The 17th Seattle Polish Film Festival at Siff Cinema

PR Log (Press Release) – Apr 06, 2009 – Seattle, WA - The Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association presents the 17th annual Seattle Polish Film Festival (SPFF). The film festival begins on April 10 and runs for two weeks until April 19, 2009.  The SPFF will present over twenty films at SIFF Cinema, located at Seattle Center's McCaw Hall.  Tickets range from $8 to $10 and can be purchased at the door 20 minutes before the showing or at the website: www.siff.net.
   
The festival will include feature films, such as "Drowsiness" directed by Magdalena Piekorz (up and coming director and former guest on our festival), “Luiza’s Garden” by Tomasz Drozdowicz, “Ideal guy for my girlfriend” by Tomasz Konecki, “Warsaw Dark” by  Christopher Doyle, “With a warm heart” by Krzysztof Zanussi, “Hania” by Janusz Kamiński, “Sex change” by Konrad Aksinowicz, “Golden mean” by Olaf Lubaszenko and many more;  as well as accompanying guests: Leslaw Zurek and Szymon Bobrowski.  The SPFF is also proud to present several documentaries such as  “Tishner – Life in Stories” and “Commandant Edelman” by Artur Wiecek “Baron” (also former festival guest)  and a set of independent and student films.
   
For film schedules, film synopses, previews, and guest appearances, please visit the SPFF website at: www.polishfilms.org.  All films are in Polish with English subtitles, except where otherwise noted.

The SPFF is one of the longest running Polish film festivals in the United States, and the festival stands apart as a result of its innovative programming, which includes the best of this year's feature, independent, student, and animated films from Poland.  According to Greg Plichta, the SPFF director: "People can see movies anywhere, and with such a film-savvy community as we have in Seattle, it is not enough to just show films.  Thus, we provide a forum where the film-going community can meet filmmakers in person, take pictures, and ask them any questions."