Maryna Ajaja

Programmer/selector since 1997 for the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), a 25 day film festival of over 400 films, which includes features, documentaries, archival films, animation, experimental and short films. Ajaja is a writer and a poet and specializes in films from Eastern/Central Europe, Russia, Baltics and Central Asia. Born in Hollywood, she has lived in Moscow and Saint Petersburg but makes her home in Seattle, Washington.