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Paweł Pawlikowski
FilmmakerKnown for:
Ida (2013), Cold War (2018)
Education:
University of Oxford (literature and philosophy); no formal film school
Paweł Pawlikowski left Poland as a teenager and made documentary films in England for the BBC before returning to Polish subjects in his late features. Ida (2013) - a black-and-white film about a young nun discovering her Jewish origins in 1960s Poland - won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Cold War (2018), a love story spanning two decades of postwar Polish history, won him Best Director at Cannes.
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Shot Cold War (2018) on ARRI ALEXA XT in black and white.
Product description
The ALEXA XT, introduced in 2013, added in-camera ARRIRAW recording via the XR Module, internal ND filtration, and a native 4:3 Super 35 sensor to the ALEXA platform. It supports ARRIRAW capture up to 120 fps onto XR Capture Drives and includes integrated CDL capture and anamorphic de-squeeze.
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Last updated March 24, 2026
