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Agata Kulesza and Agata Trzebuchowska in Paweł Pawlikowski's Ida (2013), Photo: Gdynia Film Festival
As the Academy Awards are approaching, Istanbul Modern Cinema offers a unique selection titled “The Foreigners of the Oscars”, bringing together candidates for “Best Foreign Language
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The selection by Istanbul Modern brings together films that represent diverse cultures and languages which are recognized as big hits in world festivals, and despite being Oscar-nominated, are outside of the mainstream Hollywood track. Screenings are on view between 8-18 January 2015.
Living in the UK, Ida (2013) is Paweł Pawlikowski's first feature film shot and based in Poland, where the director is born and raised. Set in the gloomy atmosphere of post World War II Soviet Poland in the 1960's, Ida features the life of a young nun, who enters a transformative stage after learning she is Jewish. For its masterful balck and white cinematography and nostalgic perspective, Ida has won numerous awards, including a recent Golden Globe nomination.
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Among other films featured in the program are the Georgian entry Corn Island (Simindis Kundzuli) starring Ilyas Salman; Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure from Sweden, which won the Jury Prize in the “Un Certain Regard” section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival; Leviathan which won the award for “Best Screenplay” at the Cannes Film Festival this year and whose director Andrey Zvyagintsev won the Golden Lion in 2003 with his film The Return; and Mauritania’s entry focusing on the African silent resistance, Timbuktu, the latest film by Abderrahmane Sissako, one of the most renowned filmmakers of African cinema.
Edited by E.M. 05/01/2015