“Poland, 1962. Eighteen-year-old novice Anna, who has spent nearly her entire life in a convent, is on the eve of taking her vows when she meets her sole living relative. Aunt Wanda, a worldly and cynical Communist judge, shocks the naïve Anna with a stunning revelation: Anna is Jewish and her real name is Ida. Exploring her new identity, Ida lets Wanda take her on revelatory journey to their old family home to discover the fate of her birth parents and unearth dark secrets dating back to the Nazi occupation. Masterfully directed by Pawel Pawlikowski (My Summer of Love) and photographed in stunning black and white in the classic 1:37:1 Academy ratio, Ida is a gripping and highly cinematic evocation of postwar Poland at a defining historical moment. It’s also an intensely personal tale of moral and spiritual awakening.” -PSIFF 2015