“Gives an unorthodox spin to archetypes and confirms the helmer as a talent to watch.”
“The Polish Donnie Darko of Coming of Age Dramas.”
“From the atmospheric lensing by Adam Palenta...to Daniel Gąsiorowski’s tempo-setting cutting, from the contrast of the white-on-white world of academia with the hyper-saturated colors of the forest in Anna Wunderlich’s production design to Bartek Gliniak’s smart score and Radosław Ochnio immersive sound design, they exemplify extreme creativity on a budget.”
Drama
Dir. Kuba Czekaj
Poland
2016
Polish with English subtitles
101m
Colour
DCP
Rating: M (sex scenes, offensive language & content that may disturb)
Awards
Young Jury Award for the Best Film, Polish Film Festival Gdynia 2016
Crew
script and direction Kuba Czekaj
cinematography Adam Palenta
music Bartek Gliniak
set design Anna Wunderlich
costumes Aleksandra Staszko
make up Aleksandra Dutkiewicz
sound Radosław Ochnio
editing Daniel Gąsiorowski
production managers Magdalena Kamińska, Agata Szymańska
artistic supervisior Joanna Kos-Krauze
Cast
Staszek Cywka, Agnieszka Podsiadlik,
Sebastian Łach, Bernhard Schütz,
Bogusława Jantos, Emilia Stachurska,
James Fordham, Anna Podolak
production Studio Munka - Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich
co-production Telewizja Polska, Odra Film, Studio Produkcyjne Orka
co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Kuba Czekaj
Born in Wrocław in 1984. Graduated in directing from the Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television Faculty at the University of Silesia in Katowice in 2010 and from the Development Lab Feature Programme at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw in 2011. He received a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage on two occasions, in 2009 and 2011, and has been honoured with the title of Third Programme Talent, adistinction conferred by Polish Radio’s Trojka (Third Programme). He has won the Gazeta Wyborcza (Electoral Gazette) Worth cultural award and the Cultural Guarantee award from TVP Kultura, the Polish public television broadcasting corporation’s cultural channel. He also holds the Rector of the University of Silesia's award for active students and doctoral candidates.