Polish Film Festival 2017

18th Annual Polish Film Festival Los Angeles
OCTOBER 18-26, 2017
Egyptian Theatre, Laemmle's NoHo7 and Monica Film Center

The Polish American Film Society is proud to announce the 18th Annual Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles (October 18 – 26, 2017) celebrating the greatest achievements of Polish filmmakers.

The festival will open with THE ART OF LOVING. STORY OF MICHALINA WISLOCKA (Sztuka kochania. Historia Michaliny Wislockiej) by Maria Sadowska on October 18, 2017 with a star-studded gala during which both Polish and American filmmakers will walk the red carpet at Hollywood's legendary Egyptian Theatre. An extravagant start to a ten-day-long celebration of Polish Cinema through October 26, 2017 with subsequent  screenings at the Laemmle's NoHo 7 and Monica Film Center.

For the eighteenth time we will present the most recent achievements of Polish cinema of features, shorts, documentaries and animations:

AFTERIMAGE (Powidoki) by Andrzej Wajda,
AMOK by Kasia Adamik,
BLINDNESS (Zacma) by Ryszard Bugajski,
BODO by Michal Kwiecinski,
CONVOY (Konwoj) by Maciej Zak,
COSMOS.(Kosmos) by Marcin Kaminski,
THE CRYSTAL GIRL (Krysztalowa dziewczyna) by Artur Urbanski,
THE CUCULE (Kukoles) by Maciej Michalski,
CURSED (Wyklety) by Konrad Lecki,
DANTON by Andrzej Wajda,
THE ERLPRINCE (Krolewicz)  by Kuba Czekaj,
HATRED (Wolyn) by Wojciech Smarzowski,
A HEART OF LOVE (Serce milosci) by Lukasz Ronduda,
HUMBLE SERVANTS (Slugi boze) by Mariusz Gawrys,
THE LAST FAMILY (Ostatnia rodzina) by Jan P. Matuszynski,
LETTERS FROM RUSSIA (Listy z Rosji) by Wawrzyniec Kostrzewski,
LITTLE JAKUB (Maly Jakub) by Mariusz Bielinski,
LOVING VINCENT (Twoj Vincent) by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman,
MEMORIES OF SUMMER (Wspomnienie lata) by Adam Guzinski,
THE PLAYGROUND (Plac zabaw) by Bartosz M. Kowalski,
RAGE (Wscieklosc) by Michal Wegrzyn,
THE RECONCILIATION (Zgoda) by Maciej Sobieszczanski,
A SIMPLE STORY ABOUT MURDER (Prosta historia o morderstwie) by Arkadiusz Jakubik,
THE SON OF SNOW QUEEN (Syn krolowej sniegu) by Robert Wichrowski,
STARS (Gwiazdy) by Jan Kidawa-Blonski,
THE TAILOR (Krawiec) by Michal Kwiecinski,
THE TOWER (Wieza) by Karolina Bregula.

In the segment of movies made abroad by Polish filmmakers, with Polish talent, or with Polish subject, we are planning to present: 

ANIMALS (Zwierzeta) by Greg Zglinski,
BIKINI BLUE by Jaroslaw Marszewski,
BLIND DATE by Mateusz Zebrowski,
THE BUREAU by Marshall Dungan,
THE COUSIN by Angie Polkovich,
THE DOCTOR IS IN by Noah Gilbert,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY by Kyle Kelley,
I, OLGA HEPNAROVA (Ja, Olga Hepnarova) by Tomas Weinreb and Petr Kazda,
KOSCIUSZKO: A MAN AHEAD OF HIS TIME by Alex Strozynski,
THE MAN WHO SNUCK INTO AUSCHWITZ: WITOLD PILECKI by David Hirschhorn and Jackson Hammond,
MAY FIFTEENTH IN PARIS by Janek Ambros,
MY MARILYN by Marcus Mizelle,
QUEEN OF SPADES by Aygul Maksutova,
THE TWISTED DOLL by Andrew de Burgh.

The Festival is sponsored by the Polish Film Institute, Senate of the Republic of Poland, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland, LOT Polish Airlinen (the official airline partner of the Festival), POLAM, Polish Filmmakers Association, Department of Cultural Affairs of City of Los Angeles, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles, ELMA, Polish Center of Los Angeles, Helena Modjeska Art and Cultural Club, Elzbieta Szoka and Andrzej Dobrzynski. 

For more information and festival schedule please visit: PFFLA2017