10/24 Friday 4:00 pm – Gdynia Film School students films 5:30 pm – Official Opening of the Festival 6:00 pm – Life for Beginners (guest Magdalena Maścianica) 8:00 pm – Vinci 2 10/25 Saturday 2:00 pm – Crossroads 4:00 pm – Loss of Balance 6:00 pm – Chopin, Chopin 8:15 pm – In-Laws 3 (guest Adam Woronowicz) 10/26 Sunday
The film “The Death of Zygielbojm” will be streaming March 31 – April 13 during the Seattle Jewish Film Festival. For tickets please check the SJFF website: Home | Seattle Jewish Film Festival In May 1943, Szmul (Shmuel) Zygielbojm, a member of the Polish government-in-exile, dies under suspicious circumstances in German-occupied Warsaw. This leads a young British journalist to follow the coroner’s investigation, revealing the significance of Zygielbojm’s mission in Great Britain: to convince the
If you missed this movie at the Seattle Polish Film Festival a few years ago, this is your chance. In this Ukrainian Polish co-production, directed by Olesia Morhunets-Isaienko takes the ‘Carol of the Bells’ is a symbol of the spirit of brotherhood and unity all over the world. The peaceful existence of three families, Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish, sharing a large house, musical evenings and merriment in the Polish city of Stanisławów (now Stanislaviv in
This movie – produced by local filmmaker Aniela Sidorska Jr. – has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2025 Academy Awards. “Porcelain War” already earned the Golden Space Needle and Best Documentary awards at the 2024 Seattle International Film Festival, as well as the US Grand Jury Prize awarded at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. For Your Consideration: Porcelain War More information about the movie can be found here: Aniela Sidorska’s “Porcelain
UPDATE: On Sunday, March 2nd at 4 p.m., the Polish Cultural Center is hosting a screening of Erase the Nation, a documentary film about the war in Ukraine. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director Tomasz Grzywaczewski. The event is organized by the Seattle Polish Film Festival, Seattle Gdynia Sister City Association, and Ukrainian Association of Washington. It is a fundraiser to support Ukraine. An earlier, short version of the film
KINO OKO presents a short documentary “Lady of the Mountain / Kobieta Skała” in memory of Bronka Sandstrom who at the age of 77 summited a Mt. Rainier as oldest women who made this achievement. The documentary was produced by Monika Meleń from Polish TVP Polonia in 2018. Another short documentary movie will also present Bronka’s experiences from summiting the Mt. Rainier. More: about Bronka, contact Krystof for more information by RK
Polish Home Association presents the movie “Mensch” about Prof. Ludwik Hirszfeld, who created the scientific foundation for the blood groups. He is the author of dividing different bloods into groups A, B, AB, and O, which has been accepted and implemented all over the world. Hirszfeld discovered the serological conflict that sometimes occurs between a mother and a fetus, which may result in a miscarriage or damage to a fetus. Consequently, he developed the way
Due to late change in leadership, this year’s festival goes over one weekend only. The movie selection looks good though and the guest list includes Andrzej Chyra. Below is the schedule for the 32nd Seattle Polish Film Festival. Because of a technical issue at Egyptian all movies are screened at SIFF Film Center. Friday, November 8: 2:30 pm Short films from Gdynia Film School 4:30 pm “Out of Space“ (2022, 20′) – dir. Bartosz Nowacki,
Friends of Kino OKO would like to honor Alexandra Monk who passed away recently. Aleks / Ola was a co-founder of Kino OKO and presented Polish films for several years. In her memory we would like to show a movie which she – a true fan of Japanese cinema – liked a lot. This movie is “Departures” “Departures” is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita. The film follows a young man who
Join us for an extraordinary afternoon of film music at the Polish Cultural Center. Experience the magic of cinema through the compositions of renowned Polish composers brought to life in captivating performances. The program includes Bronisław Kaper – “Mutiny on the Bounty” Film Suite Theme from “Mutiny on the Bounty” Love Song Whiplashing Christian’s Torment The Landing Fishing The Conspiracy The Burial Wojciech Kilar Love Theme from “Dracula” Vocalise from “The Ninth Gate” Theme from
Legendary filmmaker Agnieszka Holland won the Golden Lion at the 2023 Venice Film Festival for this ground-level examination of the refugee crisis at the titular exclusion zone between Belarus and Poland, seen through the eyes of a Syrian family fleeing their war-torn home. “Green Border” depicts a family of Syrian refugees as they hope to cross the border from Belarus into Poland to escape the violence of their homeland and eventually connect with relatives living in
KINO OKO is showing another WWII documentary “Traveller. Action Intelligentsia / Podróżnik. Akcja Inteligencja” (2019, 56 min), directed by Hanna Etemadi. This fictionalized documentary is a story based on the memoires of Marian Główka – a teacher and scoutmaster from Silesia, arrested in the spring of 1940 as part of the German “Action Intelligentsia”. The goal of the action was physical elimination of Polish elites; one of most infamous cases was sending the whole body
Legendary filmmaker Agnieszka Holland won the Golden Lion at the 2023 Venice Film Festival for this ground-level examination of the refugee crisis at the titular exclusion zone between Belarus and Poland, seen through the eyes of a Syrian family fleeing their war-torn home. “Green Border” depicts a family of Syrian refugees as they hope to cross the border from Belarus into Poland to escape the violence of their homeland and eventually connect with relatives living in
A decades-spanning portrait of a transgender Polish woman on a journey of self-discovery is at the heart of Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert’s “Woman Of,” the latest from the two-time Berlin Silver Bear winner (“Body,” “Mug”) and her longtime collaborator. “Woman Of” tells the story of Aniela Wesoły, who for almost half her life has lived as a man in a provincial Polish town. Struggling against the social mores of her conservative community, Wesoły must
Update: the movie has won the Best Documentary and the Golden Space Needle awards at SIFF and can compete at the 2025 Oscars. Congratulations! The movie streams at SIFF till May 27. Seattle International Film Festival presents the documentary movie “Porcelain War” co-produced and co-written by the local filmmaker and the member of the Seattle Polish community Aniela Sidorska (Jr.). She was the principal producer and the creative force behind the movie. The film received
Kino OKO invites viewers to a screening of the documentary movie “Spitfire Liberator. The Alex Herbst Story” (92′) at the Polish Cultural Center. The movie directed by Sławomir Ciok and produced by Krzysztof Poraj-Kuczewski is in English and Polish with English subtitles. The movie tells the story of Witold “Alex” Herbst, a WWII Polish ace fighter pilot, who served in the famous Polish RAF squadrons 308 and 303. Alex was also a member of our
Every man IS a pig, and every woman too, in the movie “The Peasants / Chłopi” which is an adaptation of Władysław Reymont’s Nobel Prize-winning novel under the same title about life in a 19th century Polish village. The film tells the story of Jagna, a young woman determined to forge her own path within the confines of a late 19th century Polish village – a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor,
KINO OKO is showing another WWII documentary “Stefan Starzynski. Investigation Discontinued / Stefan Starzyński. Śledztwo umorzono” (2017, 60 min), directed by Hanna Etemadi. Stefan Starzyński was the Mayor of Warsaw from 1934 to October 1939. He became famous for his heroic attitude during the defense of Warsaw in September 1939. He refused to evacuate with the government to Romania and remained faithful to Warsaw to the end, He did not abandon it in the face
This is a repeat of the screening first featured on January 4, 2024. Krzysztof Poraj-Kuczewski and the Polish Movie Club Kino OKO invite you to a series of historical documentaries. The first to be presented is a documentary “Polish Underground Education / Indeks i Karabin. Tajne nauczanie” directed by Hanna Etemadi. The movie tells the story of Polish WWII resistance organizing education at the high-school and college level in face of the Nazis allowing only
This event has been rescheduled from December. Krzysztof Poraj-Kuczewski and the Polish Movie Club Kino OKO invite you to a series of historical documentaries. The first to be presented is a documentary “Polish Underground Education / Indeks i Karabin. Tajne nauczanie” directed by Hanna Etemadi. The movie tells the story of Polish WWII resistance organizing education at the high-school and college level in face of the Nazis allowing only vocational schools for Poles. More: about