Twist & Blood
Director and screenwriter: Kuba Czekaj
Director of photography: Tomasz Woźniczka
Editor: Daniel Gąsiorowski
Music: Bartłomiej Gliniak
Production managers: Kinga Kłusak, Monika Paćkowska
Artistic supervisors: Jerzy Stuhr, Joanna Krauze, Michał Rosa
Cast: James Fordham, Emilia Stachurska, Monika Kwiatkowska-Dejczer, Arkadiusz Janiczek, Maria Maj, Henryk Niebudek
Year of production: 2010
Running time: 32'
Eleven years old so called Bellyboy is the laughing object among his teers.The parents at all cost want to change him, to slim him down. Bellyboy has yet his own way for relieving the negative emotions but it is a secret. With time he'll give it a way to his friend whom he fancies...
Film represented by Krakow Film Foundation
Festival screenings of the film:
40th International Student Film Festival Sehsüchte, Germany (2011) - Best Feature Film Under 30 Minutes
41st Molodist International Film Festival, Ukraine (2011) - Best Student Film
14th Kyoto International Student Film and Video Festival, Japan (2011) - Grand Prix
International Student Film Festival Ostrava Picture, Czech Republic (2011) - Honorary Mention
San Francisco International Festival of Short Films, USA (2011) - Special Mention for Directing
18th Next Frame UFVA's Touring Festival of International Student Film & Video, USA (2011) - 2nd Place Narrative Award
12th Aubagne International Film Festival, France (2011) - in competition
4th Early Melons International Student Film Festival, Slovakia (2011) - in competition
59th San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain (2011) - in competition
21st Film Festival Cottbus, Germany (2011) - in competition
10th Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning, Russia (2011) - in competition
8th Fresh Film Fest, Czech Republic (2011) - in competition
6th Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival, Kenya (2011) - in competition
17th Annual Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival, USA (2011) - in competition
6th Vilnius Film Shorts, Lithuania (2011) - in competition
9th Hollywood International Student Film Festival, USA (2011) - in competition
La Cabina International Festival of Medium-Lenght Films, Spain (2011) - in competition
Cinemagic International Film Festival, United Kingdom (2011) - in competition
30th Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Finland (2011) - in competition
11th Up-and-coming International Film Festival, Germany (2011) - in competition
Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival, USA (2011) - in competition
2nd Shqip International Short Film Festival, Kosovo (2011) - in competition
Seattle Polish Film Festival, USA (2011) - screening
16th Slamdance International Film Festival, USA (2011) - screening
19th Raindance International Film Festival, United Kingdom (2011) - screening
8th Festival du Cinema de Brive, France (2011) - screening
19th Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal (2011) - screening
11th Un Festival C'est Trop Court!, France (2011) - screening
12th International Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey (2011) - screening
filmPOLSKA, Berlin, Germany (2011) - screening
Los Angeles Movie Awards, USA (2012) - Award of Excellence and Best Screenplay Award
Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico (2012) - Golden Palm Winner
8th New York Polish Film Festival, USA (2012) - Special Award for Cinematography and Krzysztof Kieślowski "Beyond Borders" Award
Union Internationale du Cinema UNICA, Bulgaria - Golden Medal
14th Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Israel (2012) - in competition
10th In The Palace Balchik International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria (2012) - in competition
11th Euganea Film Festival, Italy (2012) - in competition
New York City International Film Festival, USA (2012) - in competition
Winter Film Awards Festival, USA (2012) - in competition
15th Bermuda International Film Festival, USA (2012) - in competition
39th Athens International Film and Video Festival, USA (2012) - in competition
Arcipelago International Festival of Short Films and New Images, Italy (2012) - screening
10th Tabor Film Festival, Croatia (2012) - screening
Play Poland Film Festival, travelling (2012) - screening
2nd Hot Media International Film Festival, USA (2013) - Best Director in a Short Film
New York City Independent Film Festival, USA (2013) - in competition
International Short Film Festival Cinema Perpetuum Mobile, Belarus (2013) - in competition
20th International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece (2014) - screening
11th Budapest Short International Film Festival BuSho, Hungary (2015) - screening
35th Gdynia Film Festival, Poland (2010) - Best Short Film
26th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland (2010) - in competition
9th International Independent Film Forum, Poland (2010) - Grand Prix
Toruń Short Film Festival, Poland (2010) - in competition
30th The Youth and Film - The Festival of Film Debuts in Koszalin, Poland (2011) - Best Short Fiction Film
11th New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland (2011) - in competition
51st Kraków Film Festival, Poland (2011) - in competition
18. Nationwide Film Festival Prowincjonalia, Poland (2011) - Best Short Fiction Film
Golden Anteaters Film Festival, Poland (2011) - Audience Award
Kult Off Kino Independent Film Festival, Poland (2011) - Grand Prix
2nd Camera, Action! Festival of Film Critics, Poland (2011) - Best Actor Award for James Fordham and Award for Best Production
11th Independent and Amateur Film Festival KAN, Poland (2011) - Best Fiction Film
17th Summer of Films, Poland (2011) - Main Prize
5th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides, Poland (2011) - in competition
6th Independent Film Festival "OFF jak gorąco", Poland (2011) - Grand Prix
Short Film Festival in Warsaw, Poland (2011) - Best Student Film and Audience Award
"Filmowa Góra" Film Festival, Poland (2011) - Audience Award
9th "Opolskie Lamy" Film Festival, Poland (2011) - Grand Prix in the Student Etudes Competition
10th International Independent Film Forum, Poland (2011) - Jan Machulski Polish Independent Cinema Awards for Best Film and Best Directing for Kuba Czekaj
4th Polish Film Meetings "Kameralne Lato", Poland (2011) - in competition
14th International Film Festival Zoom-zbliżenia, Poland (2011) - in competition
11th Sopot Film Festival, Poland (2011) - in competition
8th Węgiel International Student Film Festival, Poland (2011) - in competition
KolorOFFOn Film Festival, Poland (2011) - in competition
International Independent Film Festival „Publicystyka”, Poland (2012) - Grand Prix in the Student Films Competition
58th Nationwide Independent Film Competition OKFA, Poland (2012) - First Prize in the Student Films Competition
9th Best Off Film Festival, Poland (2013) - in competition
4th International Festival of Film Producers Regiofun, Poland (2013) - screening
Bytom Film Festival, Poland (2016) - screening
