The Bugaboo

Local title
Bubuu
Original title
Bubák
Director
Kateřina Karhánková, Tomáš Pavlíček
Year
2025

What do you do, when there’s a monster under your bed?

The story begins at the moment when the parents of twelve-year-old Nikca and six-year-old Tomas leave for the weekend, and the children have their apartment to themselves for the very first time. And without supervision! Nikca decides to put her little brother away in his room and invite her friend Gabča over, planning to order pizza, watch a horror movie on video, and just have fun. But watching a forbidden scary film is not meant for them. Instead, they experience a small horror encounter of their own. It begins when Ondra, a hungover high school senior, suddenly shows up. The peace is further disturbed by Tomas, who cannot stay in his room. After all, he has a Bugaboo under his bed, and it is just crawling out. The girls’ weekend is simply ruined, and it turns out that Tomas is not the only one who “has a monster under the bed”. Each of them is afraid of something. Even the Bugaboo himself.

Director
Kateřina Karhánková, Tomáš Pavlíček
Screenwriter
Stepanka Ansorge
Cast
Anna Vycitalova, Terezie Hola, Otto Dusek, Jana Plodkova, Lukas Latinak
Producer
Tomas Michalek, Jakub Mahler
Co-producer
Ivan Ostrochovsky, Katarina Tomkova
Cinematographer
Denisa Buranova
Production Design
Mariana Hädler
Editing
Marek Kralovsky
Music
Ondrej Mikula (Aid Kid)
Sound
Jan Richtr
Production
MasterFilm
Co production
PunkchartFilms
Distribution
CinemArt (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Runtime
Language
Subtitles
Director
Kateřina Karhánková

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Screening050612 / Bubuu
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsKateřina Karhánková (Director), Tomáš Pavlíček (Director)
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Screening100710 / Bubuu
SubtitlesEstonian
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1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening151110 / Bubuu
SubtitlesEstonian
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