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Director and screenwriter: Kuba Czekaj<\/p>\n

Director of photography: Tomasz Wo\u017aniczka<\/p>\n

Editor: Daniel G\u0105siorowski<\/p>\n

Music: Bart\u0142omiej Gliniak<\/p>\n

Production managers: Kinga K\u0142usak, Monika Pa\u0107kowska<\/p>\n

Artistic supervisors: Jerzy Stuhr, Joanna Krauze, Micha\u0142 Rosa<\/p>\n

Cast: James Fordham, Emilia Stachurska, Monika Kwiatkowska-Dejczer, Arkadiusz Janiczek, Maria Maj, Henryk Niebudek<\/p>\n

Year of production: 2010<\/p>\n

Running time: 32′<\/p>\n

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…<\/p>\n

Film represented by Krakow Film Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Twist<\/p>\n

Festival screenings of the film:<\/strong><\/p>\n

40th International Student Film Festival Sehs\u00fcchte, Germany (2011) – Best Feature Film Under 30 Minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n

41st Molodist International Film Festival, Ukraine (2011) – Best Student Film<\/strong><\/p>\n

14th Kyoto International Student Film and Video Festival, Japan (2011) – Grand Prix<\/strong><\/p>\n

International Student Film Festival Ostrava Picture, Czech Republic (2011) – Honorary Mention<\/strong><\/p>\n

San Francisco International Festival of Short Films, USA (2011) – Special Mention for Directing<\/strong><\/p>\n

18th Next Frame UFVA’s Touring Festival of International Student Film & Video, USA (2011) – 2nd Place Narrative Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

12th Aubagne International Film Festival, France (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

4th Early Melons International Student Film Festival, Slovakia (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

59th San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

21st Film Festival Cottbus, Germany (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

10th Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning, Russia (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

8th Fresh Film Fest, Czech Republic (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

6th Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival, Kenya (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

17th Annual Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival, USA (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

6th Vilnius Film Shorts, Lithuania (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

9th Hollywood International Student Film Festival, USA (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

La Cabina International Festival of Medium-Lenght Films, Spain (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

Cinemagic International Film Festival, United Kingdom (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

30th Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival, Finland (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

11th Up-and-coming International Film Festival, Germany (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival, USA (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

2nd Shqip International Short Film Festival, Kosovo (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

Seattle Polish Film Festival, USA (2011) – screening<\/p>\n

16th Slamdance International Film Festival, USA (2011) – screening<\/p>\n

19th Raindance International Film Festival, United Kingdom (2011) – screening<\/p>\n

8th Festival du Cinema de Brive, France (2011) – screening<\/p>\n

19th Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal (2011) – screening<\/p>\n

11th Un Festival C’est Trop Court!, France (2011) – screening<\/p>\n

12th International Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey (2011) – screening<\/p>\n

filmPOLSKA, Berlin, Germany (2011) – screening<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Movie Awards, USA (2012) – Award of Excellence and Best Screenplay Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico (2012) – Golden Palm Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n

8th New York Polish Film Festival, USA (2012) – Special Award for Cinematography and Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski “Beyond Borders” Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Union Internationale du Cinema UNICA, Bulgaria – Golden Medal<\/strong><\/p>\n

14th Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Israel (2012) – in competition<\/p>\n

10th In The Palace Balchik International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria (2012) – in competition<\/p>\n

11th Euganea Film Festival, Italy (2012) – in competition<\/p>\n

New York City International Film Festival, USA (2012) – in competition<\/p>\n

Winter Film Awards Festival, USA (2012) – in competition<\/p>\n

15th Bermuda International Film Festival, USA (2012) – in competition<\/p>\n

39th Athens International Film and Video Festival, USA (2012) – in competition<\/p>\n

Arcipelago International Festival of Short Films and New Images, Italy (2012) – screening<\/p>\n

10th Tabor Film Festival, Croatia (2012) – screening<\/p>\n

Play Poland Film Festival, travelling (2012) – screening<\/p>\n

2nd Hot Media International Film Festival, USA (2013) – Best Director in a Short Film<\/strong><\/p>\n

New York City Independent Film Festival, USA (2013) – in competition<\/p>\n

International Short Film Festival Cinema Perpetuum Mobile, Belarus (2013) – in competition<\/p>\n

20th International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece (2014) – screening<\/p>\n

11th Budapest Short International Film Festival BuSho, Hungary (2015) – screening<\/p>\n

35th Gdynia Film Festival, Poland (2010) – Best Short Film<\/strong><\/p>\n

26th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland (2010) – in competition<\/p>\n

9th International Independent Film Forum, Poland (2010) – Grand Prix<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toru\u0144 Short Film Festival, Poland (2010) – in competition<\/p>\n

30th The Youth and Film – The Festival of Film Debuts in Koszalin, Poland (2011) – Best Short Fiction Film<\/strong><\/p>\n

11th New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

51st Krak\u00f3w Film Festival, Poland (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

18. Nationwide Film Festival Prowincjonalia, Poland (2011) – Best Short Fiction Film<\/strong><\/p>\n

Golden Anteaters Film Festival, Poland (2011) – Audience Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kult Off Kino Independent Film Festival, Poland (2011) – Grand Prix<\/strong><\/p>\n

2nd Camera, Action! Festival of Film Critics, Poland (2011) – Best Actor Award for James Fordham and Award for Best Production<\/strong><\/p>\n

11th Independent and Amateur Film Festival KAN, Poland (2011) – Best Fiction Film<\/strong><\/p>\n

17th Summer of Films, Poland (2011) – Main Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n

5th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides, Poland (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

6th Independent Film Festival “OFF jak gor\u0105co”, Poland (2011) – Grand Prix<\/strong><\/p>\n

Short Film Festival in Warsaw, Poland (2011) – Best Student Film and Audience Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Filmowa G\u00f3ra” Film Festival, Poland (2011) – Audience Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

9th “Opolskie Lamy” Film Festival, Poland (2011) – Grand Prix in the Student Etudes Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

10th International Independent Film Forum, Poland (2011) – Jan Machulski Polish Independent Cinema Awards for Best Film and Best Directing for Kuba Czekaj<\/strong><\/p>\n

4th Polish Film Meetings “Kameralne Lato”, Poland (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

14th International Film Festival Zoom-zbli\u017cenia, Poland (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

11th Sopot Film Festival, Poland (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

8th W\u0119giel International Student Film Festival, Poland (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

KolorOFFOn Film Festival, Poland (2011) – in competition<\/p>\n

International Independent Film Festival \u201ePublicystyka\u201d, Poland (2012) – Grand Prix in the Student Films Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

58th Nationwide Independent Film Competition OKFA, Poland (2012) – First Prize in the Student Films Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

9th Best Off Film Festival, Poland (2013) – in competition<\/p>\n

4th International Festival of Film Producers Regiofun, Poland (2013) – screening<\/p>\n

Bytom Film Festival, Poland (2016) – screening<\/p>\n

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