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Rafael Kapelinski

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  • Writer
  • Producer
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Rafael Kapelinski
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.
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    • Awards
      • 13 wins & 28 nominations total

    Known for

    Marta Chodorowska and Andrzej Szewczak-Harris in Emilka placze (2006)
    Emilka placze
    6.9
    Short
    • Director(as Rafal Kapelinski)
    • 2006
    Edmond (2015)
    Edmond
    7.1
    Short
    • Script and Continuity Department
    • 2015
    Butterfly Kisses (2017)
    Butterfly Kisses
    6.3
    • Director
    • 2017
    Dziennik z wycieczki do Budapesztu (2025)
    Dziennik z wycieczki do Budapesztu
    7.5
    • Director
    • 2025

    Credits

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    Director



    • The Maharaja's Children
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • The Distant Near
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • A Lucky Guy
      • Director
      • Pre-production



    • Dziennik z wycieczki do Budapesztu (2025)
      Dziennik z wycieczki do Budapesztu
      7.5
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Piotr Adamczyk, Miles Richardson, Lin Xinyao, Marcin Koszalka, Michael Jones, Rafael Kapelinski, Gianni Capaldi, Greer Ellison, Merlin Merton, Leigh Gill, Katie Dolan, Alex Chang, and Jennifer Tao in A Woman at Night (2021)
      A Woman at Night
      7.7
      • directed by
      • 2021
    • Butterfly Kisses (2017)
      Butterfly Kisses
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Konfident (2011)
      Konfident
      6.5
      Short
      • Director (as Rafal Kapelinski)
      • 2011
    • Ballada o Piotrowskim (2007)
      Ballada o Piotrowskim
      7.9
      Short
      • Director (as R.K.K., Rafal Kapelinski)
      • 2007
    • Marta Chodorowska and Andrzej Szewczak-Harris in Emilka placze (2006)
      Emilka placze
      6.9
      Short
      • Director (as Rafal Kapelinski)
      • 2006

    Writer



    • A Lucky Guy
      • Writer
      • Pre-production



    • Dziennik z wycieczki do Budapesztu (2025)
      Dziennik z wycieczki do Budapesztu
      7.5
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • Piotr Adamczyk, Miles Richardson, Lin Xinyao, Marcin Koszalka, Michael Jones, Rafael Kapelinski, Gianni Capaldi, Greer Ellison, Merlin Merton, Leigh Gill, Katie Dolan, Alex Chang, and Jennifer Tao in A Woman at Night (2021)
      A Woman at Night
      7.7
      • Writer
      • story by (as Rafal Kapelinski)
      • 2021
    • Drzewo i ja (2015)
      Drzewo i ja
      6.6
      Short
      • original writer
      • 2015
    • Konfident (2011)
      Konfident
      6.5
      Short
      • Writer (as Rafal Kapelinski)
      • 2011
    • Ballada o Piotrowskim (2007)
      Ballada o Piotrowskim
      7.9
      Short
      • written by (as Rafal Kapelinski)
      • 2007
    • Marta Chodorowska and Andrzej Szewczak-Harris in Emilka placze (2006)
      Emilka placze
      6.9
      Short
      • Writer (as Rafal Kapelinski)
      • 2006

    Producer



    • A Lucky Guy
      • producer
      • Pre-production



    • Cassandra (2015)
      Cassandra
      Short
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Ballada o Piotrowskim (2007)
      Ballada o Piotrowskim
      7.9
      Short
      • producer (as Rafal Kapelinski)
      • 2007
    • Marta Chodorowska and Andrzej Szewczak-Harris in Emilka placze (2006)
      Emilka placze
      6.9
      Short
      • producer (as Rafal Kapelinski)
      • 2006

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Rafal Kapelinski
    • Born
      • 1970
      • Torun, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
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      • 2 Articles

    Did you know

    • Quotes
      Watching the early Charlie Chaplin films at the age of seven with other kids in a local cinema, I became entranced by the magic Chaplin created. Laughing at his gags I realised the power of cinema as a story-telling medium. In fact, over time I grew convinced that in the hands of a talented individual a film camera could potentially be as powerful as, let's say, a nuclear bomb. By the time I was fourteen I could not think of any other profession, in which one would be able to play with nuclear bombs on a daily basis, so I decided to become a filmmaker.

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