Our Curse
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| name = Our Curse
| image = Our Curse poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|po| Nasza klątwa }}
| director = Tomasz Śliwiński
| producer =
| writer = Tomasz Śliwiński
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| released = {{Film date|2013|05|28|Krakow Film Festival|ref1={{cite web|url=http://www.leoblog.pl/film-nasza-klatwa/|title=Film "Nasza Klątwa"|work=LeoBlog|access-date=14 May 2020}}}}
| runtime = 28 minutes
| country = Poland
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Our Curse (original title Nasza klątwa) is a 2013 Polish documentary film by Tomasz Śliwiński documenting the first six months in their life of his son Leo, who suffers from the rare genetic disorder called Ondine's curse. When Leo was born, a friend of Śliwiński's had suggested he document his experiences as a form of therapy. Śliwiński was in film school at the time; his wife Magda Hueckel is a professional photographer. Our Curse was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 87th Academy Awards, along with another Polish film in the same category, Joanna. The film was produced by {{Interlanguage link multi|Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa|pl}}.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/film-review-2015-oscar-nominated-short-films-documentary-1201438543/|title=Film Review: '2015 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary'|last=Debruge|first=Peter|date=21 February 2015|work=Variety|access-date=23 February 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/21/our-curse-ondines-curse_n_6727148.html|title=His Son Was Born Cursed. He Started Filming. Now He Might Win An Oscar.|last=Pitney|first=Nico|date=21 February 2015|work=Huffington Post|access-date=23 February 2015}}
Awards and nominations
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! colspan="5" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Awards |
Award
! Date of ceremony ! Category ! Recipients and nominees ! Result |
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Short Waves Festival
| April, 2014 | Tomasz Śliwiński | {{won}} |
Academy Award
| February 22, 2015 | Best Short Subject Documentary{{cite news |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/oscar-nominations-2015-full-list-academy-award-nominees-1201350619/ |title=Oscar Nominations: 'Grand Budapest Hotel' & 'Birdman' Lead Way With 9 Noms; 'Imitation Game' Scores 8 |work=Deadline |publisher=Penske Business Media, LLC. |date=2015-01-15 |access-date=2015-01-15 }} | Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki | {{nom}} |
Crested Butte Film Festival
| September 18, 2015 | Best Documentary Short | Tomasz Śliwiński | {{won}} |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.leoblog.pl/en/our-curse-the-movie/}}
- {{IMDb title|3069992}}
Category:2013 short documentary films
Category:Documentary films about families
Category:Documentary films about children with disabilities
Category:Autobiographical documentary films
Category:Polish short documentary films
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