"See Me" - Rita Ciolek's New Documentary Film on Child Abuse
Growing Strong winner for Best Student Short Drama at the 2018 C.R.I.S.F.F.!
The 2018 C.R.I.S.F.F. nominations are in!
Growing Strong accepted to the Cutting Room International Short Film Festival in NYC!
Final Awards' List of the 2018 PSFF in Las Vegas
Let's Celebrate!
Celebrating at the Awards Ceremony with the talented and accomplished Polish filmmakers! Marianna Mankowska Grzes Jurand Juchiewitz Kacper Anuszewski
And the Winner is....
Growing Strong won 3 awards, and took second place for a Happy End Story and Best Female Performance Sophie Thatcher!!! Best Score: Elliot Callighan. Best Supporting Actress: Samantha Doane-Bates. Best Costumes: Katharin Ladie K Mraz. Congratulations!!!
Growing Strong Screening at the 2018 PSFF
Reactions to Growing Strong after the screening and an interview with Rita Ciolek, Writer, Director, Producer of Growing Strong (mostly in Polish!).
Growing Strong nominated for 5 awards!
Growing Strong was nominated for Best Happy End Story, Best Female Performance, Best Supporting Female Actress, Best Score, Best Costumes, and Best Editing at the Polish Short Film Festival in Las Vegas.
Growing Strong is heading to Las Vegas!
We are delighted to announce that Growing Strong will be screened at the Polish Short Film Festival, which is part of the Action on Film Festival, in Las Vegas on August 21st, 2018. We LOVE what Daniel Kozakiewicz, Festival Director, wrote about the film so please read below. Congratulations to cast, crew & many others who worked so hard to make this film!
Women's Voices Now Online Film Festival
Growing Strong is available for a FREE online viewing at the Women's Voices Now Online Film Festival March 8-April 5!
Part 6: Exploring Long Term Effects of Child Abuse - Fear & Nightmares
In this intimate conversation, Rita Ciolek, Writer/Director of Growing Strong and Jacqueline Mendez, M.A. explore the ways in which child abuse affects individuals in the long run. Specifically discussed are fear and nightmares.
Part 5: Emotional Scars from Childhood Leading to Dis-Ease
In this intimate conversation, Rita Ciolek, Writer/Director of Growing Strong and Jacqueline Mendez, M.A. discuss how emotional scars from childhood can lead to dis-ease later in life.
Part 4: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - The Lingering Trauma of Child Abuse
In this intimate conversation, Rita Ciolek, Writer/Director of Growing Strong and Jacqueline N. Mendez, M.A. discuss how post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects abused children.
Part 3: Earning Trust & the Right to Hear Someone's Story
In this intimate conversation, Rita Ciolek, Writer/Director of Growing Strong and Jacqueline N. Mendez, M.A. discuss the importance of earning someone's trust prior to them sharing their story in instances of child abuse.
Part 2: Generational Cycles - Repeating Patterns of Child Abuse in Families
In this intimate conversation, Rita Ciolek, Writer/Director of Growing Strong and Jacqueline N. Mendez, M.A. discuss how child abuse forms as a pattern in families and gets repeated unless it is stopped by a new generation.
Part 1: The Power of Intention - Defining Child Abuse
In this intimate conversation, Rita Ciolek, Writer/Director of Growing Strong and Jacqueline N. Mendez, M.A. discuss the power of intention to differentiate between punishment and discipline when defining child abuse.
Growing Strong Wins International Award of Excellence - Newcomer
International Film Festival for Spirituality, Religion and Visionary in Jakarta, Indonesia presented Growing Strong with an International Award of Excellence - Newcomer. Award Dinner Ceremony will take place in Jakarta on November 16, 2015, in celebration of United Nation's International Day of Tolerance. Growing Strong will be screened at the festival on November 19, 2015.
The Phnom Penh International Film Festival
On November 8, 2015, Growing Strong will screen in Cambodia at the The Phnom Penh International Film Festival!