Murmur is the story of a single mother, Hannah, and her relationship with her non-verbal autistic daughter, Evie. Early on, Hannah notices two strange growths on her daughter’s back, that she works hard to hide. To Hannah, the growths are a physical manifestation of her daughter’s otherness. Meanwhile, Evie is particularly drawn to the beach. She becomes visibly calm as she watches the murmuration of starlings rise in a great cloud above the ocean. Despite their lack of communication, Evie is connected to everything, she hears and feels her world in a supernatural way, an awareness of a panpsychic universal consciousness. This film will look at their struggles, both with autism itself and with how society treats autism through assessments, benefit claim paperwork, and unfair expectations. We’ll experience Hannah’s feelings of maternal ambivalence and guilt, and also deep heartfelt moments of love and affection despite Evie’s difficulties showing this in the way non-autistic people do.