Seattle Polish Film Festival

29th Seattle Polish Film Festival small but mighty!

The 2021 festival featured 20 films at three venues. Festival-goers showed their appreciation by awarding the following Viewers’ Choice awards:

Best of Show: The In-Laws / Tesciowie (2020, 82’, Comedy) dir. Jakub Michalczuk – The wedding may be cancelled but the reception goes on bringing out the best and worst of family.

2nd Place: Black Mercedes / Czarny Mercedes (2019, 110′, Drama), dir. Janusz Majewski – A WWII murder-mystery film noir.

Best Documentary: Godspeed Los Polacos! (2020, 88′, Adventure), dir. Adam Nawrot – A handful of brazen, and perhaps naive, university students concoct a harebrained plan to escape Soviet-era Poland.

Special thanks to the following for their generous donations: Polish Home Association, Seattle Polish Foundation, Polonez Automotive, Counsel General of the Republic of Poland Los Angeles, SIFF, 4 Culture, TVN, Warszawska Szkola Filmowa, SGSCA and SPFF.

Visit polishfilms.org, our facebook page and instagram page to stay up-to-date.

27th Seattle Polish Film Festival comes to a close…

For 27 years, we’ve been the bridge between Seattle audiences and Polish films, and this year we highlighted that relationship with a historic first: Poland’s number one box office hits “Planet Single 2” and “Planet Single 3”, both directed by Seattle’s own Sam Akina were feature presentations.

Other highlights include Mr. Jones, Agnieszka Holland’s latest feature that premiered at this year’s Berlinale. This year’s guests include director Wojciech Klimala, actress Maria Debska, Marianna Zydek and cinematographer Michal Dymek.

We’d like to thank the many volunteers, sponsors, and donors who made it all possible. See you in 2020!

Visit www.polishfilms.org for updates!
To view images from this year’s festivities click here.


26th Annual Seattle Polish Film Festival Underway!

This year we celebrate 100 years of Polish independence with a selection of films that exemplify Poland’s struggle over the years. There is also a showcase of films representing the Seattle Polish Community and it’s impact since 1921.

Other feature films include Cold War, Silent Night, Outsider, Mug, Spoor, Squadron 303, Man or Marble and Panic Attack to mention a few.

Special guests include Aleksander Pietrzak, Anna Plus, Anna Smolowik, Bozena Stachura, Marta Plus, Piotr Domalewski, and Piotr Sobocinski Jr.

For a complete listing visit: www.polishfilms.org
To view images from this year’s event click here.


Seeking the next great festival poster for 2018!

Be creative. Have fun. Win $100!
It’s not too late to enter your design for the Seattle Polish Film Festival Poster Competition!

Deadline extended to July 20.
There are no entry fees and artists, photographers, graphic designers, etc., are encouraged to submit multiple entries, as long as each entry has a distinct design. Maybe yours will become our signature piece for 2018! 

All entries must be submitted electronically and will be judged on originality and artistic merit. The winning submission will become the property of SPFF and become the official poster and festival program cover, as well as being featured on the festival website and other promotional material.

We look forward to seeing your creativity. To submit your entry, simply send a small 100-dpi jpeg of your design to [email protected]  by 11:59 pm on July 20, 2018.  Include your name, address, phone number and email.

Download specs here.

Questions? Email [email protected]


2017 Seattle Polish Film Festival Sneak Peek: 

Seattle Polish Film Festival to celebrate 25 years of bringing polish cinema along with polish actors, directors and screenwriters to Seattle in 2017!

25 years, 25 films! That’s our goal for the 25th Annual Seattle Polish Film Festival scheduled for October 2017!

Planning is underway for this momentous occasion. Would you like to get involved? We are currently seeking individuals to help with fundraising efforts, social media campaigns, and marketing. Email [email protected] if you would like to get involved.


There’s so much more to come! Visit the film festival site often! You can see photos from past events by Gail Ann Photography

SPFF Mission Statement
The Seattle Polish Film Festival has as its goal the promotion and appreciation of Polish culture and history through cinematic works of quality.  It is our belief that Poland has a rich history of cinema that has a broad appeal to Seattle’s film-going public, one of the most active film-going communities in the country.  We strive to break the mold of a niche, ethnic film festival and bridge the gap between Poles and non-Polish speakers by incorporating a wide variety of films into our program, including Polish Independent and Polish-American works.  We also promote SPFF as a powerful networking tool between well-known artists from Poland, working Polish-Americans in the film and television fields from across the US, and the Seattle film-going and film making public.

Meet the team
Zbigniew Pietrzyk, Managing Director: A prominent member of Poland’s Solidarity movement, Zbigniew has lived in Seattle since 1983, and has served in a variety of different roles with both Polish Home Association, as well as Seattle Gdynia Sister City Association.

Michal Pietrzyk, Festival Co-Director: Zbigniew’s son Michal is a 7 year veteran of the television production field, and is Director of Operations at local television production company PSG Films, who make documentary programming for the National Geographic Channel.  Michal’s work in documentary has taken him as far as Siberia and Kazakhstan.

Many volunteers are still needed to work with our professionals. If you are interested please contact us at [email protected]


2015 Sponsors:

Polish Home Association
European Rejuvenation Center
Ladies Auxilary of Polish Home
Dom Construction
Sebi’s Bistro
Steeler Construction
Seattle Polish Foundation
Aesthetic Denture and Dental Clinic
Dermavita

Polonez Automotive
Carlton Cosmetics
Mariusz Rynkiewicz Studio
UW Polish Studies
Viola Cleaning
Mira Pawluskiewicz RSVP Real Estate
George’s Sausage & Deli
Seattle Polish Consulate
Polyways Travel

Ten Mercer
Shakespeare Vodka
Gail Ann Photography

Polish Filmmakers Association
Polish Film Institute
4Culture
Consulate of the Republic of Poland Los Angeles
SIFF
Northwest Film Forum
Seattle Film Institute
Seattle Weekly
Radio Wisla
National Audiovisual Institute NInA


Special Thanks to our 2014 Sponsors  

22nd Annual Seattle Polish Film Festival!

European Rejuvenation Center
Polonez Automotive
George’s Sausage & Deli
Sebi’s Bistro
Seattle Polish Consulate
Viola Cleaning
UW Polish Studies
Ladies Auxilary of Polish Home2014webPoster
Polish Home Association
Polish Home Foundation
Polish Filmmakers Association
Polish Film Institute
4Culture
Consulate of the Republic of Poland Los Angeles
SIFF
Northwest Film Forum
Seattle Film Institute
Seattle Weekly
Radio Wisla

In-kind donations from Street Treats and Security Imaging and Gail Ann Photography


Seattle Polish Film Festival and Northwest Film Forum will present recently restored Polish classics handpicked by Martin Scorsese in Seattle July 7-10 and October 6-9.

For an interview with Martin Scorsese click here

To keep up with the latest Like us at: https://www.facebook.com/seattle.polish.film.festival

Martin Scorsese, Masterpieces of Polish Cinema


20th Annual Seattle Polish Film Festival sponsors and photos:

Gallery One  click here

Gallery Two click here

We would like to thank the following for their generous donations:
*PATRONS $10,000
Polish Filmmakers Association
Polish Film Institute

*BENEFACTORS $4,000 TO $9,999
Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles

*PARTNERS $1,000 to $3,999
PSG Films

*SUPPORTERS $250-$999
Dr. & Mrs. Michal and Marianne Friedrich
Ladies Auxiliary, PHA
Maria & Ryszard Kott
Miramar Inc.
Polish Home Foundation
Polyways Travel
Ron & Martha Golubiec

*FRIENDS up to $249
George’s Sausage & Deli
Hanna & Pawel Krupa
Krystyna Untersteiner
Margaret Kucharski
Marija & Piotr Horoszowski
Mary N. Parker (in memory of Kazimiera Szczerba)
Michael & Susan Peskura
Mike & Barbara Waske
Polonez Automotive
Robert Michalak
Roman Rogalsksi & Diana Tattoni-Rogalski
UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee
Wodzin Family