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A Sundance Postcard and Director Pawel Pawlikowski on ‘Ida’
Kim Masters reflects on a personal Sundance first—actually appearing in a film featured at the festival. And a conversation with filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski. His black and white Polish indie Ida is up for two Oscars.
By Kim Masters • • 29m ListenWe’re back from Sundance, and Kim Masters shares a snapshot of her big Sundance adventure: appearing in the Alex Gibney documentary Going Clear. Then, director Pawel Pawlikowski has made movies in the UK and France. Ida is his first film from his home country, Poland. He made it with the modest hope that it would play at arthouse theaters in Europe and maybe a few festivals. Now his film about a young nun in training who finds out that she is in fact Jewish is up for Oscars for Best Foreign Language Picture and Best Cinematography.
Banner Image: Pawel Pawlikowski, Director of Ida. Courtesy Music Box Films.
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3 storiesHollywood News Banter
Kim Masters is joined by Matt Belloni, executive editor of the Hollywood Reporter to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.
Read the story7 min‘Sundance Postcard’
Kim Masters has been to Sundance several times before, but this time, her visit to Park City had a unique element—she actually appeared in a film that was premiering at the festival.
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The Polish indie, Ida, is about a young nun who learns that she’s really a Jew. The film played Sundance last year and became a favorite on the festival circuit, winning awards in Toronto and at the BFI Fest in London.
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