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Polish Festival
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Taking the 100th anniversary photo |
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Oct 27-29: SPFF: The Second Weekend at Various
Venues |
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2017 SPFF Poster |
This is the program for the second weekend of the 25th Seattle
Polish Film Festival; all movies with English subtitles as
needed.
Friday, October 27 at
AMC Pacific Place 11
8:00 pm
Volhynia / Wołyń,
2016 drama, 150 min, dir. by Wojciech Smarzowski
Actors Arkadiusz Jakubik & Janusz Chabior and
cinematoghrapher Mikołaj Trzaska at Q&A
Saturday, October 28 at
SIFF Film Center
12:00 pm
Double ticket about Lem
The
Solaris' Author / Autor Solaris,
2016, Stanisław Lem bio
Layer
Cake / Przekładaniec,
1968 comedy, dir. Andrzej Wajda
1:45 pm Two short films
Unstoppables / Niepowstrzymani,
2015 documentary, 73 min, dir. Bartosz Kowalski
On the
Road / Na drodze,
2016 thriller, 24 min, dir. Bartosz Nowacki at Q&A
3:45 pm
Amok,
2017 docudrama, 108 min., dir. Kasia Adamik;
Q&A with actor
Łukasz Simlat and screenwriter Richard Karpala
6:00 pm Secret screening of a 2017 movie
8:15 pm
Stars /
Gwiazdy,
2017 drama, 106 min, dir. Jan Kidawa-Błoński;
Q&A with actors Karolina Szymczak and Janusz
Chabior
Sunday, October 29 at
SIFF Film Center
12:00 pm
I, Olga Hepnarova / Ja,
Olga Hepnarova,
2017 drama, 100 min,
dir. by Tomas
Weinreb & Petr Kazda
2:00 pm
Brother
Karel / Braciszek Karel,
2017 documentary, 56 min, dir. Krystyna Krauze at Q&A
3:50 pm
The
Reconciliation / Zgoda,
2017 drama, 87 min, dir. Maciej Sobieszczański at Q&A
6:00 pm
A Simple
Story About Murder / Prosta historia o zabijaniu,
2016 thriller, 89 min,
dir. Arkadiusz
Jakubik at Q&A
8:00 pm
The Last
Family / Ostatnia rodzina,
2016 drama / bio, 112 min, dir. Jan Matuszyński
More:
Seattle Polish Film Festival,
SGSCA |
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Oct 26, 7:30 pm: Jazzman Mikołaj Trzaska at Good Shepherd Center |
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Mikołaj Trzaska |
The Earshot Jazz
Festival presents a concert by a trio led by pianist Robin
Holcomb with JP Carter (trumpet) and Dylan van der Schyff
(drums). The concert will open with Polish saxophonist and
clarinet player Mikołaj Trzaska. Mr. Trzaska is a composer and
player based in Gdansk, he also writes scores to movies and
theatrical plays.
Where: at
Good Shepherd Center on Capitol Hill in Seattle;
tickets $10 - $18
More:
M. Trzaska website |
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Oct 24-26: SPFF: Free Movies at the Polish
Cultural Center |
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2017 SPFF Poster |
These movies are all
screened at the Polish Cultural Center free of charge.
Tuesday,
October 24
8:00 pm
Bodo,
2016 drama / bio, 106 min, dir. Michał Kwieciński
Wednesday,
October 25
8:00
pm Documentaries & Independents, part 2. Guiding Lights:
Documentary portraits of resilience
Two
Worlds / Dwa światy,
2017, 51.25 min,dir. Maciej Adamek
By
Stanley For Stanley / Film dla Stasia,
2017, 53.40 min, dir. Monika Meleń at Q&A
Thursday,
October 26
8:00 pm
70 Years
of the Polish Animation,
90 min
a collection of notable Polish animation films from
Tango
to
Peter and
the Wolf
Where: at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski
in Seattle;
free admission
More:
Seattle Polish Film Festival,
SGSCA |
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Oct 21, 10
am - 2pm: Fall Cleanup at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The Polish Home Assn
invites all members and friends of the Polish Home to
a cleanup party from
10 am to 2 pm, delicious lunch included!
Besides the usual tending to the greenery around the building,
the goal is spruce up interior downstairs and upstairs. Please come with
your own tools and cleaning supplies. Everyone is invited.
Where: at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski
- drop by when you can for as
long as you can - every pair of hands helps! Free lunch
served!
More:
Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home Association website |
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Oct 20 - Nov 2: Movie Loving Vincent
at SIFF Cinema
Uptown |
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This ground
breaking feature-length painted
animation movie is a bio of Vincent van Gogh, the famous
impressionist painter, covering his entire life and his famous
paintings. The film has been co-created by Polish painter Dorota
Kobiela and filmmaker Hugh Welchman who won an Oscar for
Peter and
the Wolf
in 2008.
Where: at
SIFF
Cinema Uptown
in Seattle;
tickets $14 / $13 / $9
More:
movie description
at SIFF
Cinema website |
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Oct 20-22: SPFF: The First Weekend at SIFF
Cinema Uptown |
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2017 SPFF Poster |
This is the program for the first weekend of the
25th Seattle Polish Film Festival. All movies below are screened
at the SIFF Cinema Uptown in Seattle and have English subtitles
when necessary.
Friday, October 20
6:30 pm
The Eccentrics: On the Sunny Side of the Street
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Ekscentrycy czyli po słoneczniej
stronie ulicy, 2015 comedy, 108 min, dir. Janusz
Majewski; Q&A with actress Natalia Rybicka
9:00 pm
Loving Vincent / Twój Vincent, 2017 animation,
88 min,
dir. Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman
Saturday, October 21
12:00 pm
The Cursed One / Wyklęty, 2017 drama, 112 min,
dir. Konrad Lecki
2:10 pm Shorts & Independents p.1: Connect & Engage
- Polish Filmmakers Across the Globe: 71
min
Nowhere Band,
10.34 min., narrative, dir. Gabriel Bieńczycki at Q&A
Have No Fear,
17.54 min., documentary, dir. Beata Calińska & Sarah Jacobson at
Q&A
Seattle Workday,
11.55 min., documentary, dir. Agata Zych at Q&A
Polish Go Home,
29.56 min., documentary, dir. Elena Andreicheva
3:55 pm
Karbala, 2015 drama, 115 min, dir. Krzysztof
Łukaszewicz
6:05 pm
Humble Servants / Sługi Boże, 2016 thriller, 101
min, dir. Mariusz Gawryś
8:00 pm
The Art of Loving / Sztuka kochania. Historia Michaliny
Wisłockiej,
2017 comedy/bio, 121 min, dir. Maria Sadowska;
Q&A with cinematographer Michał Sobociński
Sunday, October 22
12:00 pm A Celebration of Yiddish Film and Klezmer Music
A presentation, a 1930s Yiddish "talkie" film
about Jews in Poland and a klezmer music concert
2:55 pm Two Documentaries by dir. Sławomir Grünberg
Don't cry when I'm gone / Nie płacz kiedy odjadę,
Wanda Sieradzka bio
Exodus, about the K.T.O. theater in Cracow,
Poland
4:45 pm Three short films, 97 min
The Tenants / Lokatorki, 2015, dir.
award winner Klara Kochańska at Q&A
First Pole on Mars / Pierwszy Polak na Marsie,
2016, 39 min, dir. Agnieszka Elbanowska
Best Fireworks Ever / Najlepsze fajerwerki ever,
2017, 30 min, dir. Aleksandra Terpińska;
Q&A with actress Justyna Wasilewska
6:30 pm
Convoy / Konwój,
2017 thriller, 91 min, dir. Maciej Żak;
Q&A with cinematographer Michał Sobociński
8:30 pm
The Crystal Girl / Kryształowa
dziewczyna, 2016 drama, 90 min, dir. Artur
Urbański
Where: at
SIFF
Cinema Uptown
in Seattle; tickets
at various prices, some movies are free
More:
Seattle Polish Film Festival |
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Oct 19, 6-9 pm: SPFF: Vodka and a
Drop of Art Party at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The
Seattle Polish Film Festival invites everybody to the festival
kick-off party at the Polish
Home in Seattle.
Vodka and a Drop of Art is a showcase of classic Polish
poster art, with music, food, red carpet photos, vodka testing
and a chance to meet Polish filmmakers coming to this
year's SPFF. This event is also part of the Capitol Hill Art Walk.
Come to enjoy the art, the spirits and starting the festival in
style.
Where: at
the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski,
in Seattle,
admission free
More:
Seattle Polish Film Festival |
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Oct 8, 2:30 pm: PHA Members' Photograph
Taking at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The 75th anniversary photo |
The
Polish Home Assn
invites all members of the organization to participate in a
group photo that will be featured in the book commemorating
100th Anniversary of the PHA coming up in November 2018.
For more info please read the
PHA
anniversary book brochure.
The book should be available in spring 2018.
Update: a
picture gallery from the event, and
another one
Where: at
the
Polish Cultural Center Dom
Polski,
in Seattle,
admission free
More:
for more info about 100th anniversary contact
Lidia Jasklowska, for info
about the anniversary book contact
Krystyna Untersteiner. |
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Oct 7, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm: We Are History
Keepers! Workshop in Kent |
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This is a return
of a very popular workshop. The Ethnic
Heritage Council and the Greater Kent Historical Society with the UW Libraries
and 4Culture
present A Free Workshop on Preserving the Cultural and Historical
Record of Your Ethnic Communities, Organizations and Families.
UW archivists/specialists will discuss such how-to topics as preserving
photos, organizing music collections, putting organizational
records in order, preserving personal papers.
Where: at the
Kent Senior Activity Center in Kent, WA;
reservation RSVP,
reservations required
More: Ethnic
Heritage Council website |
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Oct 5, 7:30 pm:
SPFF: 25th
Anniversary Party at the Northwest Film Forum |
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This year it is the 25th edition of Seattle
Polish Film Festival. Help SPFF celebrate this milestone at the
25th Anniversary Kick-Off Party. The program includes 2017 film
trailers, 25-year photo retrospective, guest and film
announcements, a sneak screening of a new festival movie, free
hors d'oeuvres and festival passes at early-bird discount.
Reservations are required to attend.
Where: at the Northwest Film
Forum in Seattle; tickets are free but you have to
register here
to get them! Tickets are going fast, so you better hurry!
More:
Seattle Polish Film Festival,
event
page on facebook |
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Oct 2,
7:30 pm:
Seattle International Piano Festival Winners' Concert at
Benaroya |
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The Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition (SIPF) presents
the
festival gold
medalists in the winners' concert.
Besides medals in different categories such as professional and
collegiate, the Festival features the winner of the President
Prize for the best performance of Chopin's works.
Organized by Seattle
International Piano Festival with Dr. Ivona Kaminska as the
President and a co-Founder.
Where:
Norcliffe Founders Room at Benaroya Hall in Seattle;
donation
suggested
More: about
SIPF,
Ivona Kaminska,
Chopin Academy of Music,
SIPF
runs from Sep 30 to Oct 2, 2017 |
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Oct 1,
12:30 - 2 pm:
Open House at
the Scout Troop Kaszuby at the Polish Cultural Center |
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The local Polish Scout ZHP Troop Kaszuby invites
everybody interested in scouting to the first meeting of the new
season. Children from 4 to 18 years old can sign up in age
groups 4-7 (skrzaty), 7-11 (zuchy), 11+ (harcerze) and 15+
(wędrownicy); the meetings are at
the Polish Cultural Center. The scouts organize camps and trips
and provide another excellent way for children to learn Polish
culture and traditions.
Where:
at the
Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski;
admission free, new members invited
More: Scout troop website;
for more info contact
Scout Master Anna Borodenko,
tel. (425) 280-4858 |
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Oct 1,
7:30 pm:
H. Minagawa in a Guest Recital at Benaroya |
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Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition (SIPF) presents
Japanese pianist Hidemi Minagawa in a guest concert. Ms.
Minagawa was the winner of the President's
Prize for the best performance of Chopin's works
in the 2015 competition. Her program includes
mazurkas and other works by Chopin, Szymanowski and Scriabin.
Where:
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall
in Seattle;
donation
suggested
More: more
info about
SIPF;
SIPF
runs from Sep 30 to Oct 2, 2017 |
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