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Produced and presented by the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association, the Seattle Polish Film Festival (SPFF) is an annual event showcasing the best of Polish cinema.

For more information about SPFF, please visit www.polishfilms.org.

Tickets

Ticket Prices: $8, $10 when a guest is present.
Tickets purchased in advance can be picked up at will call at SIFF Cinema, tickets will also be available at the door. The SIFF Cinema box office opens 1/2 hour before the first show of the day.

Films

All Will Be Well

To save his ailing mother, Pavel decides make a pilgrimage of faith by jogging all the way to the Santuary of Jasna Góra, where an especially powerful Madonna is reputed to cure the sick. …
Drowsiness

There are people who constantly dwell in a state of emotional lethargy. They live in catastrophic relationships and, instead of making a change in their lives, they passively fade away into spiritual emptiness. …
Hania

It's Christmas Eve. Ola and Wojtek, a young childless couple, invite the orphan Kacper to their home. Wojtek recalls his own childhood which was a nightmare because of his authoritative and heartless father. …
Henry Wars / Children In Exile

Henry Wars - (53 min.) This documentary honors the life and service of a famous Polish composer, Henryk Wars.
Children In Exile - (60 min.) Polish survivors of Soviet deportation to Siberia during the Second World War describe their experiences. …
How To Live?

Kuba, upon hearing from Ewa, his girlfriend, that he is going to be a father, realizes he needs to change his life and seeks the guidance of his three uncles. …
Independent Films

A selection of five short films from various directors. …
It's Not What You Think Honey

Handsome neurologist Filip Morawski is looking forward to spending a naughty weekend with a young nurse colleague named Dominika. …
John From The Tree

Jan Zawada is a well educated doctor who lives in a state of well-being and comfort. He has a wife Monika, son Maciek, a lovely house near the woods, and a job he hates. …
Louise's Garden

18-year-old Louise is a resident in a mental institution. She lives in her own world filled with fairy-like creatures and imaginary characters. …
Expecting Love

Ian is a wealthy, accomplished attorney practicing in California. His life is one big party. Joanna is a student from Warsaw who decides to go on vacation to Los Angeles, where she begins to work as a waitress. …
The Offsiders

Jacek was once a promising player on Poland's national soccer team. Long since sidelined by an injury, he's now a bitter drunk. …
Once Again

This romantic comedy is about a mother and daughter and their entertaining adventures in love. …
Outlanders

Every year London attracts thousands searching for a better life but under its surface lies a dark heart of greed and exploitation. …
A Perfect Guy For My Girl

Kostek, a composer known for being a peaceful and gentle man, falls madly in love with Luna, a feminist and instructor of Krav Maga, an aggressive form of martial arts. …
The Reliable System

Maria is over eighty years old. She comes from an aristocratic family that declined after the war. She lives humbly off a retirement pension, alone in her studio flat. …
Ruby Wedding

The main characters of this contemporary comedy are Anka and her husband Mundek. She is a Kyokusin Karate master, he a great pianist. Above them lives Kazimierz, a pensioner. …
Sex Change

The President’s indiscretions lead to a series of interesting and humorous events. …
Tischner - Life in Stories

This is one of the first biographical films about Father Tischner, a writer, Catholic priest, friend to Pope John Paul II and spiritual contributor to the "Solidarity" movement. …
Tricks

Six-year-old Stefek believes that the course of small events he provokes will help him to draw nearer to his father, who left his mother for another woman. …
A Warm Heart

Konstanty (Bohdan Stupka), a businessman and oligarch who for the first time in his life, is confronted with a problem in which he is completely helpless. …
Warsaw Dark

Warsaw, night, a club by the river. Ojka, a young and beautiful prostitute, runs out to the parking lot. Wolski, a fat and aging politician follows her, lured by her charm. …
Zietek / Commandant Edelman

Zietek - (16.5 min.) An engaging, hugely entertaining portrait of sculptor Bogdan Zietek.
Commandant Edelman - (56 min.) Marek Edelman (born in 1918) is a Polish political and social activist, cardiologist and last living leader of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. …

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