Seattle Polish Film Festival
30th Seattle-Polish Film Festival
October 14-23, 2022
Join us for our 30th anniversary event showcasing the best of Polish cinema. SPFF is the second longest running Polish film festival in the United States! Not only do we present the best films; we also give you the opportunity to meet the directors, cinematographers and actors.
Silent Land
Poland | 2021 | 113 min. | Aga Woszczyńska
October 14, 2022
A perfect couple rents a holiday home on a sunny Italian island. But the reality does not live up to their expectations...
The Tenant
Poland | 2021 | 120 min. | Michał Otłowski
October 14, 2022
The peace of mind of a tenement house in Warsaw’s Mokotów district is shattered by the appearance of the alleged legal owner of the building.
25 Years of Innocence
Poland | 2020 | 120 min. | Jan Holoubek
October 15, 2022
A moving action drama based on real events that were followed closely by Poland.
Sculptor & Other Shorts
2021 | 105 min.
October 15, 2022
5 shorts made by students of Polish film schools.
All Our Fears
Poland | 2021 | 90 min. | Łukasz Ronduda, Lukasz Gutt
October 15, 2022
Triggered by an unexpected tragedy, gay artist and activist Daniel, who is also a deeply religious man, tries hard to make the local community grieve together.
Orchestra of Exiles
USA | 2012 | 85 min. | Josh Aronson
October 16, 2022
The thrilling story of how one man, one Polish violinist, helped save Europe’s premiere Jewish musicians from obliteration by the Nazis.
Triple Trouble
Poland | 2020 | 83 min. | Marta Karwowska
October 16, 2022
When Claude Monet's "Beach in Pourville" disappears from the National Museum in Poznan, and Julka's aunt is falsely accused of theft, Julka and her friend Olek must find the painting.
Chopin. I Am Not Afraid of Darkness & On the Frontline. Fleeing Irpin
Poland | 2022 | 112 min.
October 16, 2022
Two short films from Seattle Polish Film Festival.
That's How I Loved Marlya
Poland | 2021 | 110 min. | Michal Bandurski, Krystian Kuczkowski
October 16, 2022
A story about the colorful life of the queen of the Polish music scene.
Ania
Poland | 2022 | 93 min. | Krystian Kuczkowski, Michal Bandurski
October 21, 2022
Ania is a touching story about the prematurely deceased, at age of 36, Polish actress Anna Przybylska.
Black Sheep
Poland | 2021 | 107 min. | Aleksander Pietrzak
October 21, 2022
Arek and Magda are a married couple, caring for their sick grandfather. They live with their son, Tomek, who has been in a long-term relationship with his girlfriend Asia. It is a typical family and seemingly everything is fine. And yet...
Leave No Traces
Poland | 2021 | 160 min. | Jan P. Matuszyński
October 22, 2022
A political thriller based on a true story about a young student beaten to death by the police in 1980s Communist Poland.
Love on First Page
Poland | 2022 | 112 min. | Maria Sadowska
October 22, 2022
She is an ordinary girl from the neighborhood, he is the best party of the Republic. They say opposites attract, but love can sometimes be unpredictable.
Girls to Buy
Poland | 2021 | 150 min. | Maria Sadowska
October 22, 2022
A young, ambitious girl, dreams about life outside her small town. When a tempting madam offers her a chance to escape, she doesn't hesitate and quickly becomes an exclusive escort.
Carol of the Bells
Poland | 2021 | 125 min. | Olesya Morgunets-Isaenko
October 23, 2022
Immortalised as one of the most scintillating and enlightening Christmas songs, "Carol of the Bells," adapted from a popular Ukrainian folk melody, came to represent the spirit of brotherhood and unity all over the world.
March 1968
Poland | 2022 | 125 min. | Krzysztof Lang
October 23, 2022
Warsaw, 1968. Students are protesting against the unlawful expulsion of their colleagues from the university and in defense of the "Dziady" (Forefathers' Day) play, directed by Kazimierz Dejmek, and staged at the National Theater.
Lullaby Killer
Poland | 2017 | 100 min. | Krzysztof Lang
October 23, 2022
A young investigator struggles to solve multiple disappearances in 1950s Cracow, Poland.
Back Then
2021 | 95 min. | Kinga Debska
October 23, 2022
Based on the writer-director’s own life and quirky family, a delightful, easy-to-watch comedy and a great insight into life behind the iron curtain in People’s Republic of Poland.