughter Tilda, who is still mad at him. The senior soon meets his autistic granddaughter Fanny, whose antics and peculiarities threaten to break the family under. In contrast to the old man, the 8-year-old takes the truth very seriously. In order to gain their trust, Oskar does not introduce himself to the comic-loving girl as the criminal grandpa, who has been missing for years, but as Professor Krypton. For Fanny, who prefers to wear a brightly colored superhero costume and is teased at school for it, the omniscient mentor from the Superman planet comes along just at the right time, because she has a dream: To win the talent competition at school!

Forrest Gump

June 1994 •English

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

Maxel

August 2016 •Spanish

The Sense of Wonder

December 2015 •French

Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.

Tully

May 2018 •English

Marlo, a mother of three, including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant at first, she quickly forms a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.