IDA Poland 2014 Drama 82 min
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski Cast: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik Awards: Oscar for Best Foreign Film at The Academy Awards 2015, Best Foreign Film at BAFTA 2015, Fipresci Award at Toronto Film festival 2013 and other 64 wins and 80 nominations
This is a moving and intimate drama about a young orphan about to become a nun in 1960s Poland. On the verge of taking her vows, young Ida discovers her family was Jewish and had been killed by the Nazis.
The personal story and the historic events intersect in this powerfully written and eloquently shot film. Ida discovers she has a new identity she has to understand and accept.
On a wider level, director Pawel Pawlikowski explores the legacy of the Holocaust in postwar communism. A powerful and affecting film.
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Screening at Performance Space at The Dock, 107 Victoria Harbour Promenade, Docklands.