Directed by:
Paweł PawlikowskiComposer:
Kristian Eidnes AndersenCast:
Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela, Adam Szyszkowski, Halina Skoczynska, Joanna Kulig, Mariusz Jakus, Izabela Dąbrowska (more)VOD (1)
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Poland 1962. Anna is a beautiful eighteen year old woman, preparing to become a nun at the convent where she has lived since orphaned as a child. She learns she has a living relative she must visit before taking her vows, her mother's sister Wanda. Together, the two women embark on a voyage of discovery of each other and their past. Her aunt, she learns is not only a former hardline Communist state prosecutor notorious for sentencing priests and others to death, but also a Jew. Anna learns that she too is Jewish - and that her real name is Ida. This revelation sets Anna, now Ida, on a journey to uncover her roots and confront the truth about her family. Ida has to choose between her birth identity and the religion that saved her from the massacres of the Nazi occupation of Poland. And Wanda must confront decisions she made during the War when she chose loyalty to the cause before family. (Curious Films)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2015 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Foreign Language Film)
- 2015 - Łukasz Żal, Ryszard Lenczewski (Best Achievement in Cinematography)
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2015 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best International Film)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2015 - Best Film not in the English Language
- 2015 - Łukasz Żal, Ryszard Lenczewski (Best Cinematography)
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2014 - Best International Independent Film
European Film Awards
- 2014 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Film)
- 2014 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Director)
- 2014 - Paweł Pawlikowski, Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Best Screenwriter)
- 2014 - Łukasz Żal, Ryszard Lenczewski (Best Cinematographer)
- 2014 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Audience Award for Best Film)
- 2014 - Agata Trzebuchowska (Best Actress)
- 2014 - Agata Kulesza (Best Actress)
César Awards
- 2015 - Best Foreign Film
Goya Awards
- 2015 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best European Feature)
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2015 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Non-American Film)
Polish Film Awards
- 2014 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Film)
- 2014 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Director)
- 2014 - Agata Kulesza (Best Actress)
- 2014 - Jarosław Kamiński (Best Editing)
- 2014 - Paweł Pawlikowski, Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Best Screenplay)
- 2014 - Łukasz Żal, Ryszard Lenczewski (Best Cinematography)
- 2014 - Katarzyna Sobańska, Marcel Sławiński (Best Production Design)
- 2014 - Aleksandra Staszko (Best Costume Design)
- 2014 - Agata Trzebuchowska (Discovery of Year)
- 2014 - Łukasz Żal (Discovery of Year)
Guldbagge Awards
- 2014 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Foreign Film)
Golden Globes
- 2015 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Critics Choice Awards
- 2015 - Best Foreign Language Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2014 - Agata Kulesza (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2014 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Foreign-Language Film)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2014 - Best Foreign Language Film
Toronto International Film Festival
- 2013 - Paweł Pawlikowski (International Critics' Award - Special Presentations)
Warsaw International Film Festival
- 2013 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Warsaw Grand Prix)
- 2013 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Ecumenical Jury Prize)