An experimental feature film co-created by a collective of autistic artists, a queer biker romance, and a film about police corruption in India are the winners of this year’s BFI and Chanel film-maker awards.

The awards, which champion “creative audacity” and ambition, come with a £20,000 prize for the three sets of winners.

The first of these announced at an awards ceremony on Thursday were the Neurocultures Collective – made up of Sam Chown-Ahern, Georgia Bradburn, Benjamin Brown, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Lucy Walker – and artist and film-maker Steven Eastwood. Together they made The Stimming Pool , a docufiction film which explores a world shaped by neurodiverse perspectives, released to acclaim earlier this year.

The jury – made up of Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton, magazine edit

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