"So you are a Jewish nun," says Wanda Gruz (Agata Kulesza) on sizing up her niece Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska) in Pawel Pawlikowski's luminous black-and-white drama Ida. The audience shares in Sister Anna's astoundment as she learns that her birth name was Ida Lebenstein.
This cowled waif we first meet adorning and adoring a Christ figure, a Jew? Never in her 18 years of coming up in the convent did such a thought ever gefilte her fair head. But now, in wintry Poland of the ea...
By Maria Esteves – February 1, 2014
The 23rd New York Jewish Film Festival 2014 (NYJFF 2014) Closing Night New York Premiere of IDA, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski commenced Thursday, January 23, at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center. A special Q&A session immediately followed with director Pawlikowski moderated by director of cinematheque programming, Dennis Lim, Film Society of Lincoln Center.
IDA is a provocative and superb coming of age film set in Poland in the 1960s abo...
By Maria Esteves – February 1, 2014
The 23rd New York Jewish Film Festival 2014 (NYJFF 2014) Closing Night New York Premiere of IDA, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski commenced Thursday, January 23, at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center. A special Q&A session with director Pawlikowski moderated by director of cinematheque programming, Dennis Lim, Film Society of Lincoln Center, immediately followed the premiere. IDA in Theaters May 2014. View Trailer
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The 23rd edition of the New York Jewish Film Festival presented a vastly enlarged program held from January 8-23, 2014 at Lincoln Center Film Society venues. As in past years most performances were sold out with a faithful audience attending. This year 49 features were presented with many world, US or New York premieres and several archival films. The expansion was made possible by a significant increase of the festival budget by the co-sponsoring New York Jewish Museum.
Among the...
By Maria Esteves - December 30, 2013
The 23rd Annual 2014 New York Jewish Film Festival (NYJFF14) presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Jewish Museum will be held at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center, January 8–23, 2014. This year’s Opening and Closing Premieres are FRIENDS FROM FRANCE (Les Interdits), directed by Anne Weil and Philippe Kotlarski, Wednesday, January 8 and IDA, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, Thursday, January 23.
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At the time of publication, it was recently announced that ifeatures2, Britain’s low-budget, feature film-making initiative, has just reopened for submissions. Creative England, the BFI Film Fund and BBC Films are joining forces to support the development and production of three full-length features, all to be set within the English regions. Each film will be produced on a budget of £350,000 and the BBC is also pre-buying UK Free TV rights to the completed films. It’s open to writer, direct...
