UPDATE: Ida has won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

This is the moment that Curious president, Peter Grasse found out:

This is a moment:

And this is a headline:

BAFTA Awards 2015: Polish Film ‘Ida’ Beats Irrfan Khan’s ‘The Lunchbox’ [International Business Times]

And this is the statement that Curious Film gets to make about both of them:

“Curious has cemented its reputation as a leader in storytelling, distribution and craft with Ida winning the Best Film Not in the English Language category at the BAFTA awards at the Royal Opera House in London.”

Ida is distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Curious. It’s a Polish-Danish story about a young girl who sets out to discover the truth about her family roots.

Peter Grasse, Curious’ president commented, “Choosing films is like choosing commercial directors. We’re highly selective and only work with those films and filmmakers that we genuinely love and respect. The success of our portfolio in both commercials, content and features is testament to our ability to create and curate stories that audiences adore.”

Curious has only been involved in film distribution since 2010. Its reputation as a production company is validated every year at Cannes and last year it was named Asia Pacific Production Company of the Year at Ciclope Festival.

Here are just some of the films it has chosen to distribute:

The Rocket: last year’s Australian entry to the Academy Awards.

Winter’s Bone: three Oscar Nominations

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Reality: Cannes Grand Prix Winner

War Witch: Oscar Nomination

Ida has also been nominated for two Oscars at the Academy Awards (Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography), which will be presented on February 22 in Hollywood.

Ida is back in theatres for a limited re-release in New Zealand and Melbourne. It is also available on iTunes () and ().