Starting Point (film)

Starting Point
Directed by Michał Szcześniak
Produced by Munk Studio
Polish Film Association
Starring Aneta
Cinematography Przemysław
Niczyporuk
Edited by Acek Tarasiuk
Daniel Gasiorowski
Production
company
Munk Studio
Distributed by Polish Film Association
Country Poland
Language Polish

Starting Point is a 2015 Polish short-documentary film about a women Aneta who sentenced to prison at age of 19 with charge of murder, after nine year she began working as a carer for elderly and met Helena who diagnosed with rheumatism. Starting Point was shortlisted with ten other documentaries from 74 entries submitted to 88th Academy Awards in Documentary Short Subject category.[1] The final five nominations were scheduled to be announced on January 14, 2016.[2][3]

Plot

Aneta 'rebelled to the max' at the age of nineteen and wound up in prison for murder. Nine years later, her daily routine takes her from behind the walls of the prison to a care home for the elderly. One of the residents, Helena, has been ill ever since infancy. She is fascinated by the phenomenon which is Aneta. In her opinion, the young woman has everything she could want for. And so Helena, whose knowledge of the world has come “from the windows of hospitals and coaches”, avidly asks Aneta about her life. A test awaits Aneta... and help will come from Helena.[4]

Awards

References

  1. "10 DOC SHORTS ON OSCAR'S 2015 SHORTLIST". Oscars.org. October 26, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  2. "Oscar Names 10 Documentary Short Films as semi-finalists.". Tim Gray. Variety. October 26, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  3. ""STARTING POINT" ON OSCAR'S 2015 SHORTLIST". Polish Film Institute. October 27, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  4. "Starting Point on Oscars Documentary Shortlist". Cultural.pl. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.


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