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PFFLA
News. September 25th, 2026.
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Dear
Polish Movie Buffs, Friends of Polish Cinematography and Film Lovers at
large!
Our
Selecting Committee just announced all admitted film titles to this year's
edition of the Polish
Film
Festival Los Angeles program. We have received 76 titles this year. 46
have been selected.
I
would like to thank our team of Selection Committee for their
dedication
and
time set aside to view such a great number of films.
Marek
Dzida, PFFLA Director.
www.PFFLA.org
T:
562.435-5232
director@pffla.org
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And the chosen films are:
Films
nominated to the 2026 Hollywood Eagle Award and selected to the 2026
festival program.
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Feature films:
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LACHTARA
– LONGING
Director
SEBASTIAN CHONDROKOSTAS
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GLORIOUS
SUMMER
Directors
Helena Ganjalyan, Bartosz Szpak
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BROTHER
IN LAW
Director
Szymon Jakubowski
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•
Short films:
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STEPMOTHER
Director
Adam Porębowicz
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NEVERLANDEX
Director
Agata Kapuścińska
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I
GAZE AT THE SKY
Director
Alexandra Strunin
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DREAM
UP THE TITLE
Director
Klaudia Fortuniak
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THE
PORCELAIN DOLL
Director
Maciej Bartoszewski
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IT’S
ALL BECAUSE OF HER
Director
Daria Kopiec
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NOTHING
ELSE
Director
Jakub Prysak
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CRAB
Director
Grzegorz Zariczny
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WOMAN
IN THE SEA
Director
Dominika Gnatek Niemczyk
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•
Documentary films
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MYSTERY
OF THE STARRY SQUADRON
Director
Jan Borowiec
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ROUNDELS–THE
7,000-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY
Director
Krzysztof Henryk Paluszyński
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HE
WILL BE THE CITY
Director
Magdalena Juszczyk
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ICEBREAKER
Director
Kuba Witek
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ANTONI
SZULCZYNSKI – A PAINTER FROM BIRTH
Director
Krzysztof Henryk Paluszyński
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NAJA
– A MESSAGE FROM ANOTHER WORLD
Director
Jacek Kościuszko
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GLASS
NEGATIVES
Director
Jan Borowiec
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•
Animation films
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TO
ASHES
Director
Konstancja Rawecka
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KORPOWRONA
Director
Jeremi Rządowski
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THINGS
I KEEP DOING
Director
Natalia Kwasowiec
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CENTRAL-MART
Director
Alicja Błaszczyńska
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DEAR
LEO SOKOLOSKY
Director
Weronika Szyma
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SHOPPING
Director
Magdalena Kudeł
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REANIMATION
Director
Magdalena Kudeł
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OLONGHO
Director
Anna Pyzik
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FALSE
DOOR
Director
Oktawia Derybowska
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DIPLODOKUS
Director
Wojtek Wawszczyk
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SPLIT
MYSELF IN TWO
Director
Aleksandra Gigiel
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PEARL
AGAINST THE SUN
Director
Karolina Walas
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Films
selected to the 2026 festival program:
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GOD
HAS GONE SILENT
Director
Janusz Dariusz Bojanski
Feature
Film
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"NOT
ONLY FOR THE LADIES: THE FANTASTIC ADVENTURES OF MISS CLEOPATRA
Director
Piotrek Golebiowski
Feature
Film
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THE
MODERN SAMURAI
Director
Michael Jacyna
Short
Film
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THE
LOTTERY
Director
Filip Gąsiorowski
Short
Film
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UNDER
THE SKY
Director
Marta Skiba
Short
Film
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LET”S
LEAVE IT UNTITLED
Director
Mieszko Chomka
Short
Film
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NOT
TO COME BACK
Director
Katarzyna Lewek
Short
Film
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NO
SONG IN THE AIR
Director
Joanna Różniak
Short
Film
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MIRROR
Director
Ula Zawadzka
Short
Film
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BALOONS
Director
Jakub Michnikowski
Short
Film
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BACK
TO ONE - RETURN TO GROUND ZERO
Director
Sylvester P. Lukasiewicz
Documentary
Film
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THE
WAY OF THE PILGRIM
Director
Karol Pawłowski
Documentary
Film
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MAMA’S
VOICE
Director
Ganna Yarovenko
Documentary
Film
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THE
SECRET LIFE OF FLOWERS
Director
Jakub Wenda
Documentary
Film
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THE
VANISHING OF DOLORES WULFF
Director
Paul Sadowski
Documentary
Film
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We
are happy to announce our presence at the annual "Dozynki"
festivals in Los Angeles
and
Orange County. We will host our booth where everyone will be able
to find out more
about
this year's program and Opening Gala Celebration of our film
festival.
We
will have the passes for the Gala Opening of the festival ready
for you for a minimum donation of $100.
Remember,
you can bring anyone under 25 years of age for free with you to
the Gala.
The
Gala Opening & Award Ceremony with a premiere film screening
will be hosted on November 12th in North Hollywood.
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Please
visit us at the booth during the following dates:
At
Saint John Paul II Polish Center
, 3999 N Rose Dr, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Saturday,
September 19th, 12:00 PM to 11:00PM
Sunday,
September 20th, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
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Polish
Roman Catholic Church, 3424 W. Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90018
Saturday,
September 26th, 12:00 PM to 11:00PM
Sunday,
September 27th, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
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FREE
ADMISSION
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L to
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Mateusz
Gmura, Consul, Head
of the Department for Polish Diaspora, Communication and Public
Diplomacy
Marek
Dzida, Polish Film Festival Los Angeles Director
Paulina
Kapuśćińska,
Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles
Gabriela
Mudlaff, Polish Film Festival Los Angeles, Ambassador of Forein
Affairs
Andrzej
Kamrowski, Polish Film Festival Los Angeles, Chairperson of Board
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On
the 25th of August, 2026, a very warm and successful
meeting took place
between
the Consul General of Poland in Los Angeles Mrs. Paulina Kapuscińska
with
Consul Mr. Mateusz Gmura and the Polish Film Festival Los Angeles
representatives.
Many
great words were exchanged and the plan for future cooperation and
mutual
support
has been established. We have a clear path to make the PFFLA the
signature Polish event in Los Angeles.
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See
you at the festival November 12th through 15th this year. The
Opening Gala passes
are
available now for $100 per person. All under 25 years of age will
be admitted for free.
For
more details please call: 562.435-5232.
Marek
Dzida, PFFLA Director.
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Academy
Museum of Motion Pictures
presents "Wajda Generation"
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As
part of the Andrzej Wajda Year 2026, AMMP ( https://www.academymuseum.org
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will present the second edition of WAJDA GENERATION in Los
Angeles together with our friends
at the Academy Museum of Motion
Pictures. The program will feature three films directed by
Agnieszka Holland,
alongside Korczak, directed by Andrzej Wajda
from her screenplay. The Academy Museum is the world's
largest
museum devoted to the art, science, and artists of filmmaking.
Screenings will take place from
July 31 to August 2, 2026.
WAJDA
GENERATION is a project initiated by the Wajda Film Centre
to mark
the Andrzej Wajda Year 2026.
The
project presents the cinema of Andrzej Wajda and that of his
generation as
an ongoing dialogue—between filmmakers, between
Polish and international cinema,
and between the past and the
present. Agnieszka Holland occupies a central place in
this
dialogue, embodying both the legacy of Andrzej Wajda and a fully
independent artistic
voice
- one of the most distinctive and
fearless in European cinema of the past several decades.
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Program:
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Friday,
July 31, 7:30 p.m.
GREEN
BORDER
Directed
by Agnieszka Holland
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Saturday,
August 1, 2:30 p.m.
FRANZ
Directed
by Agnieszka Holland
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Saturday,
August 1, 7:30 p.m.
EUROPA
EUROPA
Directed
by Agnieszka Holland
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Sunday,
August 2, 1:00 p.m.
KORCZAK
Directed
by Andrzej Wajda
TICKETS
> https://www.academymuseum.org/tickets
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More
information (In Polish)
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Co-financed
by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture
Promotion Fund – a state special-purpose fund.
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YOU
ARE INVITED!
To
the free
screening of
the Hollywood Eagle Award Winner for the best feature film
of
2025 at the Polish Film Festival Los Angeles,
THE
ROAD TO NOWHERE by Amadeusz Kocan.
English
subtitles. 84 min.
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Saturday,
May 30th at 8:00PM at
PFFLA screening room, 117 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802. Tel:
562.435-5232.
Film
talk after the screening with the PFFLA Director Marek Dzida.
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Synopsis.
In
a ruined world where survival is the only goal, a lone wanderer
roams the wastelands.
Haunted
by fragmented memories of a life once lived, he meets a stranger
and begins
to
unravel his dark past. As time loses its meaning and the last
remnants of humanity slip
through
his fingers, the journey becomes a battle not only against the
void
around
him but against the turmoil within his own soul.
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PFFLA
Board of Directors welcomes its new Treasurer and Secretary!
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And
the 2025 Hollywood Eagle goes to...
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For
Best Film
ROAD
TO NOWHERE, director Amadeusz Kocan, Polish independent feature
film. Produced by Green Mountain Pictures
For
Best Documentary Film
ANTONI
PATEK PATRIOT AND WATCHMAKER by Krzsztof Henryk Paluszynski.
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For
Best Short Film
STIMULANTS
AND EMPATHOGENS by Mateusz Pacewicz.
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For
Best Animated Film
THERE
WILL BE NO OTHER END by Piotr Milczarek.
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For
Most Admired Film by the Audience
SYNC
by Carolina Alvarez
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The
Cinema Without Borders, Bridging the Borders Award went to
MOTHER
by Sebastian Kwidzynski.
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CONGRATULATIONS
to All Winners!!!
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All
the winners’ films will be screened again at Hellada Gallery
within next few weeks.
Watch
out for updates about when it will happen at PFFLA.org.
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OUR
JURORS OF 2025:
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In
Feature Film
Matt
Kollar
Martin
Harris
Konstantin
Lavysh
Anna
Dobrowolska
In
Short Film
Chris
Satola
Leon
Waszak
In
Documentary Film
Marek
Szaniawski
Leonard
Konopelski
In
Animated Film
Robert
Prior
Nicole
Strubinski
Danny
Carlos
From
Cinema Without Borders
In
Short Film Category
Bijan
Tehrani
Wladek
Juszkiewicz
Lucyna
Boyle
NargesSamadi
Jacqueline
Rush Riviera
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ANNOUCING
the
nominees for Hollywood Eagle(TM)
Awards
of
Polish Film Festival Los Angeles 2025!
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Hollywood
Eagle(TM)
Award for
Best Film.
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THE MULTIDIMENSIONALS: STAR ENVOY, Director Ewa
Pirog-Rojas.
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SYNC, Director Carolina Alvarez.
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THE ROAD TO NOWHERE, Director Amadeusz Kocan.
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Hollywood
Eagle(TM)
Award
for Best Short Film.
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THE TRAP, Director Vitalii Havura.
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STIMULANTS & EMPATHOGENS, Director Mateusz Pacewicz.
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BUTTERFLY EFFECT, Director Aglaja Semienova.
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NOTHING SERIOUS, Director Kamil Czudeja.
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ATTRACTION, Director Aleksandra Szczepaniak.
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EWA’S LETTER, Director Keaton James Browning.
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FROM YOU, Director Jędrzej Gorski.
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ENDS AND BEGINNINGS, Director Klaudia Fortuniak.
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FATHERLAND, Director Ania Johnston.
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MOTHER, Director Sebastian Kwidziński.
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LET’S WAIT A LITTLE LONGER, Director Wiktoria Kwoka.
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BIDET, Director James Brylowski.
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Hollywood
Eagle(TM)
Award for
Best Documentary Film.
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DR. ZYGMUNT KLUKOWSKI ANATOMY OF FREEDOM, Director Damian
Bieniek.
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BASIA: THREE SHORT STORIES, Director Mateusz Pietrak.
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DISCOVERING EDMUND, Director Isabella Kolb.
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ANTONI PATEK PATRIOT AND WATCHMAKER, Director Krzysztof
Henryk Paluszyński.
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IN LIMBO, Director Alina Maksimienko.
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PEOPLE ON THE MOVE, Directors Dominika Laster, Trevor
Meier.
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ELMI, Director Bartosz Wróblewski.
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GETTING TO KNOW ME, Director Joanna Krzyżewska.
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Hollywood
Eagle(TM)
Award for
Best Animated Film.
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PLEASE DON’T CALL, Director Agnieszka Łukasiewicz.
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FOUR WALLS OF MEMORY, Director Joanna Płatek.
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IT’S SHOWTIME!!!, Director Jakub Kostewicz.
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MARGO, Director Michalina Sąsiadek.
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THE DOOR, Director Paulina Woźniak.
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THE EXECUTION OF MEMORY, Director Gabi Bania.
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NUTCRACKER GIRL, Director Michalina Musialik.
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THERE WILL BE NO OTHER END, Director Piotr Milczarek.
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ESSENCE OF YOURSELF, Director Patrycja Kupczyk.
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PAPER LOVE, Director Jeremi Rzadowski.
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FLAME, Director Elzbieta Muskietorz.
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TO THE KINDERGARTEN, LA, LA, LA, Director Kajetan Łukasz
Pochyls.
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NIBBLING OF THE NIGHT, Director Gabi Bania.
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Hollywood
Eagle(TM)
Award Audience Best Choice.
Will
be announced at the last day of the festival.
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GREAT
NEWS!
Today
it is official. Two renowned Polish film schools
are teaming up with the PFFLA and will be
showcased
in
the program this year. Wajda School and Studio
& Gdynia Film School will present their
newest
film
productions as part of the 2025 program of Polish
Film Festival Los Angeles.
The
screening of students' films will be incorporated
into the program most likely
on
November 22nd. Look for program updates on this
fantastic news.
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Visit
our outdoor booth at the Polish Harvest Festival on
Saturday and Sunday, September 20th & 21st.
POLISH
HARVEST FESTIVAL
3999
Rose Dr, Yorba Linda, CA 92886.
Saturday
12PM to 11PM,
Sunday
11AM to 4PM.
Free
admission. Open to all.
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PFFLA.org
T:
562.435-5232 director@pffla.org
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The
2025 voluteer's meeting is scheduled for Saturday,
September
27th at 3:00PM at Hellada Gallery, 117 Linden Ave, Long
Beach, CA 90802.
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Everyone
is invited to join our efforts ahead of the preparations
for the 26th Annual event!
Help
to promote Polish culture and join our HOLLYWOOD team!
PFFLA
www.PFFLA.org
T:
562.682-9735
Director@pffla.org
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Just arrived! New
2025 PFFLA poster by
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