Life Without Limits, A Greenlander.
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This films follows Andrew Paddison, a Thalidomider born with no right leg and with a remarkable positive outlook on life, challenge himself by handcycling around the north coast of Scotland in order to raise awareness and money for SafeLives, a domestic abuse charity, while spreading the message that limitations shouldn't stop you doing anything in life.
'A Greenlander' follows Pierre Auzias (66) a French Painter fully integrated in Uummaanaq, a settlement 450 miles north of the arctic circle in Greenland.
Pierre speaks Greenlandic, travels by dog sled and teaches art therapy to neglected children.
After 14 years in Greenland, Annie, Pierre's partner, retires from her position as the town Doctor and returns to France. Pierre then spends an agonising 9 months in limbo, waiting to find out if the Danish Authorities will grant him citizenship.
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