PRESS COVERAGE

The 12th annual Seattle Polish Film Festival opens on Friday, November 7th, 2003 and will run through Sunday, November 16th, with a midweek break, at the Broadway Performance Hall.

Launching the Festival will be “When the Sun Was God - An Ancient Tale”, the latest film by a veteran director Jerzy Hoffman (“With Fire and Sword”, “The Quack”, “Lepper”, “Deluge”), based on the classic novel by Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski. Starring in the film are the award-winning actors Michal Zebrowski, Daniel Olbrychski, Ewa Wisniewska, Jerzy Trela, and Anna Dymna. The Festival’s opening screening and opening reception gala will be attended by the honorable Jerzy Hoffman and the film’s co-producer Jerzy Michaluk (“With Fire and Sword”). Moviegoers will have an opportunity to meet the guests.

Additionally this year's Festival will feature some of the best recently-produced Polish films. Festival attendees will have a chance to see "Weiser", "Eden": Poland's submission in the Best Animated Feature category to the 2003 Academy Awards®, some of the best new Polish independent films such as "Touch me" and "Chopper", the highly acclaimed short "Antichrist"an archival screening of Krzysztof Zanussi's feature directorial debut "Structure of Crystal" as well as many other films. The festival will also include a photo and poster exhibition centered around one of Poland's best and largest festivals, the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia.