Project Detail

Zbigniev's Cupboard

Synopsis

Zbigniev and Henio have a difficult relationship. Zbigniev is more interested in hoarding items he collects on the black market than playing chess with his father. He is always after more space and more items to fill that space until he finally manages to purchase a precious cupboard on the black market of 1970s Poland, much to his father's annoyance.

This is a strange world, where everything seems upside down.
 

Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 mins
Format
HDCAM
Director
Magdalena Osinska
Producer
Hugh Welchmann, Magdalena Bargiel
Co-Producer
Hugh Welchmann, Magdalena Bargiel
Editor
Michael Aaglund
Screenwriter
Duncan Barrett
Director of Photography
Annika Summerson
Production Designer
Hester Dennett
Sound
David Pringle
Composer
Jean-Marc Petsas

Production Status

Production Company

Hemant Sharda

Festivals Office
National Film and Television School
Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 ILG
UK

T +44 (0)1494 731 452

Breakthru Films

Sales Company

Hemant Sharda

Festivals Office
National Film and Television School
Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 ILG
UK

T +44 (0)1494 731 452

Breakthru Films

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