Brian Tolley is a teenager with autism who indulges his imagination by creating characters, sculptures, and creatures from twist-ties.
Intro - Fixing Luka
Fixing Luka
Lucy thinks her brother, Luka, is broken. His obsessive, meticulous, infuriating arrangements of sugar cubes and thimbles prove it.
Intro - Check Out
Check Out
A short comedy about Kelly and Allison, who find out that the best friendships blossom when they are most needed.
Intro - Bastion
Bastion
Bastion, the barber, was having an ordinary day. As he was preparing to head home, in entered the harmless fool.
Intro - 46/47
46/47
Daniel is different. He’s missing something. He only has 46 chromosomes where 47 should be.
Intro - 3rd Son, Fourth Brother
3rd Son, Fourth Brother
Hip-hop artist Cam Lasley: 'We got each others back – until the day we drop – and we never gonna stop.'
Intro - A Different Kind of Day
A Different Kind of Day
A random encounter between 2 adults with Down Syndrome and a group of youths, has unexpected consequences which change the day for everyone.
Intro - A Good Life, Too
A Good Life, Too
At a young age Alonzo suffered a brain injury. It changed the way he learns, communicates and the way he interprets the world around him.
Intro - Awareness
Awareness
This video might make you think what people’s lives could be like if we focused more on their abilities, rather than their disabilities.
Intro - Bread Makers
Bread Makers
At a Edinburgh bakery, a community of workers with learning disabilities makes a variety of organic breads for delivery to shops in the city
Intro - Comican't
Comican't
An epic adventure film with a cast comprised of actors with a range of intellectual disabilities. But it isn’t a film about disability.
Intro - Full Circle
Full Circle
Benjamin was 7 years old when he moved to Toronto. His neighbor, Ramzi, was 18 months old at the time. Within one year the two boys had become best friends.
Intro - Get That Gold
Get That Gold
This documentary follows Kyle as he prepares to compete in the 2014 Washington State Special Olympics.
Intro - Look the Part
Look the Part
Sam has a passion to be a dancer, but is too shy to realize her dreams. When Peaches materializes one night, Sam’s dreams transform into reality.
Intro - Me and My Brother
Me and My Brother
Zach doesn’t want to tell the world his little brother has Autism - he wants to tell the world how to be his friend.
Intro - Paul
Paul
A friend, a lover, a knight in shining armor… meet Paul, a man with Down syndrome.
tentative films for the 2026 Carroll County Sprout Film Festival
Playlist will remain active through to the evening of February 1, 2026.
