Production: 
Opus Film, Phoenix Film Investment
Director: 
Paweł Pawlikowski
Screenplay: 
Paweł Pawlikowski, Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Cinematography: 
Łukasz Żal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Scenography: 
Marcel Sławiński, Katarzyna Sobańska – Strzałkowska
Costumes: 
Aleksandra Staszko
Music: 
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Line producers: 
Magdalena Malisz
Producers: 
Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzięcioł, Ewa Puszczyńska
Cast: 
Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela, Adam Szyszkowski, Joanna Kulig

STORY

 

Poland 1962. Anna is a novice, an orphan brought up by nuns in the convent. She has to see Wanda, the only living relative, before she takes her vows. Wanda tells Anna that Anna is Jewish. Both women start a journey not only to find their family tragic story, but who they really are and where they belong. They question their religions and ideas they believed in. Both are trying to go on living but only one of them can.

AWARDS

 
Best Foreign Language Film - Oscar® 2015
Best International Film - Independent Spirit Award 2015
Best Film not in the English Language - EE British Academy Film Award 2015
Best European Film - Goya Awards, Spain 2015
Best Foreign Language Film - 10th North Texas Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Capri Best Foreign Language Award - Capri-Hollywood Film Festival 2015
Best Foreign Language Film - 8th Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards 2015
Best Foreign Language Film - 4th Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 2015
Best Foreign Language Film (Runner-Up) - Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Best Foreign Film - Black Film Critics Circle Awards 2014
Best Supporting actress (Runner-up Agata Kulesza ) - National Society of Film Critics 2014
Best Foreign Language Film (Runner-up) - 21st Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - 2014 Ecumenical Jury Awards
Best Woman Storyteller (Screenwriting Award) for Rebecca Lenkiewicz - 11th Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2014
Best Foreign Language Film - 15th Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2014
Best Foreign Language Film ( Runner-up) - Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards 2014
Best Foreign Language Film ( 2nd place) - Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2014 -
Best Foreign Language Film (Runner-up) - Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2014
Best Foreign Film - Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2014
LUX Prize 2014 - European Parliament Film Awards
Best Foreign Language Picture - Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 2014
Best Foreign Language Picture, Best Cinematography - San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2014
Best European Film, Best European Director, Best European Screenwriter, Best European Cinematographer - 27th European Film Awards 2014
People's Choice Awards - 27th European Film Awards 2014
Best Foreign Language Film, Best Supporting Actress (Agata Kulesza) - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Best Foreign Language Film - The New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2014
Audience Award - Polish Film Festival CiakPolska Rome 2014
Best Feature Film - 15th Polish Film Festival Los Angeles 2014
Audience Award - 27th Helsinki International Film Festival 2014 Love & Anarchy
Best Cinematography Award - MECEFF "7+1" – Mediaş Central European Film Festival, Romania 2014
Grand Prix, Best Actress Prize (Agata Kulesza and Agata Trzebuchowska) - Avvantura Festival Film Forum 2014 Zadar, Croatia
Grand Prix - Les Perceides Festival International Canada 2014
Jańcio Wodnik Award for Best Actress ( Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska) - Września Nationwide Festival of the Film Art Prowincjonalia 2014
Best Narrative Feature, Best Actress (Agata Kulesza), Best Screenplay - RiverRun International Film Festival 2014
Lipscomb Ecumenical Prize - Nashville Film Festival 2014
Golden Trailer Award - Best Foreign Drama 2014
Silver Camera - 35th Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers Film Festival 2014
Silver Raceme (2nd Award for Best Film) – International Film Festival Lubuskie Film Summer, Łagów 2014
Best Film - 5th Festival Al Este de Lima 2014
Best Director Award - Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2014
Annual Prize ( Paweł Pawlikowski) - Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, 2014
Polish Film Noble - 7th Off Plus Camera Festival 2014
Special Prize of the Jury - Tarnow Film Festival 2014
Best Director Award - 19th Vilnius International Film Festival 2014
Best Director (3rd runner-up), Best Actress Agata Kulesza (2nd runner-up) - Golden Space Needle Award - Seattle International Film Festival 2014
Narrative Feature Winner - Jury Prize Sarasota Film Festival 2014
Best Feature Film/SKODA Film Award - goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, Wiesbaden 2014
Best Polish Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Editing - Polish Film Award Eagles 2014
Special Mention by The Jury - Polish Filmmakers Association Awards 2014
Best Cinematography - PSC Award 2014
FIPRESCI Prize - Tromso International Film Festival 2014
Crystal Arrow Award, Best Actresses (Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska) - Les Arcs Festival in the French Alps 2014
Film Award (Dawid Ogrodnik) - 20th Polityka Magazine Passport 2014
ASC Spotlight Award - Spotlight Award 2014
Golden Frog Award for Best Cinematography - 21st Camerimage International Festival 2013
Best Feature Film, Best Actress (Agata Kulesza), Best Cinematography - Warsaw Jewish Film Festival 2013
Grand Prix Asturias (Best Feature) Best Screenplay, Best Production Design (Gil Parrondo Award), Best Actress (Agata Kulesza) - Gijon International Film Festival 2013
Golden Listapad Grand Prix Award for Best Feature Film, Best Photography, Best Actress, Silver Listapad Award (Art ad Phenomenon) - Minsk International Film Festival 2013
Grand Prix, Ecumenical Prize - 29th Warsaw Film Festival 2013
Grand Prix - 57th London Film Festival 2013
Golden Lions Award for Best Film, Best Producer ( Ewa Puszczyńska and Piotr Dzięcioł), Best Photography, Best Actress ( Agata Kulesza), Best Production Design - 38th Gdynia Film Festival 2013
Jurnalist Award, Don Quixote Award , Award of the Arthouse Cinema Network (SKSiL), Special Apart Award ( Agata Trzebuchowska), Rising Elle Star Award ( Agata Trzebuchowska) - 38th Gdynia Film Festival 2013
FIPRESCI Prize - 38th Toronto International Film Festival 2013
Nominated : Foreign Language Film Film of the Year - 6th Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association Dorian Awards 2015
Nominated : Best International Film ( FOREIGN LANGUAGE) - Australian Film Critics Association 2015
Nominated : Best European Film - VIIth Gaudí Awards 2015
Nominated : Best Foreign Film - César Awards 2015
Nominated : Best Non-American Film - 68th Denmark's National Association of Film Critics Bodil Awards
Nominated : The Hipster Award - 10 New Academy Awards Categories We'd Like to See
Nominated: Best Picture, Best Cinematography - 4th Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 2015
Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - 7th Denver Film Critics Society Awards 2015
Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film, Best Cinematography - 87th Oscars®
Nominated: Best Foreign Film The Guldbagge Awards
Nominated: Best European Film 29th Goya Awards 2015
Nominated: Best Film Not in the English Language, Best Cinematography EE British Academy Film Awards 2015
Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2014
Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - North Carolina Film Critics Association 2014
Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2014
Nominated: Best Film, Best Foreign-language Film, Best Supporting Actress (Agata Kulesza) - London Critics' Circle Film Awards 2014
Nominated: Top Film, Best Director, Best Actress ( Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska) - Dublin Critics Awards 2014
Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - 19th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2014
Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association 2014
Nominated: Best Foreign-Language Film - 18th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Nominated: Best Foreign Film By or About Women - 11th Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2014
Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - San Diego Film Critics Society Award 2014
Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2014
Nominated: Golden Teeth Award for Best Feature - Polish Film Festival in America in Chicago 2014
Nominated: Best Feature Film - Toronto Polish Film Festival 2014
Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actress (Agata Kulesza), Most Promising Performer (Agata Trzebuchowska) - Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - Golden Globe Awards 2015
Nominated: Best International Independent Film - British Independent Film Awards 2014
Nominated: Best Picture, Best Film Not in the English Language, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actress ( Agata Kulesza) - Online Film Critics Society Awards 2014
Nominated: Best Actress ( Agata Kulesza and Agata Trzebuchowska) - 27th European Film Awards 2014
Nominated: Best Motion Picture, International Film - Satellite Awards 2014
Nominated: Best International Film - Independent Spirit Awards 2015
Nominated: The Filmmakers of Tomorrow (Fedeora Competition) - Haifa International Film Festival 2014
Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film - Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Nominated: Best European Film - David di Donatello Academy of Italian Cinema Award 2014
Nominated: Award in Film Category for Direction and Actress Duo ( Agata Kulesza and Agata Trzebuchowska) - Guarantee of Culture Award TVP Kultura 2014
Nominated: Elephant Award for Best Film - Wisła Polish Film Festival, Moscow 2014
Nominated: Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Audience Award, Discovery of the Year ( Agata Trzebuchowska and Łukasz Żal) - 16th Polish Academy Film Awards (Eagels) 2014
Nominated: Film Award ( Agata Kulesza) - 20th Polityka Magazine Passport 2014
Nominated: Best Actress (Agata Trzebuchowska), Best Supporting Actress ( Agata Kulesza) - 2nd. Tadeusz Szymków Film Acting Festival (FAF), Wrocław 2013
Nominated: Golden Angel in From Poland film competition - 11th Tofifest International Film Festival, Toruń 2013

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