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
- - 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 | ||
| Best Director | Maciej Pieprzyca | - | - | |
| Best Screenplay | Maciej Pieprzyca | - | - | |
| Best Editing | Krzysztof Szpetmański | - | - | |
| Best Leading Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | - | - | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Anna Nehrebecka | - | - | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Arkadiusz Jakubik | - | - | |
| Audience Award | - | - | ||
| Montreal World Film Festival 2013 | Grand Prix des Americas | |||
| Public Award | Most Popular Film of the Festival | - | ||
| Ecumenical Prize | - | |||
| Gdynia Film Festival 2013 | Silver Lion | |||
| Audience Award | - | |||
| Chicago International Film Festival 2013 | Silver Hugo | New Directors Competition | ||
| Audience Choice Award | Best Narrative Foreign-Language Feature | - | ||
| International Film Festival TOFIFEST 2013 | Golden Angel | From Poland competition Audience Award | ||
| Polish Film Festival in America 2013 | Golden Teeth | Most Interesting Feature Film | ||
| Cleveland International Film Festival 2014 | Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award | Best Film | ||
| George Gund III Memorial Award | Central and Eastern European Film Competition | - | ||
| Polish Society of Cinematographers 2014 | PSC Award | Pawel Dyllus | ||
| Off Plus Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema 2014 | Polish Feature Film Competition | Best Actress | Dorota Kolak | |
| New York Polish Film Festival 2014 | Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize | Best Film | ||
| Elzbieta Czyszewska Award | Best Acting | Dawid Ogrodnik | - | |
| Seattle International Film Festival 2014 | Golden Space Needle | Best Film | ||
| Best Director | Maciej Pieprzyca | - | - | |
| Best Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | - | - | |
| Golden Linden International Film Festival of New European Cinema 2014 | Golden Linden | Best Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | |
| VOICES Film Festival 2014 | Audience Prize |