Don't be Afraid of the Dark Room

Kuba Czekaj

Ciemnego pokoju nie trzeba się bać

Poland 2009 / 35’

Story of boundless love of an eleven-year-old girl named Łata for her father. Łata is preparing a song for a school academy organised for the upcoming Father’s Day. Because of that, the girl starts watching her father more closely. She wants to describe her feelings in the best way possible and slowly begins to discover her father’s secrets...

awards

PFF Gdynia 2009 – Grand Prix, Kraków FF 2010 Silver Hobby-Horse

Kuba Czekaj

Born in 1984 in Wrocław. He is currently a fourth-year student of film directing at the K. Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television of the University of Silesia in Katowice.

Selected filmography

2009 Ciemnego pokoju nie trzeba się bać / Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Room (short film)

2007 Za horyzont / Beyond the Horizon (short film)

2005 Wszystko o mojej rodzinie / All About My Family (doc.)

Credits

director Kuba Czekaj

screenplay Kuba Czekaj

cinematography Adam Palenta

music Zygmunt Konieczny

cast Emilia Stachurska, Przemysław Bluszcz, Jowita Budnik, Anna Ilczuk

producer Ewa Jastrzębska

production Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich, Studio „Młodzi i film” im. A. Munka

source of print Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich, Studio „Młodzi i film” im. A. Munka