Poland scoops five Oscar nominations
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
15.01.2015 16:02
Poland won five nominations on Thursday for the 87th Academy Awards, including two for Pawel Pawlikowski's acclaimed movie Ida.
US actor Chris Pine (L) and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs (R) share a moment as they announce the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, California USA, 15 January 2015. EPA/PAUL BUCK
Pawlikowski's post-Holocaust drama was nominated not only for Best Foreign Language Film, but also Best Cinematography.
Meanwhile, two Polish works, Joanna and Our Curse, are in the running for Best Documentary Short Subject. The films, directed by Aneta Kopacz and Tomasz Sliwinski respectively, explore dilemmas faced by families after the diagnosis of a terminal illness.
Finally, Anna Biedrzycka-Sheppard was nominated for Best Costume Design for her work on Maleficent.
Ida has proved a runaway success on the awards circuit, recently winning five prizes, including Best Film, at the European Film Awards.
Shot in black and white, the film explores the plight of a novitiate nun in early 1960s Poland, after she discovers that her parents were Jewish and that they had been murdered in the Second World War.
The plot focuses on her relationship with her newly discovered aunt, an embittered judge who took part in Stalinist show trials.
Overall, two films are neck and neck in terms of garnering the most nominations. Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Birdman both took nine.
US actor Chris Pine and Academy President Boone Isaacs jointly announced the nominations on Thursday, and the winners will be revealed on 22 February.
Film critics have tipped Ida as the favourite to win in the Best Foreign Language Film category. (nh)