Life Feels Good | |
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Chce się żyć | |
Directed by | Maciej Pieprzyca |
Written by | Maciej Pieprzyca |
Produced by | Wiesław Łysakowski |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Pawel Dyllus |
Edited by | Krzysztof Szpetmański |
Music by | Bartosz Chajdecki |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Kino Świat |
Release dates |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | Poland |
Language | Polish |
Box office | $1 438 531 [1] |
Life Feels Good ( Polish: Chce się żyć) is a 2013 Polish drama film directed by Maciej Pieprzyca.
It won the jury, audience and ecumenical prizes at the Montreal World Film Festival. [2]
It tells the story of Mateusz Rosiński who has cerebral palsy in Poland and his life from the 1980s to 2000s. It is inspired by true events.
Award | Category | Recipient | Result | |
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Polish Film Awards 2014 [3] [4] | Eagle | Best Film | Nominated | |
Best Director | Maciej Pieprzyca | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Maciej Pieprzyca | Won | ||
Best Editing | Krzysztof Szpetmański | Nominated | ||
Best Leading Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Anna Nehrebecka | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Arkadiusz Jakubik | Won | ||
Audience Award | Won | |||
Montreal World Film Festival 2013 [5] | Grand Prix des Americas | Won | ||
Public Award | Most Popular Film of the Festival | Won | ||
Ecumenical Prize | Won | |||
Gdynia Film Festival 2013 [3] | Silver Lion | Won | ||
Audience Award | Won | |||
Chicago International Film Festival 2013 [6] [7] | Silver Hugo | New Directors Competition | Won | |
Audience Choice Award | Best Narrative Foreign-Language Feature | Won | ||
International Film Festival TOFIFEST 2013 [8] | Golden Angel | From Poland competition Audience Award | Won | |
Polish Film Festival in America 2013 [9] | Golden Teeth | Most Interesting Feature Film | Won | |
Cleveland International Film Festival 2014 [10] | Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award | Best Film | Runner Up | |
George Gund III Memorial Award | Central and Eastern European Film Competition | Won | ||
Polish Society of Cinematographers 2014 [11] | PSC Award | Pawel Dyllus | Nominated | |
Off Plus Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema 2014 [12] | Polish Feature Film Competition | Best Actress | Dorota Kolak | Won |
New York Polish Film Festival 2014 [13] | Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize | Best Film | Won | |
Elzbieta Czyszewska Award | Best Acting | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | |
Seattle International Film Festival 2014 [14] | Golden Space Needle | Best Film | First Runner-up | |
Best Director | Maciej Pieprzyca | First Runner-up | ||
Best Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | ||
Golden Linden International Film Festival of New European Cinema 2014 [15] | Golden Linden | Best Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won |
VOICES Film Festival 2014 [16] | Audience Prize | Won |
Life Feels Good | |
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Chce się żyć | |
Directed by | Maciej Pieprzyca |
Written by | Maciej Pieprzyca |
Produced by | Wiesław Łysakowski |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Pawel Dyllus |
Edited by | Krzysztof Szpetmański |
Music by | Bartosz Chajdecki |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Kino Świat |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | Poland |
Language | Polish |
Box office | $1 438 531 [1] |
Life Feels Good ( Polish: Chce się żyć) is a 2013 Polish drama film directed by Maciej Pieprzyca.
It won the jury, audience and ecumenical prizes at the Montreal World Film Festival. [2]
It tells the story of Mateusz Rosiński who has cerebral palsy in Poland and his life from the 1980s to 2000s. It is inspired by true events.
Award | Category | Recipient | Result | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Polish Film Awards 2014 [3] [4] | Eagle | Best Film | Nominated | |
Best Director | Maciej Pieprzyca | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Maciej Pieprzyca | Won | ||
Best Editing | Krzysztof Szpetmański | Nominated | ||
Best Leading Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Anna Nehrebecka | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Arkadiusz Jakubik | Won | ||
Audience Award | Won | |||
Montreal World Film Festival 2013 [5] | Grand Prix des Americas | Won | ||
Public Award | Most Popular Film of the Festival | Won | ||
Ecumenical Prize | Won | |||
Gdynia Film Festival 2013 [3] | Silver Lion | Won | ||
Audience Award | Won | |||
Chicago International Film Festival 2013 [6] [7] | Silver Hugo | New Directors Competition | Won | |
Audience Choice Award | Best Narrative Foreign-Language Feature | Won | ||
International Film Festival TOFIFEST 2013 [8] | Golden Angel | From Poland competition Audience Award | Won | |
Polish Film Festival in America 2013 [9] | Golden Teeth | Most Interesting Feature Film | Won | |
Cleveland International Film Festival 2014 [10] | Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award | Best Film | Runner Up | |
George Gund III Memorial Award | Central and Eastern European Film Competition | Won | ||
Polish Society of Cinematographers 2014 [11] | PSC Award | Pawel Dyllus | Nominated | |
Off Plus Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema 2014 [12] | Polish Feature Film Competition | Best Actress | Dorota Kolak | Won |
New York Polish Film Festival 2014 [13] | Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize | Best Film | Won | |
Elzbieta Czyszewska Award | Best Acting | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | |
Seattle International Film Festival 2014 [14] | Golden Space Needle | Best Film | First Runner-up | |
Best Director | Maciej Pieprzyca | First Runner-up | ||
Best Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | ||
Golden Linden International Film Festival of New European Cinema 2014 [15] | Golden Linden | Best Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won |
VOICES Film Festival 2014 [16] | Audience Prize | Won |