I AM DYSLEXIC - Short Animated Student Film

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A young dyslexic child falls into a world made entirely out of books. Alone in the environment, he is forced to climb a mountain representing the education system.

The animated short film I AM DYSLEXIC expresses what it feels like to have a learning difference in our current school system. Those with learning differences should be proud of who they are and should never be made to feel alone. The film uses strong metaphors to portray these emotions, as we follow a little boy on his journey to climb a mountain in a world made of books.

I AM DYSLEXIC is a student animated short directed, produced and written by Mads Johan Øgaard and Katie Wyman. We are both Dyslexic and have both experienced different ways in which the school system tries to deal with dyslexic students, the good and the bad. We have made this film in the hopes of giving individuals who experience learning difference something to relate to. Something to say; "Yes, this is a tough journey, but you're not alone and you can overcome the struggle!". This is content that many of us did not have growing up. Hence why we want as many people to see this film as possible, in the hopes it will give someone the courage to keep going.

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CREDITS:
I AM DYSLEXIC - (short film completed Jul 2016).
• Directed & Produced by - Mads Johan Øgaard and Katie Wyman.
• Music by -Mari Hajem
• Sound Production:
Thomas Bottolfsen, Eivind Hajem and Åsmund Røst Wien
• 3D Team:
Ben Langham,
Phillip Banko, Joseph Chalmers, Aaron Donlon, Juraj Tomori, Holly Herbert, Josh Wibberley, Andrea Patruno.
• 2D Team:
Clara Anganuzzi, Prawta Annez, Anna Bohac, Philippa Borman, Becca Bright, Grayling Breckon, Rachel Denton, Hannah Edge, Gregory Edwards, James Folland, Leigh Juggins, Naomi Hayes, Holly Herbert, Becky Hill, Elisabeth Horne, Pippa Humphrey , Sam Humphreys, Christopher Hunt, Anni Kaikkonen, Tim Lewis, Kathryn Man, Alasdair Montgomery, Becky Moritz, Elitsa Nedyalkova, Robin Neylan-Francis, Ryan Orgill, Luke O'Sullivan, Karolina Papp, Luke Platt, Connor Schrader, Alice Seatherton, Kiah Seifert-Craggs, Sam Stainer, Rebekah Truscott, Thomas Wallis, James White and Lucie Zix.
• VFX Team:
Calum Meyer,
Kylie Kamanga, Chris Lewin, Harry Orford, Rob Owen and Dominic Taylor.
• Additional Contributors:
Martin Burn, Judy Helene Fagernes, Sophie Rippington

FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY - 2016

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The film has won at the following festivals:
(Winner of 2016 Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival for Animation Student Short)
(Winner of 2016 Marano Ragazzi Spot Festival for best short film)
(Winner of the 2017 FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival for best short film)
(Winner of the Royal Television Society (South West) Animation Awards 2017)
(Winner of the 2017 Oxford International Film Festival for "Best student film" award)
(Winner of the Royal Television Society finals 2017 "Undergraduate craft skills - production design" award )
(Winner of 2017 Nottingham International Film Festival for best student film award)
(Winner of 2017 Nottingham International Film Festival best animation award)
(Winner of 2017 Liverpool Independent Film Festival best animation award)
(Winner of 2017 Liverpool Independent Film Festival best student film award)
(Winner of 2017 One-Reeler Short Film Competition Best Animation Short award)
(Winner of 2017 One-Reeler Short Film Competition Best Concept Art award)

We received a Special Mention at the following festivals:
(Jury Special Mention 2017 Manchester Film Festival for Outstanding Animation)

Finalists at the following festivals:
(Finalist 2017 Moving Pictures Festival for International short film)
(Finalist 2017 I FILMMAKER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL for Short (Cortometrajes))
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[madsjohanogaard]

Thank you all for 1M❤🎉 remember you are not alone❤️

[lyladniz]

Im dyslexic. My teachers didn't know I was it until I was 10! I didn't learn to read very well and I was told several times I was stupid or lazy. I was the worst in math and didn't know how to read very well... But one day I got the help I needed and now I am a 32 y/o Engineer, learnt 3 different languages and got the best notes in my career.
You are not stupid, you're not alone and you're not lazy!

[toontales]

Any fellow dyslexic people in the comments that like art and creating things because I think being very creative is common for people with dyslexia

[specificmod]

I only found out I was dyslexic a few months ago.

I finished high school without any compensatory tools and I got the lowest grade in high school.
The video impressed me a lot, especially the part about climbing the mountain because, after high school, I took the negative judgement of the teachers personally and enrolled in engineering university both out of passion and to prove them wrong.
It took me two years longer to finish my bachelor's degree than I had planned, but without any compensatory tools.
I won't even tell you about the insults I received and the number of exams I failed and had to retake.
On the other hand, I am now following my true passion by enrolling in a master's degree course in Space Engineering, while being followed by a tutor for dyslexics and being helped.

Intelligence and talent do not count too much because they are innate abilities. It is will and determination that deserve praise as they are chosen virtues.

I end this speech thanking you for this video and encouraging the internet to make many more animations with these themes because they are very important, just to give an example, in my moments of discouragement figures like Rock Lee and Maito Gai from the Naruto Anime have been much more useful than some professors.

[stefan]

i'm dyslexic and have ADHD, i had to quit school and when back to night school when i was 25 on the 8th of february 2019 and in the age of 37 i got my Bachelors degree! the entire educational system in Cyprus made me feel for years i was stupid! I'M NOT neither are you!

[cutewings]

This film is inspired of myself because I’m autism and I believe Identity myself as dyslexic because my teacher never notice when I was a childhood until they reliezed the truth in college.when I was in childhood school, I get bunch of help with these homework by asking my parents or my family because I don’t know how to answer these questions independently only for burden. In middle school when I tried to comprehend the story from a basic English class, I had problems writing a paragraph understand the story. Only because my reading comprehension is low and I’m definitely a slow reader. Unlike people with learning disability, they would found out that English is conceptual due to ableism. One thing, I found out that I wasn’t good at paying attention to people and didn’t understand what they trying to say because of not explaining his context and using a term without knowing the meaning of it. As I’m doing now, I’m making a book, google search for the term they using on technology, attending English, and communication class to fight off my disability including my autism and dyslexia to improve myself to be a smart influence and strong person yet I can be gifted and dedicated with people who are neurodivergent.

[anastasiosgrigoriadis]

Congratulations! While i have seen several children with dyslexia suffering at school, i can say that any attempt like this video really gives me hope that one day this situation will belong in the past. PS: I translated the subtitles in Greek so i'd be glad if anyone makes a review.

[gurlswithcurls]

so powerful! I am not dyslexic but I do have a language disability that is similar and this really touched me

[spdrwrtr]

I'm a dyslexia therapist in training and am so overjoyed to see such a beautiful story! My students would love to see this and their parents will be thrilled! Thank you so much!

[natashareeves]

I'm dyslexic. I didn't get my official diagnosis until I was 26. Before that, I failed countless University classes and graduated in five years instead of four. In my masters program, so many professors echoed my University professors, that I was too stupid and I couldn't make it. I graduated, but I don't work in the science field like I had planned. It was all too much. Thanks for making this. Maybe one day, I can heal too.

[sebastianv.]

I am dyslexic and you made me cry like a baby! Thank you for this excellent video! Thank you for making people understand! You just spoke to my heart like no one could ever do or understand!

[yoanareyes]

This so touching as a mother of two dyslexic children I see their struggles and challenges they have to go through every day at school ❤

[setapart]

I am the parent of a child with dyslexia and I am starting a literacy program for children with dyslexia this fall. I will be requiring all my staff and volunteers to view this. Thank you. We must do better for these amazing and brilliant people!

[visalakshik.raman.]

Nobody is alone anywhere.
If only everyone realizes the problems faced by the others and shows a little kindness, world will become a much better place to live in.

[oswaldlucky]

I'm Dyslexic, I totally understand the feel that we have to work harder or go the extra mile in the school system we have. Thanks.

[meganhowie]

im dyslexic and you made the film well its like someone can see inside my soul

[FantasyEdition]

Formidable allégorie de la montagne de savoir à gravir pour devenir enfin libre des préjugés. Œuvre magnifique.

[AleshaBishop]

Wow, this is exactly what I see my 10-year-old son going through. I cried my eyes out watching this. Great work, you nailed it. I am sharing this with his teachers and I hope it helps them understand the struggle Dyslexic children face every day.

[rockingdanteachingman]

Brilliant animation! Remember you are not alone! Very powerful short film thank you!

[herzy]

I'm not dyslexic but this was so touching it made me cry.
Thank you.