By Stanley for Stanley

Film dla Stasia

  • Description
  • Cast and crew
  • Duration: 54’
  • Genre: PEOPLE
  • Resolution: HD
  • Year: 2016

A powerful film about the power of friendship and the joy of life. Two main characters, besides being in a different age, are both disabled. Staś is a little child and Stanisław is a mature man. Stanisław is an artists, whose passion and profession is painting. The man patiently explains to the young child what is important in life and how to cope with the simplest daily activities, which may be troublesome for the young child. He also teaches him how to be strong and despite all odds how to enjoy life and take from it as much as possible. Every day the two men prove to the world that any goal can be achieved despite the disabilities, once someone is determined.

  • Awards:
  • 2017 Kraków Film Festival – Maciej Szumowski Award for remarkable social awareness
  • 2017 Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles – Hollywood Eagle Documentary Award
  • 2017 Ekran Toronto Polish Film Festival – Best Documentary
  • 2017 Polish Film Festival in America – Special Honorary Mention

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