REAL

Anna – the mother of a 16-year-old Adaś, who is dying of cancer, is desperately trying to find Wiktor, an author of an internet blog. Wiktor maintains to have found a cure for cancer. Anna’s night journey through the real and virtual world ends with a shocking discovery. The film is based on the short story ‘Płomyk za szybą’ [Flame behind the Window] by Marcin Kaczmarek and corresponds to the tenth Commandment: ‘You shall not covet your neighbour’s goods’.

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  • Genre: Fabularny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 22
  • Year: 2009

Director: Rafał Samusik

Script: Rafał Samusik

DOP: Kacper Czubak

Music: Tomasz Stroynowski

Editing: Rafał Samusik, Andrzej Juraszczyk

Production company: Instytut Promocji Edukacji

About the director:

Rafał Samusik

Rafał Samusik




Born in 1978; a scriptwriter and director; a graduate of  University of Silesia Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television Department in Katowice; the author of a documentary ‘Gry wojenne’ [War Games] which is shown on many film festivals; comes from Białystok, lives in Warsaw.











At festivals:

Short Film Corner, France, 2010 (screening)

Worldwide Short Film Festival, Canada, 2010 (competition)

Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, 2010 (screening)

B16 - International Competitive Festival Of Short Fiction Films, Czech Republic, 2010 (competition)

28th Festival Tous Courts, France, 2010 (competition)

Maremetraggio - International Short Film Festival, Italy, 2011 (competition)