Informujemy, że nasza organizacja otrzymała dofinansowanie ze środków Kancelarii Senatu w ramach konkursu „Senat – Polonia 2026” na realizację działania pt. Festiwal Polskich Filmów w Seattle w ramach współpracy miast Seattle–Gdynia („Seattle Polish Film Festival”). Nazwa zadania publicznego: Światło. Kamera. Polska! – Festiwale Filmowe Polonii 2026.
Kwota dotacji: 53 150,00 PLN. Całkowita wartość zadania publicznego: 200 519,12 PLN. Data podpisania umowy: Czerwiec 2026. Celem konkursu jest zachowanie dziedzictwa narodowego i promocja kultury polskiej. Zadanie koncentruje się na zachowaniu i promocji polskiego dziedzictwa narodowego oraz wzmacnianiu więzi Polonii z Polską poprzez organizację festiwali polskiego kina w Ameryce Północnej. Zadanie skupia się na upowszechnianiu polskiej kultury filmowej, prezentacji dorobku współczesnej i klasycznej kinematografii oraz tworzeniu przestrzeni do dialogu międzykulturowego i międzypokoleniowego.
DOFINANSOWANO ZE ŚRODKÓW BUDŻETU PAŃSTWA
DOTACJA CELOWA NA DOFINANSOWANIE REALIZACJI ZADANIA PUBLICZNEGO Z ZAKRESU OPIEKI SENATU RP NAD POLONIĄ I POLAKAMI ZA GRANICĄ W 2026 ROKU
We are excited to announce this year's Poster Competition winner: Thank you Everett Goodyear for your awesome design that won the contest. We received 59 submissions this year and we wish we could use all of the amazing designs. Thank you to everyone who participated and we hope to see your poster designs again next year!
Artist bio: Everett Goodyear is a Vancouver- based screenwriter and graduate student in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of British Columbia. His work spans film, writing, and visual media.
WA Give BIG fundraiser is going on right now! Our festival is run purely on donations from the community and nonprofit organizations. Every year we are able to bring the community together to appreciate the Polish art of film. For those able - please donate and help the festival stick around for another amazing year!
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Seattle Jewish Film Festival Presents: Among Neighbors
We’re excited to partner with the Seattle Jewish Film Festival to bring you Among Neighbors, a powerful and moving documentary that explores the intertwined lives of Jews and Catholics in a rural Polish town before, during, and after World War II. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Yoav Potash, this film blends magical realism, evocative hand-drawn animation, and vérité testimony to illuminate stories of community, memory, and healing.
Date & Time (In-Person Screening): Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Watch & Buy Tickets: https://seattlejff.org/events/sjff2026amongneighbors/
Special Guest: Director Yoav Potash will be joining for the screening.
Join us for this unforgettable storytelling experience as part of the broader Seattle Jewish Film Festival celebration of cinema that connects communities and sparks conversation.