Directing
Rafael Kapelinski
Place of birth
Toruń, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
Known for
Directing
Credits
12 titles
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 Script…
Known for
5.2We follow Jake and his two best friends, Kyle and Jarred through a world distorted by sex and porn. All three are trying to find their way in a complex world. They all have their demons, but Jake’s secret is one that he must keep to himself.
Butterfly Kisses
2017
8.0A real estate agent is tasked with selling the former flat of one of London’s most notorious serial killers, Dennis Nilsen.
A Woman at Night
2021
6.0Two teenagers fall in love against the backdrop of Martial Law in Poland in 1981.
Emily Cries
2006
NRIn 1982, a group of Poles, including 11-year old Irek and his mother Hanna, travel by bus to Budapest to get away from the tense political situation back at home.
Budapest Diaries
2025
A 'village idiot' tries to open a barber shop.
Fundacja Kultura
2007
NRAn innocent man gets wrongfully accused of spying for the Communist government.
The Informer
2011
Behind the camera
5.2We follow Jake and his two best friends, Kyle and Jarred through a world distorted by sex and porn. All three are trying to find their way in a complex world. They all have their demons, but Jake’s secret is one that he must keep to himself.
Butterfly Kisses
2017
8.0A real estate agent is tasked with selling the former flat of one of London’s most notorious serial killers, Dennis Nilsen.
A Woman at Night
2021
6.0Two teenagers fall in love against the backdrop of Martial Law in Poland in 1981.
Emily Cries
2006
6.0Two teenagers fall in love against the backdrop of Martial Law in Poland in 1981.
Emily Cries
2006
NRIn 1982, a group of Poles, including 11-year old Irek and his mother Hanna, travel by bus to Budapest to get away from the tense political situation back at home.
Budapest Diaries
2025
NRIn 1982, a group of Poles, including 11-year old Irek and his mother Hanna, travel by bus to Budapest to get away from the tense political situation back at home.
Budapest Diaries
2025
A 'village idiot' tries to open a barber shop.
Fundacja Kultura
2007
A 'village idiot' tries to open a barber shop.
Fundacja Kultura
2007
NRAn innocent man gets wrongfully accused of spying for the Communist government.
The Informer
2011
NRAn innocent man gets wrongfully accused of spying for the Communist government.
The Informer
2011
NRA young employee of a large investment bank finds out he is about to get fired.
A Lucky Guy
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NRA young employee of a large investment bank finds out he is about to get fired.
A Lucky Guy
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