Life Feels Good
Life Feels Good is a 2013 Polish drama film directed by Maciej Pieprzyca.
It won the jury, audience and ecumenical prizes at the Montreal [World Film Festival].
Plot
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.Cast
- Dawid Ogrodnik - Mateusz
- Kamil Tkacz - young Mateusz
- Dorota Kolak - Mateusz's mother
- Arkadiusz Jakubik - Mateusz's father
- Anna Nehrebecka - Jola, teacher
- Helena Sujecka - Matylda
- Mikołaj Roznerski - Tomek
- Tymoteusz Marciniak - young Tomek
- Katarzyna Zawadzka - Magda
- Anna Karczmarczyk - Anka
- Agnieszka Kotlarska - Anka's mother
- Janusz Chabior - "Łysy"
- Gabriela Muskała - doctor
- Lech Dyblik - healer
- Dariusz Chojnacki - Matylda's fiancé
- Izabela Dąbrowska - neighbor
- Witold Wieliński - neighbor
- Mirosław Neinert - uncle
- Grażyna Bułka - aunt
- Klaudia Kąca-Jasik - cousin
- Małgorzata Moskalewicz - Tomek's girlfriend
- Bernadetta Komiago - customer
- Marek Kalita - Magda's father
- Teresa Iwko - Magda's stepmother
- Grzegorz Mielczarek - counselor Krzysztof
- Ewa Serwa - head of medical center
Awards
| Award | Category | Recipient | Result | - |
| Polish Film Awards 2014 | Eagle | Best Film | Nomitated | |
| Best Director | Maciej Pieprzyca | Nomitated | - | - |
| Best Screenplay | Maciej Pieprzyca | Won | - | - |
| Best Editing | Krzysztof Szpetmański | Nomitated | - | - |
| 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 | Grand Prix des Americas | Won | ||
| Public Award | Most Popular Film of the Festival | Won | - | |
| Ecumenical Prize | Won | - | ||
| Gdynia Film Festival 2013 | Silver Lion | Won | ||
| Audience Award | Won | - | ||
| Chicago International Film Festival 2013 | Silver Hugo | New Directors Competition | Won | |
| Audience Choice Award | Best Narrative Foreign-Language Feature | Won | - | |
| International Film Festival TOFIFEST 2013 | Golden Angel | From Poland competition Audience Award | Won | |
| Polish Film Festival in America 2013 | Golden Teeth | Most Interesting Feature Film | Won | |
| Cleveland International Film Festival 2014 | Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award | Best Film | ||
| George Gund III Memorial Award | Central and Eastern European Film Competition | Won | - | |
| Polish Society of Cinematographers 2014 | PSC Award | Pawel Dyllus | Nomitated | |
| International Festival of [Independent Cinema Off Plus Camera|Off Plus Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema] 2014 | Polish Feature Film Competition | Best Actress | Dorota Kolak | Won |
| New York [Polish Film Festival] 2014 | Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize | Best Film | Won | |
| Elzbieta Czyszewska Award | Best Acting | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | - |
| Seattle International Film Festival 2014 | Golden Space Needle | Best Film | ||
| Best Director | Maciej Pieprzyca | - | - | |
| Best Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | - | - |
| Golden Linden [International Film Festival of New European Cinema] 2014 | Golden Linden | Best Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won |
| VOICES Film Festival 2014 | Audience Prize | Won |