"Ida" wins Oscar

Paweł Pawlikowski's "Ida" won the Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards ceremony. The film has beaten Russian anti-Putin drama "Leviathan", among others, and became the first Polish movie to win the award. “We made a film about the need for silence, withdrawal from the world and contemplation, and here we are at this center of noise and attention,” Pawlikowski said during his acceptance speech. He was later played off stage, however, the Polish filmmaker ignored the wrap-up music and continued his speech. He thanked his crew and his late wife. "I would like to dedicate [this Oscar] to my late wife and my parents who are not among the living who are totally inside this film and they have a lot to do with it," Pawlikowski continued, ignoring the Orchestra and talking over music. The US online magazine Slate has jokingly commented on the Polish filmmaker's speech: "Paweł Pawlikowski, hero of our times, went up against the music that dispensed hundreds of directors, actors, and producers before him, and won." Set in the 1960s, "Ida" tells the story of a novice nun, who along with her aunt, a former prosecutor associated with the Stalinist regime, sets out on a journey to find the resting place of her parents killed during World War II. The movie won numerous prestigious Polish and European awards. This is the 12th Academy Award won by a Pole.