BASED ON A TRUE STORY
“Life feels good” is a film based on a true story. the story of Mateusz, a men suffering for cerebral palsy, who in his early childhood had been diagnosed as a retard with no contact with the outside world. After twenty five years it turned out that he was a perfectly normal and intelligent person. In spite of all the difficulties he encounters in communicating with the world, he proves how much can be achieved by the strength of the spirit. A film, full of optimism and humor story.
Starring Dawid Ogrodnik, know from “I am God”, who presents a scintillating performance and one of the most extraordinary roles in Polish cinema of the last few years, which can be compared to Daniel Day Lewis (“Mt Left Foot: The story of Christy Brown”), Javier Bardem (“The Sea Inside”), Mathieu Almaric (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”) and François Cluzet (“Untouchables”).
Kamil Tkacz, whose debut is undaunted, plays the underage Mateusz.
FESTIVAL AND AWARDS
the Polish Film Awards 2014
Best Actor: Dawid Ogrodnik Best Screenplay: Maciej Pieprzyca Best Supporting Actor: Arkadiusz Jakubik Best Supporting Actress: Anna Nehrebecka Audience Award
World premiere
36th Festival des films du monde de MONTREAL – Canada – 22 Aug. / 03 Sept. 2013
Grand prix des Americas Audience Award Ecumenical Prize
38° GDYNIA Film Festival – Poland – 9/14 september 2013
Silver Lion Audience Award Crystal Star (awarded by ELLE) to the actor Dawid Ogrodnik Apart Special award / Albert Riele to the actor Dawid Ogrodnik Golden Claqueur of Radio Gdansk
49th CHICAGO Int. film festival – USA – 10/24 Nov. 2013 Silver Hugo in the New Directors Competition Audience Choice Award for the Best Narrative English-Language Feature
37th São Paulo International Film Festival – Brazil – 18/31 Oct. 2013
11th TOFI FEST – Toru? – Poland 21/27 Oct. 2013
Audience Award
West Wind Moscow – Russia – 23/27 Oc.t 2013
44th International Film Festival of India – Goa – 20/30 Nov. 2013
11th Chennai International Film Festival – India – 12/19 Nov. 2013
Jameson Dublin International Film festival – Ireland – 13/23 Feb. 2014
Polish Cinema Festival – Brooklyn – USA – 19/23 Feb. 2014
38th Cleveland International Film festival – USA – 19/30 Feb. 2014
Winner of the George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Competition award (juried competition)
19th Vilnius International Film Festival – Estonia – 20 Mar. / 03 Apr. 2014
21st FebioFest – Czech Republic – 20/28 Mar. 2014
Saratoga Film Forum New York – USA – 03/07 Apr. 2014
Panorama Europe at Museum of the Moving Image New York – USA – 06 Apr. 2014
Cyprus Film Days – 04/13 Apr. 2014
14th GOEAST – Festival of central and eastern European Film Festival – Germany – 09/15 Apr. 2014
Film Polska Berlin – Germany – 23/30 Apr. 2014
10th Polish Film Festival New York – USA – 08/11 May 2014 The Elzbieta Czyszewska Award, in the Best Acting Category, to Dawid Ogrodnik for his incredible performance of a man in?icted with Cerebral Palsy Awarded the Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize as the Best Film
European Film Festival Trinidad and Tobago – 14/27 May 2014
11th Seoul International Agape Film festival – South Korea – 22/30 May 2014
40th Seattle International Film Festival – USA – 15May / 08 June 2014
2014 Golden Space Needle Award: Best Actor (Dawid Ogrodnik)
54th Zlin Film Festival – International Film Festival for Children and Youth – Czech Republic – 30 May / 05 June 2014
Polish Film festival 2014 in Melbourne (31st May / 08 June) + Canberra (12/15 June) + Sydney (21/29 June) – Australia
The Golden Linden IFF of new European cinema – Stara Zagora – Bulgaria – June 2014
2nd Scarborough Film Festival Toronto – Canada – 03/08 June 2014
Cinetopia International Film Festival (Detroit + Ann Arbor) – USA – 04/08 June 2014
12th Brussels Film festival – Belgium – 06/14 June 2014
UNConvention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - 10/12 June 2014
16th Taipei International Film Festival – Taiwan – 27 June / 19 July 2014
5th VOICES Film Festival Vologda – Russia – 04/08 July 2014
Audience Prize Award
Fiuggi Family Festival – Italy – 19/26 July 2014
Isola del cinema – Festival Isola Mondo Rome – Italy – 25 July 2014
Leipzig Mkuntmess Film Festival – Germany – 15/19 Sept. 2014
Milwaukee Film Festival – USA – 25 Sept. / 09 Oct. 2014
Play Poland Film Festival – UK – 01 Oct. / 30 Nov. 2014
Cineast: Festival du film d’Europe Centrale et Orientale – Luxembourg – 09/26 Oct. 2014
Orcas island Film Festival – USA – 10/13 Oct. 2014
19th Schlingel Film Festival – Germany – 13/19 Oct. 2014
Polish Film Festival Seattle – USA – 17/18 Oct. 2014
MIFFECITO (special event Miami International Film Festival) – USA – 17/18 Oct. 2014
17th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival – USA – 05/09 Nov. 2014
52nd Gijon International Film Festival – Spain – 21/29 Nov. 2014
