Studio Munka Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich

Don't be afraid of the dark room/Ciemnego pokoju nie trzeba się bać
It is a story of an endless love of an eleven-year-old girl, Łata, to her father.
Eleven-year-old, Łata is preparing a song for a school play, organised to celebrate the forthcoming Father's Day. In an attempt to describe her feelings for her dad as best as she can, she slowly begins to uncover his hidden secrets...

director: Kuba Czekaj
screenplay: Kuba Czekaj
director of photography: Adam Palenta
production manager: Tomasz Kozera
edit: Daniel Gąsiorowski

Cast: Emilia Stachurska, Przemysław Bluszcz, Jowita Budnik, Anna Ilczuk, Andrzej Mastalerz, Bogusława Jantos, Krzysztof Czeczot, Henryk Niebudek, Violetta Arlak, Jan Prochyra.

Producer: Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka
Co-producer: TVP Kultura
Co-producer and executive producer: Metro Films Sp. z o. o., Jacek Kucharski, Marcin Wierzchosławski

Kuba Czekaj was born in 1984 in Wroclaw. Graduated from film directing at the Krzysztof Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Author of several short films which have won prizes at festivals in Poland and abroad: (2007) Beyond the Horizon; (2006) A Piece of Heaven; (2006) All About My Family; (2005) Mum; (2005) Race (short film Start).
In April 2010 he became a laureate of prestigious Polish Radio Award for Young Talents.
Kuba Czekaj has won the Young Cinema Competition at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia twice. In 2009 he won Grand Prix for the film "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Room" and again in 2010 for the film "Twist&Blood".

• Grand Prize, Kyoto International Student Film and Video Festival, Japan
• Best Short Film, First Step Film Festival, Tirana, Albania
• Main Prize, 4.Festiwal FIlmu i Sztuki "Dwa Brzegi", Kazimierz Dolny / Janowiec nad Wisla
• Best Short Film, International Meeting of Cinema, TV & Video Avanca Film Festival, Portugal
• Grand Prize, International Short Film Festival Shqip Film Fest, Prishtine, Kosovo
• Grand Prix, Ogólnopolskie Spotkania Filmowe "Kameralne Lato", Radom 
• The Silver Hobby-Horse for the Director of the Best Fiction Film, Krakow Film Festiwal, 2010
• Special Jury Award, Canada International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
• Grand Prix The Young Cinema Competition, 34. FPFF in Gdynia