The Seattle Polish Film Festival is back! The festival turns thirty this year, as it was created in 1992 by Michal Friedrich and Tom Podl with the help of Christopher Kamyszew and the Polish Film Festival in America in Chicago. This is the second oldest Polish film festival in the United States, after the Chicago festival.

The festival starts with the “Vodka and the Drop of Art” event on October 13, 2022. Screening will be as usual at the SIFF Cinema Uptown and at the SIFF Film Center. Tickets at the SIFF website.

Friday, October 14 at SIFF Film Center

• 6:00 pm Silent Land / Cicha ziemia (2021, 113′) dir. Aga Woszczynska, drama
• 8:00 pm Tenant / Lokatorka (2021, 118′), dir. Michał Otlowski, drama

Saturday, October 15 at SIFF Film Center

• 2:00 pm 25 Years of Innocence / 25 lat niewinności (2020, 112′), dir. by Jan Holoubek, drama
• 4:15 pm two shorts: The Sculptor / Rzeźbiarz (2021, 22′), dir. Catherine Deptuch, drama and Ceremony / Ceremonia (2021, 25′), dir. Tadeusz Kabicz, drama
• 6:00 pm All of Our Fears / Wszystkie nasze strachy (2021, 90′), dir. Łukasz Rodunda & Łukasz Gutt, drama
• 8:00 pm Secret screening

Sunday, October 16 at SIFF Film Center

• 2:00 pm Orchestra of Exiles (2012, 82′), dir. Josh Aronson, documentary
• 4:00 pm Triple Trouble / Tarapaty 2 (2020, 83′), dir. by Marta Karwowska, family comedy
• 5:45 pm two shorts: On the Frontline. Fleeing Irpin and the Defenders of Charkiv (2022, 52′), dir. Michal Przedlacki, documentary, Chopin. I Am Not Afraid of Darkness / Chopin. Nie boję się ciemności (2020, 60′) dir. Joanna Kaczmarek
• 8:00 pm Maryla. That’s How I Loved / Maryla. Tak kochałam (2021, 108′), dir. Michał Bandurski & Krystian Kuczkowski, documentary

Friday, October 21 at SIFF Cinema Uptown

• 6:00 pm Ania (2022, 93′), dir. Michał Bandurski & Krystian Kuczkowski, documentary
• 8:00 pm Black Sheep / Czarna owca (2021, 107′), dir. Aleksander Pietrzak, dramedy, Q&A with actor & director Arkadiusz Jakubik

Saturday, October 22 at SIFF Cinema Uptown

• 1:20 pm Leave No Traces / Żeby nie było śladów (2021, 160′), dir. Jan Matuszynski, thriller
• 4:15 pm Love on the first page / Miłość na pierwszą stronę (2022, 116′), dir. Maria Sadowska, romcom, Q&A with director Maria Sadowska
• 6:15 pm Recognition Gala with the Polish Consul
• 6:30 pm Girls to Buy / Dziewczyny z Dubaju (2021, 146′), dir. by Maria Sadowska, dramat sensacyjny, Q&A with director Maria Sadowska
• 9:00 pm SPFF Closing Party at SOLO Bar – 21+ only, free entrance for ticket holders, otherwise $10 per person

Sunday, October 23 at SIFF Cinema Uptown

• 1:30 pm Carol of the Bells / Szczedryk (2021, 121′), dir. Olesya Morgunets-Isaenko, drama, Q&A with actor & director actress Joanna Opozda
• 4:15 pm March 1968 / Marzec ’68 (2022, 125′), dir. Krzysztof Lang, drama, Q&A with director Krzysztof Lang and actress Vanessa Aleksander
• 6:45 pm Lullaby Killer / Ach śpij kochanie (2017, 97′), dir. Krzysztof Lang, thriller, Q&A with Krzysztof Lang and Arkadiusz Jakubik
• 8:45 pm Back Then / Zupa nic (2021, 154′), dir. by Kinga Dębska, satire on Communist Poland

The festival is produced by the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association. Volunteers needed! As usual, SPFF looks for volunteers to help with the festival

More: SPFF website. Festival passes will be available at the Vodka and the Drop of Art event.