My Way to Olympia

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My Way to Olympia
Directed by Niko von Glasow
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My Way to Olympia is a 2013 feature documentary produced and directed by Niko von Glasow, which follows disabled athletes preparing to compete at the London 2012 Paralympics. The film focuses on Matt Stutzman, an armless American archer; Norwegian table tennis player Aida Dahlen; the Rwandan sitting volleyball team; one-legged German swimmer Christiane Reppe and the tetraplegic Greek boccia player Greg Polychronidis. The film was produced by Palladio Film. [1]

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Release

The film premiered at the 2013 Berlin Film Festival and has been pre-nominated for the 2014 German Film Awards. [2]

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References

  1. "My Way to Olympia". Palladiofilm.com. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
  2. "Deutscher Filmpreis 2013". Deutscher-filmpreis.de. Retrieved 2014-01-17.