BUDDIES

POLISH TITLE: KUMPLE

REPRESENTED BY KFF

Close your eyes and try to walk a few steps. Close your eyes and try to run 42 km! Impossible? The blind marathon runner - the main character of "Buddies", every day proves that everything is possible. In complete darkness he ran more than 100 marathons. Rysiek to be able to run must have a guide. For several years, his guide is Felix. Hours spent together on common training approach them to each other. "Buddies" is a story about running, friendship and ability to enjoy the small things in life. Film breaks the stereotype of the disabled person.

FILM REPRESENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

GENRE:
documentary
RUNNING TIME:
45'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Joanna Kaczmarek
SCRIPT:
Joanna Kaczmarek
DOP:
Piotr Niemyjski, Przemysław Niczyporuk
EDITOR:
Jan Kidawa-Błoński jr
MUSIC:
Krzysztof Aleksander Janczak
PRODUCTION:
Studio Filmowe KRONIKA

Joanna Kaczmarek »

Enrolled in theatre studied at the Drama School in Warsaw. A graduate of directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television Department of the Silesia University in Katowice. In 1999 she received the K. Kieslowski Award for a short film script, which she used to make her first film, Egzamin. The author of documentaries and short feature films: Men Prefer Blondes (2003), Retro (2003), Don’t know (2004), 483 km (2005), Wild Beach (2006; co-directed with Barbara Białowąs).
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