In a common home, a group of people with intellectual disabilities live their usual, everyday lives. They wake up and go to work. In the afternoon, they cook and do house chores, paint, sing, and go out for coffee. Every now and then, they win gold medals in the Special Olympics. But what is important for them is to feel accepted, and above all, to enjoy themselves.

This film is in the Documentary Short Competition.

MEET THE FILMMAKER: TONIA MISHIALI

Tonia is a Cypriot writer/director and producer whose work focuses on social and women’s issues. She is a member of the European Film Academy, the Hellenic Film Academy and the European Women's Audiovisual Network. She is Berlinale Talents alumna and co-artistic director of Cyprus Film Days International Festival, having also served as vice president of the Directors Guild of Cyprus. She has been on several film festival juries and she is a script reader for the Greek Film Centre. After many years of directing for television and theatre, Tonia fulfilled her dream and pursued her passion for filmmaking. Her short films, DEAD END (2013), LULLABY OF THE BUTTERFLY (2014) and I DON’T LIKE THE WIND, I LIKE THE SUN (2020) have been officially selected in more than 100 international film festivals worldwide, including many prestigious and A-list ones like Locarno, Palm Springs, Sarajevo, Transylvania, Encounters, Busan, Drama and Cork, winning several awards for Best Director and Best Film. DEAD END is represented by the SND Films (NL) and has been sold to Asia, USA and Europe. Her debut feature PAUSE (2018), a Cyprus/Greece co-production, is represented by Film Republic (UK) and has participated in cocoPITCH 2015 and in Karlovy Vary WIP 2017. It has been officially selected in more than 70 international film festivals, including Santa Barbara and Seattle as well as many FIAPF accredited 'A' list festivals, like Karlovy Vary, Sydney, Cairo, Stockholm, Sofia, Kitzbuhel and Transilvania.