The Best Chicks On the Train

Director, screenwriter, editor and production manager: Jakub Pączek

Directors of photography: Paweł Chorzępa, Jacek Kędzierski

Music: Marcin Gągola

Artistic supervisors: Beata Dzianowicz, Andrzej Fidyk, Joanna Krauze, Maciej Pieprzyca

Year of production: 2010

Running time: 19'

You can be anyone once for a while, but you are born to be a train conductor just the once. There were three and a half thousands of train conductors in the Communist Poland. They led lives of the kings. Then the communism fell. Only enthusiasts and outcasts remained. It is a story that portrays the common and extraordinary moments in the lives of the conductors. They used to be the alpha males on night sleeping cars. They got to have the best chicks…

Festival screenings of the film:

International Student and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy, China (2010) - in competition

The European Railroad Movie Festival, Austria (2012) - 4th Prize

17th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Poland (2010) - in competition

4th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides, Poland (2010) - in competition

14th Festival of Polish Comedies, Poland (2010) - in competition

9th RePeFeNe Independent Film Festival, Poland (2010) - in competition

7th GOFFR Film Festival, Poland (2010) - in competition

11th Summer Film Festival in Zamość, Poland (2010) - in competition

4th "Nakręceni" Film Festival, Poland (2010) - in competition

7th Orange Factor Film Festival, Poland (2010) - in competition

8th Multimedia Happy End Film Festival, Poland (2010) - in competition

2nd Camera, Action! Festival of Film Critics, Poland (2011) - screening