We are delighted to bring Polish cinema back to Bedford as part of our 2014 festival programme.

Festiwal Filmowy w Bedford powraca!

Dziękujemy wszystkim Polakom, którzy przybyli na nasz festiwal w zeszłym roku. Pokaz okazał się tak popularny, że zdecydowaliśmy się pokazać kolejny polski Film w tym roku. Szczegóły znajdą Państwo poniżej.

Bilety są już dostępne w sprzedaży. Mamy nadzieję, że będziemy mogli Państwa gościć .

Pozdrawiamy, Zespół Festiwalu Filmowego w Bedford.

The first film to be shot in his native Poland, Pawlikowski’s ‘Ida’ is evocative of Bresson in its formal exactness and penetrating rendering of human emotion.

Anna, an orphan raised in a convent, is preparing to take her vows when she’s sent to visit Wanda, her aunt and only living relative. Wanda reveals that Anna’s real name is Ida and that her parents were Jews murdered during the Nazi occupation. So the two embark on an unusual journey through the wintry countryside to unearth their family’s dark history.

Pawlikowski has thrilled audiences before with his documentary work and his features Last Resort and My Summer of Love but this may just be his greatest achievement yet. Set in a sombre 1960s Poland with its atmosphere of Catholicism, Communism and lingering memories of the Holocaust it’s a vibrant, intimate and subtle portrait of two contrasting women and a deeply humanist work full of thematic and formal grace and composure.

The black and white cinematography by Łukasz Żal, Ryszard Lenczewski is a thing of rare beauty. The performances are also truly exceptional.

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski

Cast: Agata Trzebuchowska, Agata Kulesza, Dawid Orgodnik

Country: Poland Language: Polish with English subtitles Year: 2014

Duration: 80 mins Rating: 12A IMDB Score: 7.5/10