CRADLE ME

UKOŁYSZ MNIE

On the morning of her birthday, Emilia wakes up next to a stranger – Shay, a tourist from Tel Aviv. As the previous night’s events return to her, she remembers that their condom broke. Emilia decides to get rid of him as soon as possible, explaining to Shay that in Poland you need a prescription for the morning-after-pill and that she will take care of it on her own. But, Shay insists on coming with her to solve their problem.

Genre: Live action
Country: Poland
Running time: 25
Year: 2018
Color: kolorowy

Director: David Tejer

Script: David Tejer

DOP: Zofia Goraj

Music: Mikołaj Dobber

Editing: Nikodem Chabior

Production company: Studio Munka

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About the director:

David Tejer was raised in Stockholm, and later in Israel. There he graduated from Tel Aviv University, majoring in Film Studies and English Literature. He went on to work in the film industry, working his way up to DoP. In ‘14, he decided to move to his parents’ native Poland to seriously pursue writing and directing and was accepted to the director’s program at the Wajda School. In ’17 he co-wrote and directed “Femina” – a dark-comedy musical theater piece. “Cradle Me” is his film debut.

At festivals:

16th Asiana International Short Film Festival, Korea, 2018 (Special Jury Award)

Brussels Short Film Festival 2019, Belgium, 2019 (competition)

24th Milano Film Festival, Italy, 2019 (competition)

49th ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid, Spain, 2019 (Third Prize Alcine)

21st Festival International du Film d’Aubagne - Music & Cinema, France, 2020 (competition)