Ida (2013)
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Country:
Poland, Denmark
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Duration:
82 min
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Genre:
drama, history
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Director:
Pawel Pawlikowski
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Producer:
Eric Abraham, Peter Dzetsol
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Cast:
Agata Kulesza, Agatha Tshebuhovskaya
About film
Anna is an orphan who spent her childhood and adolescence in a convent in Poland. Before taking her vows and becoming a nun, Anna decided to meet Wanda, her only living relative. Anna learns that she is Jewish, and that her parents became the victims of the Holocaust. Together, Anna and Wanda they embark on a trip to uncover their family's tragic story. Upon their way, they will encounter circumstances that would put their faith under question – and even though the women will try to live as they used to, only one will manage to do that.
Black and white drama Ida is one of the most important Jewish films of the last decades. It has turned Pawel Pawlikowski into perhaps the most famous Polish director, as well as the winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Rewards and nominations
- Academy Awards 2015 — Best Foreign Language Film of the Year; nominated: Best Achievement in Cinematography
- Golden Globes 2015 — nominated: Best Foreign Language Film
- César Awards 2015 — nominated: CésarBest Foreign Film
- BAFTA Awards 2015 — Best Film Not in the English Language; nominated: Best Cinematography
- European Film Awards 2014 — Audience Award, European Film AwardBest Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Cinematographer
- London Film Festival 2013 — Best Film
- Les Arcs European Film Festival 2013 — Best Actress Prize, Crystal Arrow
- Minsk International Film Festival 2013 — Best Actress, Best Film, Art as Phenomenon, Best Cinematography
Director
62-year-old director, screenwriter, and producer, one of the most acclaimed contemporary Polish filmmakers. His family immigrated to the UK when Pawel was 14 years old. He studied literature and philosophy at Oxford. For the first ten years of his work, Pawlikowski was filming documentaries in Russia, such as From Moscow to Pietushki, Dostoevsky's Travels, Tripping with Zhirinovsky. Pawlikowski's feature debut The Stringer starred Segey Bodrov. Ida (Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards) and Cold War (Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival) are his two most famous films.
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Director
62-year-old director, screenwriter, and producer, one of the most acclaimed contemporary Polish filmmakers. His family immigrated to the UK when Pawel was 14 years old. He studied literature and philosophy at Oxford. For the first ten years of his work, Pawlikowski was filming documentaries in Russia, such as From Moscow to Pietushki, Dostoevsky's Travels, Tripping with Zhirinovsky. Pawlikowski's feature debut The Stringer starred Segey Bodrov. Ida (Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards) and Cold War (Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival) are his two most famous films.
