POLISH FILM CLUB 'OKO'

There was a longish hiatus in the OKO activities,  but now the Polish film club is back and hopefully will be working as a natural extension of Seattle Polish Film Festival (SPFF - an annual event showcasing the best of Polish cinema since the early 1990s). The SPFF opens very soon soon  with a big party (free admission!) on Thursday, October 8, 6-9 p.m. Seattle at Polish Cultural Center  on Capitol Hill,  followed by 2 weekends full of Polish movies: Frid/Sat/Sun, Oct. 9/10/11 & Frid/Sat/Sun, Oct. 16/17/18, all playing at SIFF Cinema Uptown (on Queen Ann Hill) - schedule here ... SPFF is sponsored by Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association  and YES, in case you are wondering or not confused yet,  SPFF is part of   Seattle International Film Festival , which shows extraordinary films from different parts of the world all year round, as Seattleites are quite movie lovers. SO, after a big Polish film bonanza this October at Seatt...

There will be no OKO film in November, but plenty of opportunities to see Polish films, as the 19th Annual Seattle Polish Film Festival (SPFF) is coming to town.... SPFF runs November 4-5-6 and November 11-12-13 (two consecutive weekends) at the newly remodeled SIFF Cinema at the Uptown ,  located 511 Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle.  Tickets are $10 at the door. The Festival’s feature movie is Black Thursday set to show on Sunday, November 6 at six o’clock p.m. This film will be followed by a Question and Answer panel discussion and a second film, Poland in Freedom . For the full schedule and extras - Nov. 6th reception with director Antoni Krauze, producer Kazimierz Beer, actress Ewa Kasprzyk and producer Jakub Michalski;  2-for-1 ticket offer and more -  go to the Festival website at:   http://www.polishfilms.org/ Most movies listed are recent and contemporary, but a few oldies thrown too ( CAREER OF NI...

Do widzenia, do jutra ( Goodbye, till tomorrow ), B&W, 80 min, English subtitles. Directed by Janusz Morgenstern Script: Zbigniew Cybulski, Bogumił Kobiela, Wilhelm Mach. Music: Krzysztof Komeda Cast: Zbigniew Cybulski (Jacek), Teresa Tuszyńska (Margueritte), Grażyna Muszyńska, Barbara Baranowska , Włodzimierz Bielicki, Jacek Fedorowicz, Roman Polański, Eleonora Kałużyńska (voice) and others. Do widzenia, do jutra ( Goodbye, till tomorrow ) is the directorial debut (1960) of Janusz Morgenstern (1922-2011) His other films include Jowita (1967), We Have to Kill this Love (1972), W-Hour (1979), and Lesser of Two Evils (2009). His TV series are Stake Larger than Life (1967-1968), Columbuses (1970), and Polish Roads (1976). Do widzenia, do jutra takes place during the second half of the fifties in Gdansk and Sopot. A young student theatre director, Jacek,(Zbigniew Cybulski) meets a beautiful girl, the daughter of French consul, Margueritte (Teresa Tuszynska). H...