Following up his Oscar-winning hit Ida, which earned nearly $4 million at the box-office here in the U.S. alone, director Pawel Pawlikowski has finally confirmed his next film. According to Variety, the drama is titled Cold War and it has found backing through MK2 Films and Protagonist Pictures.
After his gorgeous and haunting last film, the writer-director’s latest film is set in the 1950s during the Cold War and traverses multiple countries (Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris) as it follows an “impossible love story in impossible times.” The script is also penned by Pawlikowski, and stars Ida‘s Agata Kulesza, Tomasz Kot, and Joanna Kulig. Mike Goodridge, CEO of Protagonist Pictures, said the following:
We are so excited to be working in tandem with our friends at MK2, a company we have long admired, and there is no better kickoff than this extraordinary new project from Pawel Pawlikowski. We believe that Pawel is one of contemporary cinema’s great visionaries and we couldn’t be more proud to be involved in ‘Cold War.’”
Cold War is currently shooting in Poland and due for completion sometime in 2018. Until more news comes out, explore the faith of Ida with a video essay, and read our review here. One can also see a 30-minute talk with the director below.