For his first film made in his native Poland, writer-director Paweł Pawlikowski (Cold War) crafted the character study Ida: a personal and pensive historical drama, carefully composed and exquisitely rendered in black-and-white. Winner of the Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Feature.

Filmed on the fabled Greek island of Hydra, Paweł Pawlikowski’s playful, virtuosic short is a modern myth that dazzles in dynamic black and white. Adding flashes of high fashion to shades of early cinema, model and actor Małgosia Bela strikes the poses of a fearless muse with chameleonic style.

Before returning to his native Poland to film Ida and the Oscar®-nominated Cold War, Paweł Pawlikowski directed this captivatingly suspenseful romantic thriller. Starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Ethan Hawke, The Woman in the Fifth charts a passionate love affair that conceals a disturbing mystery.