Ida Who Sang So Badly Even the Dead Rose Up and Joined Her in Song
by Ester Ivakič
Ida, ki je pela tako grdo, da so še mrtvi vstali od mrtvih in zapeli z njo, 2025, fiction, digital DCP, 1,85:1, 24, c, 109 min
SI, HR
Finished
Ten-year-old Ida believes that the mysterious angelic singing resounding across the village graveyard is the only thing keeping her beloved Grandma alive. So she decides to join the school choir—even though she is absolutely tone deaf.
Ester Ivakič (1992) is a director and screenwriter who graduated in Digital Arts and Practices from the Academy of Arts in Nova Gorica (formerly the School of Arts) in 2016, and then studied film directing at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. In 2016, she received a Special Jury Mention at the Festival of Slovenian Film for her student film Srdohrd, and in 2021 she won the Best Slovenian Film award at the FeKK Festival for her short film Magical Castle is …
| Festival | Award | Year |
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Iris Award (Association Award), best cinematography (Feature Length, Fiction)
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2026 | |
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Paper Plane (Association Award), best screenplay
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2026 | |
| 73rd Pula Film Festival |
Golden Arena (Jury Award), best film (Regional)
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2026 |
| 35th Cottbus Film Festival |
Special Mention (Ecumenical Jury Award), -------
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2025 |
| 36th Liffe - Ljubljana International Film Festival |
FIPRESCI Award (Jury of Critics Award), best film
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2025 |
| 43rd Torino Film Festival |
Special Prize (Jury Award), -------
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2025 |
Temporama has been working with the new generation of up-and-coming Slovenian film-makers since 2013. They’ve produced a number of short and experimental films, music videos, and webseries before transitioning to feature films with “Consequences” (Toronto IFF 2018). Their recent credits include the documentary film “Alpe-Adria Underground!” (DokuFest Prizren 2024) and “Ida Who Sang So Badly Even the Dead Rose Up and Joined Her in Song” (Torino FF 2025), with several other titles currently in pr…