STIMULANTS & EMPATHOGENS
By Mateusz Pacewicz
2024
LGBTQI+ - black comedy
25 min.
Poland
Polish
Produced by Wajda Studio
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STIMULANTS & EMPATHOGENS

Antek, a closeted teenage gay from a wealthy family, invites a teenage drug dealer Kuba – he has a hopeles crush on – to his villa under the pretext of another drug transaction. However, he does not know that Kuba has a mission that he received from his superiors – his Father and his Brother. The dealer’s family suspects that Antek resells their mephedrone at a profit at his school, so Kuba is supposed to investigate the situation. The story begins as a romantic comedy of errors, turns into a social satire to end, after various adventures, with an emotional plot twist.

FESTIVALS & AWARDS
64th Krakow Film Festival (Poland, 2024), 2024 

Out on Film Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival 2024, 2024 
40th Warsaw Film Festival (2024, Poland), 2024 (Audience Award )
15th Kamera Akcja Festival, International Authors Spotlight Competition, 2024 (Audience Award)
Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival, 2024 (Martin’s Award for the Best Short Film for Young People , Best Short Film Award)
River Film Festival, International Horizons, Padova, Italy / Audience Award