The Seattle Polish Film Festival (SPFF) is an annual film festival, held in
Seattle, Washington
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, showcasing current and past films of
Polish cinema
The history of cinema in Poland is almost as long as the history of cinematography, and it has universally recognized achievements, even though Polish films tend to be less commercially available than films from several other European nations.
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. It is produced by the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association and awards the Seattle Spirit of Polish Cinema awards as well as the Viewers Choice of Best Film.
The first edition of the SPFF was held in
1992
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. The 17th edition of the festival was held from April 10, 2009 through April 19, 2009. Members of the Jury included Brian Jones, PSG Films; Zbyszek Pietrzyk, SPFF; and Lance Rhoades from Seattle Film Institute and University of Washington. Viewers Choice Award at the 17th Seattle Polish Film Festival was presented to director Magdalena Piekorz for "Drowsiness" (Senność). The Seattle Spirit of Polish Cinema award for Best Drama was given to director Kasia Adamik for "Offsiders" (Boisko bezdomnych). Best Comedy award went to Tomasz Konecki for "A Perfect Guy For My Girl" (Idealny facet dla mojej dziewczyny), and the Best Short Film award was given to filmmaker Maciej Prykowski for his "What Nobody Knows" (Czego nikt nie wie).
Seattle Polish Film Festival awards
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See also
* Cinema of Poland
The history of cinema in Poland is almost as long as the history of cinematography, and it has universally recognized achievements, even though Polish films tend to be less commercially available than films from several other European nations.
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* List of famous Poles
* List of film festivals
This is a list of existing major film festivals, sorted by continent.
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* List of motion picture-related topics (Extensive alphabetical listing and glossary).
* National Film School in Łódź
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* New York Polish Film Festival
New York Polish Film Festival (abbreviated to NYPFF, Polish: ''Nowojorski Festiwal Filmów Polskich'') is a film festival held annually in New York City since 2005. Its mission is to present and promote Polish cinema in the United States, to ...
* Outline of film
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* Polish film school
Polish Film School ( pl, Polska Szkoła Filmowa) refers to an informal group of Polish film directors and screenplay writers active between 1956 and approximately 1963. Among the most prominent representatives of the school are Andrzej Wajda, And ...
References
External links
Seattle Polish Film Festival website
Film festivals in Washington (state)
Festivals in Seattle
Culture of Seattle
Cinema of Poland
Polish-American culture in Washington (state)
Film festivals established in 1992
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