38th edition
17-25 january 2026

A Man Thing

Meska Sprawa

Slawomir Fabicki

Poland
2001 Fiction 26 min
Through the harsh reality of contemporary Poland, the film tells the cruel story of a 13 year-old boy who tries to hide the fact that his father beats him. Alone, without any support from his mother and terrorised by his gym teacher, his only friend is an old dog locked up in a kennel...
With : Bartosz Idozak, Mariusz Jakus, Marek Bleleski, Katarzyna Bargielowsks
Screenplay : Slawomir Fabicki
Image : Bogumil Godfrejow
Sound : Ewa Bogusz, Andrej Zabicki
Editing : Joanna Fabicka
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Slawomir Fabicki was born in 1970 in Warsaw. In 1995, he studied screenwriting at the Lodz film school. In 1996, he joined the directing department, where he directed fictions and documentaries, such as Extension 55 in 1997, awarded at several film festivals.