ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

POLISH TITLE: ODMIENNE STANY ŚWIADOMOŚCI

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“Who would you like to become?”, “what would you like to tell us?”, “what is the most important thing in life?” – answers to these questions are delivered by children with autism and Asperger’s syndrome. The film director has a close contact with them and the camera – highly subjective, focused on the detail and disregarding the background – is trying to reflect their peculiar perception. Observing the protagonists in different situations, in flashes of genius and moments of crisis, the documentary allows us to glance at their fascinating and unconventional minds.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
55'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Piotr Stasik
SCRIPT:
Piotr Stasik
DOP:
Piotr Stasik
EDITOR:
Dorota Wardęszkiewicz
SOUND:
Paweł Uszyński
PRODUCTION:
Running Rabbit Films Joanna Ronikier

Piotr Stasik »

Graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing and the Institute of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Warsaw. He is a co-initiator of the “ę” Society of Creative Initiatives and worked as a lecturer in the Film Kindergarten of the Wajda School as well as a chairman of the Film 1,2 Association. He made a film series which includes How to Make a Movie (2010) and Muzykoteka szkolna (2011). His documentaries "Diary of Journey" (2013), "The Last Day of the Summer" (2010), "7 x Moscow" (2005) were screened and awarded at many festivals. In 2016 he was nominated for the European Film Award for his film "21xNew York".