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STILL FLYING,,,

POLISH TITLE: JESZCZE LECIMY...

Janusz Orłowski aka „Grandpa” (Praszczur) is unique. He began paragliding after he turned seventy. He stood out in the group of young, athletic paragliders at Monte Grappa in Italy by simply being the oldest. Ten years later, at the age of 88, he started dreaming of flying from Mount Olympus. Although it was difficult for him to climb up Zeus’ mountain, he spread his wing at the top and soared into the air. Grandpa has no intention of giving up, fulfilling one dream after another. At the age of 91 he rose to the height of 326 meters above the ground, earning himself a record in the Guinness Book of Records. “Still Flying...” tells the story of Grandpa and documents the metaphorical path of man towards eternity.

TRAILER
GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
37'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Mirosław Dembiński
SCRIPT:
Mirosław Dembiński
DOP:
Andrzej Musiał
EDITOR:
Mirosław Dembiński
SOUND:
Grzegorz Lindemann
PRODUCTION:
Studio Filmowe Everest, Telewizja Polska S.A.

Mirosław Dembiński »

Born in 1959 in Bydgoszcz. He is a graduate of mathematics at the Mikołaj Kopernik University in Toruń (1983) and the Film Directing Department at the National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź (1990). In 1991 he established the Everest Film Studio, where he produced 44 films. He is an author of documentaries, among them being: Owoce ziemi czarnej (1992), Ganek (1998), Icarus (1999), Shared flight (2003), which were awarded more than 50 times, among others in Oberhausen, San Francisco, Calcutta and Krakow. A Lesson of Belorussian has already been awarded in Amsterdam, Leipzig, Kielce and Łódź.

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