How to Build a Life

A young man with Asperger’s talks candidly about the bullying that nearly ended his life, and about finding hope through his renewed focus on Lego.

Directed by: Matthew Reese

Runtime: 10 MINUTES
Completed: 01/06/2023
Category: Short - Doc (UK)
Countries of Production: United Kindom
Premiere Status: London Breeze Premiere
Awards: Lift-Off London- Best Short Documentary, Sunderland Shorts Film Festival- Audience Choice Award, Wigan & Leigh Film Festival- Best Documentary

Louis, a young man with Asperger’s, talks candidly with his older brother about the decade of bullying that nearly ended his life. For the first time, he shares the details of his harrowing journey from the depths of depression, to finding hope through his dog best friend and renewed passion for Lego, in the form of stop-motion.