Project Description

Details:

documentary, 51 min, 2015

  • Screenplay – Maciej Adamek
  • Directed by – Maciej Adamek
  • DOP – Mateusz Skalski
  • Producer – Jacek Kucharski, Witold Będkowski
  • Executive producer – Magda Wierzchosławska, Marcin Wierzchosławski
  • Co-financing – Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
  • Production – Metro Films, Telewizja Polska

Summary

Twelve-year-old Laura’s parents are deaf. The girl is their guide through everyday life – she translates into sign language information necessary to understand what is said in meetings, interviews or formal conversations in which they participate. Viewers observe the daily life of a child who is exceptionally mature for her age, who understands the reality much more than her peers.

Awards

  • 2016
    Providence (Rhode Island International Film Festival) – Award for the best full-length documentary

  • 2016
    New York (Harlem International Film Festival) – Award for the most interesting young person on the screen
    Laura Gontarczyk

  • 2016
    Palo Alto (UNAFF International Documentary Film Festival) – Cinematography Award
    Mateusz Skalski

  • 2016
    Chicago (International Children’s Film Festival) – Best Documentary Award

  • 2016
    Chicago (Polish Film Festival in America) – “Golden Teeth” for the most interesting documentary

  • 2016
    Łódź (“Man in Danger” Media Festival) – Aleksander Kamiński
    for “sensitively showing the burden of responsibility that a brave girl bears on her shoulders, ensuring that her deaf parents connect with the world”

  • 2017
    Blackwood (Wales International Documentary Festival) – Award for the best full-length documentary

  • 2017
    Blackwood (Wales International Documentary Festival) – Best Sound Award
    Mariusz Bielecki
    Przemysław Jaworski

  • 2017
    New York (New York Festivals) – Bronze Medal

  • 2017
    New York (Greenpoint Film Festival) – Award for the best full-length documentary

  • 2017
    Houston (Worldfest Independent Film Festival) -Silver Remi

  • 2017
    Seoul (Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival) – Audience Award

  • 2017
    Naples (Faito Doc Festival) – Juy Młodych Award

  • 2017
    Jakarta (Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival ARKIPEL) – Jury Award

  • 2017
    Berlin (“Prix Europa”) – Nominated in the category: TV documentary

  • 2017
    Saratov (International Documentary Film Festival “Saratov suffering”) – Audience Award

  • 2017
    Belgrade (Belgrade International Film Festival “Bosi Fest”) – Special Mention

  • 2017
    Weyauwega (Weyauwega International Film Festival) – Award for the best short documentary

  • 2017
    Barcelona (International Disability Film Festival “Inclus”) – Award for the best full-length documentary

  • 2018
    Simferopol (Crimean Open Documentary Films Festival “CrimeaDoc”) – Grand Prix

  • 2018
    Parnu (International Documentary and Anthropological Film Festival) – Award for the best children’s film

  • 2018
    Moscow (International Film Festival “Cinema without barriers”) – Award for the best short documentary film