BAD NIGHT STORY

BAJKA NA NIESPOKOJNY SEN

Julia is a lonely 7 years old girl who is trying to prepare herself to her First Holy Communion the best possible way. But everything  is about to change the day she hears the biblical story of the shepherd and his lost sheep from which she concludes that Holy God seems to prefer sinners.

  • Genre: Live action
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 15
  • Year: 2019
  • Color: colour

Director: Nawojka Wierzbowska

Script: Nawojka Wierzbowska

DOP: Robert Lis

Music: Łukasz Olszówka

Editing: Kamil Grzybowski

Production company: Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School

About the director:

Nawojka Wierzbowska

Nawojka Wierzbowska

Nawojka is a second-year graduate directing student at the Silesian University. Her second passion is literature – especially short stories. Recently her story “Death and a Girl,” which was a basis for her diploma movie „Bad Night Story,” has been awarded in the competition “Silesian Shakespeare.” In 2018 she received the cultural grant “Cultural City Gdańsk” for an animated short movie “Bizarium”, which currently being developed. 

At festivals:

44. Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni, Poland, 2019 (competition)

Curtas Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival 2020, Portugal, 2020 (screening)

FILMETS Badalona Film Festival 2020, Spain, 2020 (competition)

36th interfilm, International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany, 2020 (screening)

GoEast Film Festival 2021, Germany, 2021 (competition)

Short Film Biennale Vicenza 2021, Italy, 2021 (screening)

Moviezone Short Film Festival 2021, China, 2021 (screening)

Tripoli Film Festival, 2021, Lebanon, 2021 (competition)