PooBrain

A quiet portrait of misunderstanding, undiagnosed autism, and the island that shaped him.

• Rated 10.0 out of 10
• Movie
• 2026
• 20m
• Documentary

A fragmented documentary portrait of Sammy, an adult with undiagnosed autism growing up in Jersey. Through cut-up interviews, island landscapes and black-and-white experimental sequences, PooBrain explores family, stigma, illness, friendship and the quiet ache of being misunderstood.

Director

Jude Bolt

Starring

Charlotte Williamson, Hugh Coughlan, David McMahon, Samuel McMahon