A Bad Night Story

Nawojka Wierzbowska
Bajka na niespokojny sen
Poland 2019 / 15’
A Flower of One Night

Julia is a lonely seven-year-old who is trying her best to prepare for her First Communion. Everything changes one day when she hears the parable of the shepherd and the lost sheep, which shows that God favors sinners.

Magdalena Sztorc

Nawojka Wierzbowska

Nawojka Wierzbowska is studying directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia in Katowice. In addition to film, she also writes short prose. Her short story “Śmierć i dziewczynka”(Death and the Girl), which provided the basis for her diploma film, A Bad Night Story, won an award at the Silesian Shakespeare Competition. In 2018, she received a Cultural City of Gdańsk grant to make the animated film Bizarium, which she is currently working on.

Selected filmography

2018 Polowanie na jednorożce (short)

2018 Klementyna (short)

2019 Bajka na niespokojny sen / A Bad Night Story (short)

Credits

director Nawojka Wierzbowska
screenplay Nawojka Wierzbowska
cinematography Robert Lis
editing Kamil Grzybowski
music Łukasz Olszówka
cast Judyta Pająk, Anna Nehrebecka, Edyta Torhan, Zofia Stelmach, Tomasz Schimscheiner
production Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach - Szkoła Filmowa im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego
sales Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach - Szkoła Filmowa im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego
language Polish