Seattle Polish Film Festival (Spff) Is An Annual Event Showcasing The Best Of Polish Cinema Since The Early 1990s. The Spff Is Produced And Presented By The Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association.

Schedule:

Friday November 8,2024

Gdynia Film School: Short Student Films

2:30pm Siff Cinema Egyptian

This Year We Are Coming Back With Shorts Screenings. We Selected For You Our Favorite Ones From Gdynia Film School Of 2023: Saudade, Tacking, Transgression, Mom Is Going Back, Mandala. We Hope You Enjoy Them!

Short Films: Out Of Office

4:30pm Siff Cinema Egyptian

“Out Of Office” Is A Crime Comedy Written And Directed By Bartosz Nowacki. A Career-Focused Man Regularly Puts Business Promotions Ahead Of His Private Life. One Night, However, He Is Visited By A Mysterious Visitor. The Film Is A 2022 Winner Of Bridging The Borders Award For Best Short Film.

Scarborn - Kos

6:00pm Siff Cinema Egyptian

Spring Of 1794, Poland Is In Turmoil. General Tadeusz “Kos” Ko?ciuszko (Jacek Braciak) Returns To Poland And Plans To Start An Uprising Against The Russians By Mobilizing The Polish Nobility And Peasants. He Is Accompanied By His Faithful Friend And Former Slave, Domingo (Jason Mitchell).

White Courage

8:15pm Siff Cinema Egyptian

The Late 1930s, The Polish Highlands. Je?Drek Zawrat, A Talented Mountaineer And Descendant Of A Prominent Family Of Highlanders, Likes Living On The Edge.

Saturday November 9,2024

Anxiety

2:30pm Siff Cinema Egyptian

A Female Road Movie. A Touching Story About The Close Relationship Between Sisters Malgorzata (Magdalena Cielecka) And Lucja (Marta Nieradkiewicz).

Simona Kossak

4:30pm Siff Cinema Egyptian

Lacking The Talent That Has Been Defining Her Family For Generations, Simona Kossak Is Growing Up Knowing No Warmth From Her Authoritarian Mother. After Graduating From The University, She Leaves Everything Behind – Her Home, Tradition And Social Norms – And Accepts The Position Of A Scientist In Bia?owiez?A, Starting To Live Her Life On Her Own Terms.

Kulej. All That Glitters Isn’t Gold

6:30pm Siff Cinema Egyptian

The Story Of Jerzy And Helena Kulej, The Most Vibrant Married Couple Of The 1960s In Poland. He Is A Legendary Boxer, A Two-Time European And Eight-Time Polish Champion, The Only Polish Boxer To Have Won Two Olympic Golds, And Though Never Knocked Out In The Ring, Collapsing Many A Times In His Private Life.

Sunday November 10,2024

Horror Story

2:00pm Siff Cinema Egyptian

Tomek, A Banking Graduate, Moves To The City, Rents A Creepy Villa With Eccentric Tenants. His Dreams Of Success Fade As Chaos Ensues, Raising Doubts About His Sanity. Will He Overcome The Madness?

Next To Nothing

4:15pm Siff Cinema Egyptian

A Group Of Farmers Organizes A Protest Outside The House Of An Mp Who, Contrary To His Earlier Promises, Voted Against Their Interests. When A Human Body Is Discovered In The Manure They Dump On His Front Yard, Suspicion Immediately Falls On Jarek, The Leader Of The Protest, Even Though The Deceased Was His Closest Friend.

Doppelgänger. The Double

6:30pm Siff Cinema Egyptian

It Is A Suspense-Filled Psychological Drama With Elements Of A Thriller And A Spy Movie. A Film Inspired By The True Story Of A Special Agent Of Cold-War Poland Who Posed As The Son Of A German Woman To Build False Family Relations And Launch A Successful Espionage Career. A Story Of How Big-World Politics Can Devastate The Lives Of Ordinary People.

Date:November 8-10,2024

Location:SIFF Cinema Egyptian, 805 East Pine Street Seattle, WA 98122

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