Our Curse

Movie
German title	Our Curse
Original title	Nasza klątwa
Country of production	Poland
original language	Polish
length	28 minutes
Rod
Director	Tomasz Śliwiński
script	Tomasz Śliwiński
production	Maciej Ślesicki

Our Curse ( Polish Nasza klątwa ) is a 2013 published Polish documentary - short film by Tomasz Śliwiński documenting the first six months of his son Leo, which on rare Ondine's curse suffers.

background

When Leo was born, a friend of Śliwiński's suggested that the experience with the disease be documented as a form of therapy. Śliwiński had already made the short film Klątwa in 2011, which also deals with Leo's story. At that time Śliwiński was already at the Warsaw film school, his wife Magda Hueckel was working as a professional photographer.

Awards

Our Curse was nominated for an Oscar in 2015 for Best Documentary Short Film, but received no award. The film previously received the jury award at the American Short Film Awards 2014.

Awards
Award	Date of the ceremony	category	Recipient of the nomination	Result
Pardino d'oro (Locarno Festival)	-	Best international short film	Tomasz Śliwiński	Nominated
Oscar	February 22, 2015	Best documentary short film	Tomasz Śliwiński, Maciej Ślesicki	Nominated
Jury Prize (American Short Film Awards)	-	Best documentary short film	Tomasz Śliwiński	Won
Crested Butte Film Festival	18th September 2015	Best documentary short film	Tomasz Śliwiński	Won

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Peter Debruge: Film Review: '2015 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary' . In: Variety , February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
^ Nico Pitney: His Son Was Born Cursed. He started filming. Now He Might Win An Oscar. . In: Huffington Post , February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
↑ ^a ^b Patrick Hipes: Oscar Nominations: 'Grand Budapest Hotel' & 'Birdman' Lead Way With 9 Noms; 'Imitation Game' Scores 8 . In: Deadline , Penske Business Media, LLC., January 15, 2015.
↑ Awards. In: Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 23, 2018 .

[Debruge-1] Peter Debruge: Film Review: '2015 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary' . In: Variety , February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.

[Pitney-2] Nico Pitney: His Son Was Born Cursed. He started filming. Now He Might Win An Oscar. . In: Huffington Post , February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.

[oscar-3] Patrick Hipes: Oscar Nominations: 'Grand Budapest Hotel' & 'Birdman' Lead Way With 9 Noms; 'Imitation Game' Scores 8 . In: Deadline , Penske Business Media, LLC., January 15, 2015.

[4] Awards. In: Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 23, 2018 .