"11 minutes" to run for Oscar nomination

Jerzy Skolimowski’s “11 minutes” will be Poland’s candidate for an Academy Award nomination in the Best Foreign Film category, following a decision by a committee created by the minister of culture, Małgorzata Omilanowska. "We have chosen a movie made by one of the best and original Polish directors. He and his art are recognized and valued on the US market. "11 minutes" is a universal movie portraying the chaos, cacophony and the emptiness of the modern world," said member of the committee Paweł Pawlikowski, who won the Academy Award for "Ida". The plot is set in modern Warsaw and the narrative follows eleven minutes in several people's lives. The film was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.