Beautiful Young Minds (2007)

Name: Beautiful Young Minds
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2007-10-01

1h 30m

Running Time

October 1, 2007
Release Date

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Plot.

This BAFTA nominated documentary tells the story of some of the brightest mathematical brains of a generation. Each year, exceptionally gifted teenagers from over 90 countries compete for medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad. The film follows a group of brilliant teenagers as they battle it out to become the chosen six selected to represent the UK.

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Cast & Crew.

Morgan Matthews

Director

Simon Baron-Cohen

Self - Autism Research Centre

Joby Gee

Editor

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Details.

Release Date
October 1, 2007

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 30m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-09

This Movie Is About.

competition

autism

mathematics

genius

asperger's syndrome

Wiki.

Beautiful Young Minds was a documentary first shown at the BRITDOC Festival on 26 July 2007 and first broadcast on BBC 2 on 14 October 2007. The documentary follows the selection process and training for the U.K. team to compete in the 2006 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), as well as the actual event in Slovenia. Many of the young mathematicians featured in the film had a form of autism, which the documentary links to mathematical ability. The team goes on to win numerous medals at the IMO, including four silver and one bronze. It was directed by Morgan Matthews, edited by Joby Gee and featured music by Sam Hooper. It was also screened at the Bath Film Festival in October 2007. The documentary inspired the 2014 film X+Y, which was also directed by Morgan Matthews, based on IMO participant Daniel Lightwing.