The Black Balloon

A story about fitting in, discovering love and accepting your family. When Thomas (Rhys Wakefield) and his family move to a new home and he has to start at a new school, all he wants is to fit in. But his pregnant mother (Toni Collette) has to take things easy so his father Simon (Erik Thomson) puts him in charge of his autistic older brother Charlie (Luke Ford). Thomas, with the help of his new girlfriend Jackie (Gemma Ward), faces his biggest challenge yet. Charlie's unusual antics take Thomas on an emotional journey that causes his pent-up frustrations about his brother’s autism to pour out - in a story that is funny, confronting, and ultimately heart-warming.

Contains one scene of nudity and moderate coarse language.

* In a post-screen discussion, Sharon Hatt from the National Autistic Society and Jan Osbourne from Cambridgeshire’s INSPIRE will look at the issues families face when dealing with autism.