DOCUMENTARY/60'
POLISH TITLE: NA GÓRZE TYRRYRY
No mercy! - Boys hate it. In their own words, “Na Górze” (“On the top”) is a “semi-normal” band because the public considers half of the line-up to be disabled. Two musicians live at a residential home. Their talents were discovered by one of the carers, who saw a runny-nosed Robert, several years old at the time, rhythmically hitting the table with spoons in the dining room. 25 years down the road, the carer is still a career, but only at the residential home, because at the gig he is a buddy.
Adam, Robert and Kris do not give a monkey’s about their ailments; they are more concerned about ordinary problems: alcoholism, family problems or unemployment, although actually they do not really give a monkey’s about the problems either as they are going to the biggest gig in their career so far.
Will they be able to play? Will the performance change anything?
A surprisingly optimistic and humorous but also moving story of five friends with rock souls, whose lives get to be saved by music.
Produced in 2019
AWARDS:
GLOBAL SHORTS AWARDS, 09/2019
SPECIAL MENTION - Distinction of the Best Features Doc competition
Entertainment: Best Features Doc
THE BEST SHORTS COMPETITION IN CALIFORNIA, 9/2019
Award: AWARD OF MERIT
Entertainment: Documentary Short
FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY FORMS NURT in Kielce, 11/2019
Prize: FIRST DISTINCTION OF THE ART COMMITTEE NURT
Award: ANNUAL SPECIAL AWARD OF RADIO KIELCE for a documentary
Qualification for competition screenings as part of the "Charms of Life" section
EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARDS in Amsterdam, 11/2019
OFFICIAL FINALIST - October 2019
Entertainment: Best Documentary Films
BEST SHORTS COMPETITION 2019 USA, 1/2020
Honorable Mention: HUMANITARIAN AWARD
important topics presented with excellent filmmaking craft
Responsible Film Festival "17 Goals" in Poznań, 9/2020
SPECIAL AWARD for Renata Kijowska
PIKE Happy End Optimistic Film Festival, Rzeszów 10/2020
GRAND PRIX OF THE FESTIVAL
AUDIENCE AWARD
1st Prize: THE BEST PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM
FilmAT Festival, Warsaw / Vienna, 10/2020
1st PRIZE IN THE POLISH COMPETITION
Category Ethnography & Society / Category Ethnography and Social Affairs
17th European Film Festival "Integration You and Me" in Koszalin, 11/2020
AUDIENCE AWARD - BUTTERFLY 2020
5. Sensitive Festival in Gdynia:
- 1st Prize, Category Documentary/Reportage
The Extraordinary Film Festival
-GRAND PRIX DU JURY Award