ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

ODMIENNE STANY ŚWIADOMOŚCI

“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: 2020
  • Color: colour

Director: Piotr Stasik

Script: Piotr Stasik

DOP: Piotr Stasik

Editing: Dorota Wardęszkiewicz

Sound: Paweł Uszyński

Production company: Running Rabbit Films Joanna Ronikier

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About the director:

Piotr Stasik

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".

At festivals:

60th Krakow Film Festival, 2020, Poland, 2020 (competition)

EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2020, Poland, 2020 (competition)

12th MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival, Macedonia, 2021 (competition)

15th Iran International Documentary Film Festival “Cinema Verite", Iran, 2021 (competition)