”Ida” – Polish Oscar Winning Movie in European Film Festival 2015

Hanoi: Wed 20 May 2015, 6 pm
Sun 24 May 2015, 8 pm
National Cinema Center
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Danang: Wed 20 May 2015, 7.30 pm
Le Do Cinema
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HCMC: Sun 17 May 2015, 8 pm
Sun 24 May 2015, 4 pm
Cinebox 212

From Embassy of the Republic of Poland and Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam:

Ida (Family’s secret), a Polish film won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of 2014, will representing Poland at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Hanoi to join the European Film Festival in May 2015.

Director: Paweł Pawlikowski
Stars: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska
Writers: Paweł Pawlikowski and Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Genre: Drama, Black and White
Year of Production: 2013
Duration: 82’

Ida – directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, is a story about Poland in 1961. In a convent, a young nun with the name Anna is ordered by her Mother Superior to visit her aunt in Lodz before she takes her final vows. Anna, the young and beautiful nun, who has never left the convent and knows nothing about her family, comes into the apartment of a woman of around 40-50 years old with an extremely different lifestyle. Two women then are going for a journey to discover their family history, which influences their further life.

The film has won numerous awards at Film Festivals around the World such as Polish Academy Award for Best Actress, European Film Award for Best Film, Goya Award for Best European Film, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter and New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Film. Especially, Ida has overcome many other films to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014.

Ida is chosen to be screened at the opening ceremony of the European Film Festival at 20h at Cinema 212, Ho Chi Minh City on 17/05/2015. Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Vietnam, Madame Barbara Szymanowska will make the speech at the screening about the meaning of the film.

Free of charge tickets can be collected from 12 May 2015 for screenings at the following locations:

Hanoi: 
Goethe Institut, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, tel: (04) 37 34 22 51, from 12 pm
British Council, 20 Thụy Khuê, tel: (04) 3 8 436 780, from 9.30 am
National Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha, tel: (04) 3 514 2856 (free tickets are distributed from 3 pm to 6 pm everyday from Wednesday 13 May 2015

HCMC:
Goethe Institut: 335/4 Dien Bien Phu, District 1, tel: (08) 3 9 12 52 50
British Council: 25 Le Duan, D.1, tel: (08) 3 8 23 28 62, from 9.30 am
Cinebox: 212 Ly Chinh Thang, D.3, tel: 08 3935 0610 

Da Nang:
Le Do Cinema, 46 Tran Phu, tel: (0511) 3 82 25 74
Cinema & Film Distribution Centre, 68 Tran Phu, tel: (0511) 3 82 32 84

Full information on the film festival can be found at: http://25yearseuvietnam.vn/film
For photos of the films please visit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/eudelvietnam/