'Ida' to run for Oscar nomination

Paweł Pawlikowski's “Ida” will be Poland's candidate for an Academy Award nomination in the Best Foreign Film category, following a unanimous decision by a committee created by the minister of culture. “Our decision was mostly influenced by the overwhelming career of 'Ida' in worldwide distribution,” committee chairman Filip Bajon told Polish Radio. “The movie was purchased in almost 60 countries, was widely viewed in France. It earned $3.5 million in the USA, it has wonderful reviews in key US newspapers.” “Ida” is set in the 1960's in Poland. It tells the story of a novice nun who is told to speak to her only remaining relative before her vows. She and an aunt she never knew embark on a journey to discover the past.