IMAGINE

IMAGINE, 2012
Poland, UK, Portugal | 35mm, Color, 105’ | English
Director: Andrzej Jakimowski
Cast: Alexandra Maria Lara, Edward Hogg, Melchior Derouet

Ian, who is blind, has been using the “spatial orientation” (echo-location) method for many years and has managed to integrate into society without using a cane. Believing that his problems would disappear if he could imagine the outside world, Ian is appointed as an instructor at a clinic in Lisbon that provides special education for visually impaired people. Ian begins to provide his students with unconventional education on a daily basis. The film won the Best Director and Audience Awards at the Warsaw Film Festival last year.