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Summary:

From acclaimed director Pawel Pawlikowski (Last Resort, My Summer of Love) comes Ida, a moving and intimate drama about a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland who, on the verge of taking her vows, makes a shocking discovery about her past.18-year old Anna (stunning newcomer Agata Trzebuchowska), a sheltered orphan raised in a convent, is preparing to become a nun when the Mother Superior insists she first visit her sole living relative. Naïve, innocent Anna soon finds herself in the presence of her aunt Wanda (Agata Kulesza), a worldly and cynical Communist Party insider, who shocks her with the declaration that her real name is Ida and her Jewish parents were murdered during the Nazi occupation. This revelation triggers a heart-wrenching journey into the countryside, to the family house and into the secrets of the repressed past, evoking the haunting legacy of the Holocaust and the realities of postwar Communism. In this beautifully directed film, Pawlikowski returns to his native Poland for the first time in his career to confront some of the more contentious issues in the history of his birthplace. Powerfully written and eloquently shot, Ida a masterly evocation of a time, a dilemma, and a defining historical moment; Ida is also personal, intimate, and human. The weight of history is everywhere, but the scale falls within the scope of a young woman learning about the secrets of her own past. This intersection of the personal with momentous historic events makes for what is surely one of the most powerful and affecting films of the year.

Contributors:

Pawlikowski, Pawel , director, screenwriter

Lenkiewicz, Rebecca , screenwriter

Abraham, Eric , producer

Dzięcioł, Piotr, 1950- , producer

Puszczyńska, Ewa , producer

Opus Film (Poland) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Phoenix Film (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Portobello Pictures (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Canal+ Polska , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Languages:

Polish
English

Language Notes:

In Polish with English subtitles.

Subjects:

Nuns — Poland — Drama

Family secrets — Drama

Identity (Psychology) — Drama

Poland — History — Occupation, 1939-1945 — Drama

Poland — History — 1945-1980 — Drama

Occupation of Poland (Poland : 1939-1945)

1939-1980

Identity (Psychology)

Nuns

Family secrets

Poland

Genres:

Feature films

Fiction films

Online media

Internet videos

History

Drama

General Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed August 18, 2017).
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Won 2015 Academy Awards, USA, Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Poland
Won 2015 BAFTA Awards, Best Film Not in the English Language
Won 2015 Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Best Non-English Language Film
Won 2014 American Society of Cinematographers, USA, Spotlight Award, Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Won 2015 Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards, Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera)
2nd Place 2014 Awards Circuit Community Awards, Best Foreign Language Film
Won 2014 Black Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Foreign Film
Won 2013 Camerimage, Main Competition Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Won 2014 Capri, Hollywood, Capri Foreign Language Film Award, Pawel Pawlikowski
2nd Place 2015 Central Ohio Film Critics Association, Best Foreign Language Film
Won 2015 Chlotrudis Awards, Best Original Screenplay
Won 2015 Chlotrudis Awards, Best Supporting Actress Agata Kulesza
Won 2015 Chlotrudis Awards, Best Cinematography Ryszard Lenczewski, Lukasz Zal
Won 2015 Cinema Bloggers Awards, Portugal, Best Cinematography - International Competition
Won 2015 CinEuphoria Awards, Best Cinematography - International Competition
2nd Place 2014 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, Best Foreign Language Film
Won 2014 Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards, Top Ten Films
Won 2014 European Film Awards, Audience Award, Pawel Pawlikowski
Won 2014 European Film Awards, European Cinematographer Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Won 2014 European Film Awards, European Director Pawel Pawlikowski
Won 2014 European Film Awards, European Screenwriter Pawel Pawlikowski, Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Won 2014 European Film Awards, European Film
Won 2014 FEMF Festival of the European and Mediterrenean Film, Vilko Filac Prize Ryszard Lenczewski (director of photography) Lukasz Zal (director of photography)
Won 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards, Best International Film
Won 2015 Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA), Best Foreign Film
Won 2013 Gijón International Film Festival, Best Actress, Agata Kulesza
Won 2013 Gijón International Film Festival, Best Production Design
Won 2013 Gijón International Film Festival, Best Film
Won 2013 Gijón International Film Festival, Best Feature, Pawel Pawlikowski (director) Opus Film (production company) Phoenix Film Investments (production company)
Won 2015 Gold Derby Awards, Foreign Language Film
Won 2014 Golden Trailer Awards, Best Foreign Drama
Won 2014 Goya Awards, Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
2nd Place 2014 Indiana Film Journalists Association, USA, Best Foreign Language Film
3rd Place 2014 International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA), Best Supporting Actress
Won 2015 International Online Film Critics' Poll, Top Ten Films
3rd Place 2014 Internet Film Critic Society, Best Film
Won 2013 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, Best Foreign Film
Won 2013 Les Arcs European Film Festival, Best Actress Prize, Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska
Won 2013 Les Arcs European Film Festival, Crystal Arrow, Pawel Pawlikowski
Won 2013 London Film Festival, Best Film Pawel Pawlikowski
Won 2014 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, Best Supporting Actress Agata Kulesza
Won 2014 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, Best Foreign Film Pawel Pawlikowski
Won 2014 LUX Prize, Pawel Pawlikowski
Won 2013 Minsk International Film Festival, Best Actress
Won 2013 Minsk International Film Festival, Best Film
Won 2013 Minsk International Film Festival, Art as Phenomenon
Won 2013 Minsk International Film Festival, Best Cinematography
Won 2014 Nashville Film Festival, Pawel Pawlikowski
2nd Place 2015 National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA, Best Supporting Actress Agata Kulesza
Won 2014 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Foreign Language Film
Won 2015 North Texas Film Critics Association, US, Best Foreign Language Film
Won 2014 Phoenix Critics Circle, Best International Film
Won 2014 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards, Best Foreign Language Film
Won 2014 Polish Film Awards, Best Film (Najlepszy Film) Pawel Pawlikowski (director)
Won 2014 Polish Film Awards, Best Director (Najlepsza Rezyseria) Pawel Pawlikowski
Won 2014 Polish Film Awards, Best Actress (Najlepsza Glówna Rola Kobieca) Agata Kulesza
Won 2014 Polish Film Awards, Best Editing (Najlepszy Montaz) Jaroslaw Kaminski
Won 2013 Polish Film Festival, Best Actress Agata Kulesza
Won 2013 Polish Film Festival, Best Cinematography
Won 2013 Polish Film Festival, Best Production Design
Won 2013 Polish Film Festival, Best Film
Won 2014 RiverRun International Film Festival, Best Narrative Feature Pawel Pawlikowski
Won 2014 RiverRun International Film Festival, Best Actress Agata Kulesza
Won 2014 RiverRun International Film Festival, Best Screenplay Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Pawel Pawlikowski
Won 2014 San Francisco Film Critics Circle, Best Cinematography
Won 2014 San Francisco Film Critics Circle, Best Foreign-Language Film
Won 2014 Sarasota Film Festival, Narrative Feature Competition Winner
3rd Place 2014 Seattle International Film Festival, Best Actress
2nd Place 2014 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards, Best Foreign Language Film
2nd Place 2014 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, Best Foreign Language Film
Won 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, Special Presentations
Won 2014 Tromsø International Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize, Pawel Pawlikowski
Won 2013 Warsaw International Film Festival, Ecumenical Jury Award
Won 2013 Warsaw International Film Festival, Grand Prix, Pawel Pawlikowski
Won 2014 Wiesbaden goEast, SKODA Film Award, Pawel Pawlikowski
Won 2014 Women Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Woman Storyteller

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (83 mins.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

961033879

Other Control Numbers:

3593113 (source: VaAlASP)
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