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The '''Seattle Polish Film Festival''' ('''SPFF''') is an annual film festival, held in [[Seattle, Washington]], showcasing current and past films of [[Polish cinema]].<ref>WILLIAM ARNOLD, [http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/337777_polishfilmfest02.html  "Film buff sinks teeth into second Polish film festival"] ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]''</ref><ref>WILLIAM ARNOLD, [http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/337717_polishfest02.html  Polish film festival honors a living legend, in person and on-screen] November 1, 2007</ref> 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 in film|1992]]. 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).<ref>[http://www.polishfilms.org/awards.html  Seattle Polish Film Festival awards]</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Cinema of Poland]]
* [[List of famous Poles]]
* [[List of film festivals]]
* [[List of film-related topics|List of motion picture-related topics]] (Extensive alphabetical listing and glossary).
* [[National Film School in Łódź]]
* [[New York Polish Film Festival]]
* [[Outline of film]]
* [[Polish film school]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.polishfilms.org Seattle Polish Film Festival website]

[[Category:Film festivals in Washington (state)]]
[[Category:Festivals in Seattle]]
[[Category:Culture of Seattle]]
[[Category:Cinema of Poland]]
[[Category:Polish-American culture in Washington (state)]]
[[Category:Film festivals established in 1992]]


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