THE 128TH RAT

128. SZCZUR

A black-humour comedy about staying away from the rat race, and about a wry constatation that only idiots are capable of true happiness.  Paweł Burak, a much frustrated theology student, declares war against an oppressive reality.

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  • Genre: Fabularny
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 30
  • Year: 2013

Director: Jakub Pączek

Script: Jakub Pączek

DOP: Jacek Kędzierski

Editing: Ludwik Sielicki

Production company: Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka

Trailer

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lpK-75zto3c%22+frameborder%3D%220%22+allowfullscreen%3E%3C

About the director:

Jakub Pączek

Jakub Pączek

Born in 1984 in Kraków. Graduate of Film Directing at The Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, Katowice, Poland and History of the Church at The Pontifical Academy of Theology, Kraków, Poland. He has directed several short films based on his own scripts, among them the much acclaimed “The Washing Machine”, “Rolls of Identity”, “The Best Chicks on the Train”, “Buro” and his graduation film “The A Side”. “The 128th Rat” is his thirty-minute professional debut. He also worked as an assistant director to Maciej Pieprzyca in his feature film “Life feels good”. He is now busy editing his newest short entitled “Full Dive” as well as writing and developing several feature-length projects.

At festivals:

53rd Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (The President of TVP S.A. (Polish Television) Award)

13. T-mobile New Horizons, Poland, 2013 (competition)

43nd Molodist International Film Festival, Ukraine, 2013 (competition)

12th Reykjavik Shorts&Docs Festival, Iceland, 2014 (screening)

7th Lviv International Film Festival Wiz-Art., Ukraine, 2014 (screening)

11th Jameson CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, Hungary, 2014 (competition)

14th Un festival c'est trop court, France , 2014 (competition)

7th La Cabina Intenational Medium Lenght Film Festival, Spain, 2014 (competition)

Cork Film Festival 2014, Ireland, 2014 (screening)

32nd Tous courts International Short Film Festival, France, 2014 (Special Mention)

13th International Short and Independent Film Festival Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014 (competition)