Rafael Kapelinski

Rafael Kapelinski

  • Also know as: Rafał Kapeliński

Biography

Rafael Kapelinski is a film director and a story development specialist, who is working internationally. His feature 'Butterfly Kisses' won the Crystal Bear at the International Film Festival in Berlin (2017) and was long-listed for the British Independent Film Award for Directing. Rafael trained at the National Film and Television School (Beaconsfield, UK), The London Film School (London, UK), The Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing (Warsaw, Poland), The University of Washington (Seattle, USA), Columbia University (New York, USA), and Nicholas Copernicus University (Torun, Poland). He has also participated in many Media-sponsored screenplay development workshops including ScriptEast, Les Premiers Plans and Ekran. Rafael's short 'Emily Cries' won multiple international awards. His feature project 'Up On The Roof' won Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Cinefondation Residence Award. His short 'To Bury The Horse' was a finalist in the 2011 Bosch Stiftung Competition. He also worked as script supervisor on Nina Gantz's BAFTA-winning short animation 'Edmond' (over fifty other international awards). Other feature directing credits include 'A Woman At Night'. He is currently in pre-production with 'Budapest Diaries' (Polish Film Institute / Domino Films/Filmfabriq). Represented by Match & Spark.

Production

Emily Cries

2006

As Director

Emily Cries

2006

As Writer

Butterfly Kisses

2017

As Director

A Woman at Night

2021

As Director

A Woman at Night

2021

As Story

The Informer

2011

As Director

The Foundation

2009

As Director

The Informer

2011

As Screenplay

The Foundation

2009

As Screenplay

A Lucky Guy

0000

As Director

A Lucky Guy

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As Screenplay

Budapest Diaries

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As Director

Budapest Diaries

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As Writer

The Distant Near

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As Director

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