Budapest Diaries

Poland, March 1981. Eleven-year-old Irek and his mum, Hanna, board a bus for a company trip to Budapest. It’s Irek’s first journey abroad — and his first without his dad. Tensions rise when he realises that the real reason Hanna chose to go on the trip is very different from what she told him. Their confrontation leaves Irek torn between his love for his mum and his loyalty to his dad.

written by: Rafał Kapeliński
director of photography: Kacper Fertacz
production design: Katarzyna Sobańska, Marcel Sławiński
costume: Dorota Roqueplo
make-up: Barbara Kund
sound: Zbigniew Malecki
edited by: Katarzyna Leśniak
cast: Agnieszka Judycka-Cappuccino, Mykyta Liashchenko, Sasha Liashchenko, Dorka Gryllus, Piotr Rogucki
production: Domino Film
producers: Małgorzata Domin, Dominika Mandla
co-produced by: Filmfabriq Bratanki, Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych we Wrocławiu, Instytucja Filmowa Silesia Film, DCF Dolnośląski Fundusz Filmowy
production manager: Małgorzata Wala
co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa, National Film Institute Hungary