CHEERLEADERS
POLISH TITLE: CHEERLEADERKI
REPRESENTED BY KFF
Monika is the captain of a professional cheerleading squad - FLEX Cheerleaders - who is about to face probably the biggest challenge in her life. She is supposed to create from scratch a cheerleading squad consisting of girls on wheelchairs. Aware of all the risks and difficulties she decides to pick up the gauntlet. For the first time in her life, she will work with disabled, but no less ambitious and tenacious, girls than herself. Their main, common goal is to perform during a big sport event.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 40'
- YEAR:
- 2015
- DIRECTING:
- Sławomir Witek
- SCRIPT:
- Sławomir Witek
- DOP:
- Sławomir Witek
- EDITOR:
- Irena Siedlar
- PRODUCTION:
- Jakub Maj, MAJ FILM PRODUKCJA FILMOWA
- COPRODUCTION:
- MX35
Sławomir Witek »
graduated at Gdańsk University (History Studies) and at Gdynia Film School. He is currently working as director and cinematographer of short fiction and documentary films. Cinematographer of "Olena" by Elżbieta Benkowska and "Mother" by Łukasz Ostalski, director and cinematographer of the films "The real honey" and "Seven men at different ages".
AT FESTIVALS:
- 56th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2016 (screening)
- Ismailia IFF for Documentary&Shorts, Egypt, 2016 (competition)
- DocsMX, Mexico, 2016 (competition)