TWIST AND BLOOD

An eleven-year-old known as Bellyboy is a laughing stock among his peers. His parents want to change him at all costs, get him to lose weight. Bellyboy has his own way of relieving his negative emotions, but it’s a secret. With time he’ll give it away to a friend he fancies…

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  • Genre: Fabularny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 30
  • Year: 2010

Director: Kuba Czekaj

Script: Kuba Czekaj

DOP: Tomasz Woźniczka

Music: Bartłomiej Gliniak

Editing: Daniel Gąsiorowski

Production company: Wydział Radia i Telewizji Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach (WRiTv UŚ)

About the director:

Kuba Czekaj

Kuba Czekaj

born in Wroclaw in 1984, Kuba graduated in directing from the Krzysztof Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television 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, now known as the Wajda School, 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, a distinction conferred by Polish Radio’s Trojka (Third Programme). He has won the Gazeta Wyborcza (Electoral Gazette) 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. Among other shorts, he is the director/screenwriter of Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark Room (2009) and Twist And Blood (2010), two short features, both of which have received numerous international awards. In 2014, he will begin shooting his directorial full-length feature debut, for which he also wrote the screenplay. Entitled The Erlprince, the film is a Polish-German co-production.

At festivals:

Slamdance Film Festival, USA, 2011 (screening)

NextFrame International Student Film and Video Festival, USA, 2011 (2nd Place Narrative Award)

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival - Market Screenings, France, 2011 (screening)

4th Early Melons - International Student Film Festival, Slovakia, 2011 (competition)

8. Festival Du Cinema De Brive, France, 2011 (screening)

FilmPOLSKA, Germany, 2011 (screening)

Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, Germany, 2011 (competition)

19th Curtas Vila do Conde International FIlm Festival, Portugal, 2011 (screening)

11th Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland, 2011 (competition)

Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival, Kenia, 2011 (competition)

Fresh Film Fest, Czech Republic, 2011 (competition)

San Francisco International Festival of Short Films, USA, 2011 (competition)

Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival 'Beginning', Russia, 2011 (competition)

17th Annual Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)

San Sebastian Festival - 10th International Film Students Meeting, Spain, 2011 (screening)

Raindance Film Festival, UK, 2011 (screening)

Vilnius Film Shorts, Lithuania, 2011 (competition)

Un Festival C'est Trop Court! Le Festival du Court Métrage de Nice, France, 2011 (screening)

41th  International Film Festival  "Molodist", Ukraine, 2011 (competition)

21. FilmFestival Cottbus, Germany, 2011 (competition)

International Student Film Festival Hollywood, USA, 2011 (competition)

La Cabina International Festival of Medium Lenght Films, Spain , 2011 (competition)

International Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey, 2011 (screening)

Cinemagic International Film Festival in Belfast, UK, 2011 (competition)

Kyoto International Student &Video Festival, Japan, 2011 (competition)

30th Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Finland, 2011 (competition)

Up-and-coming International Film Festival Hannover, Germany, 2011 (competition)

SkenaUp Festival, Kosovo, 2011 (competition)

Winter Film Awards Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)

Bermuda International Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)

Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Israel, 2012 (competition)

Arcipelago International Festival of Short Films and New Images, Italy, 2012 (screening)

In the Palace Balchik International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2012 (competition)

Euganea Film Festival, Italy , 2012 (competition)

New York City International Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)

Play Poland Film Festival, travelling, 2012 (screening)

Hot Media International Film Festival, USA, 2013 (Best Directing)

4th NYC Independent Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)

20th Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2014 (screening)

Busho Vision 11 - Budapest ISFF, Hungary, 2015 (screening)