''Stade 81'' (also known as ''Starting Blocks'') is a 1981 documentary

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

written and directed by

Jaco Van Dormael Jaco Van Dormael (born 9 February 1957) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His films especially focus on a respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities. Van Dormael spent his childh ...

. 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. In 2011, it appeared at the Sottodiciotto Filmfestival held in Turin in the retrospective dedicated to Van Dormael.

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* 1981 films 1981 short films 1980s short documentary films Swedish short documentary films 1980s Swedish-language films British short documentary films Canadian short documentary films Documentary films about the Olympics Films directed by Jaco Van Dormael Documentary films about sportspeople with disability Special Olympics British sports documentary films 1980s Canadian films 1980s British films 1980s Swedish films {{sport-documentary-film-stub