Stade 81

Stade 81
Directed byJaco Van Dormael
Release date
  • 1981 (1981)
Running time
14 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Stade 81 (also known as Starting Blocks) is a 1981 documentary short film written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael. The short film was shot in 1981 in Sweden, Canada and United Kingdom. Stade 81 is a documentary about the first Special Olympics. The film received various awards, including the Caducee d'Or at the 1982 Rennes International Film Festival.[1] In 2011, it appeared at the Sottodiciotto Filmfestival held in Turin in the retrospective dedicated to Van Dormael.[2]

  1. ^ "Stade 81 (Jaco Van Dormael)" (in French). Cinergie. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  2. ^ "Retrospettiva Jaco "Le Heros". Il cinema visionario di Van Dormael" (in Italian). Sottodiciotto Filmfestival. Retrieved January 25, 2012.