Shows for February 03, 2013Schedule is subject to change. Please check spokanefilmfestival.org and SpIFF venues for any changes that may occur to our events. 
Hellbound?Director: Kevin Miller / Canada / 2012 / 84 mins / Nonfiction Features Hellbound? asks why we are so bound to the idea of hell and what our view of hell reveals about how we perceive God, the Bible and, ultimately, ourselves. Preceded by Bydlo
Director: Patrick Bouchard / Canada / 2012 / 9 min / Animation Bydlo is a tragic vision inspired by Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Recommended for Mature Audiences
Hosted by Kevin Decker of Eastern Washington University
* If no tickets are available online, limited quantities may be available at the door. 
Cartoon CollegeDirector: Josh Melrod/Tara Wray / USA / 2012 / 78 mins / Nonfiction Features Each fall The Center for Cartoon Studies invites 20 of the world's most promising aspiring cartoonists and graphic novelists to the ramshackle village of White River Junction, Vermont for a no-holds-barred education in comics.
Hosted by Sayer Broughton, SpIFF Programmer
* If no tickets are available online, limited quantities may be available at the door. 
Bert Stern: Original MadmanDirector: Shannah Laumeister / USA / France / 2011 / 93 mins / Nonfiction Features This story of self-creation — rise, fall, and reinvention — follows Bert Stern from his start as a mailroom boy at Look Magazine to his minting as one of the original photographer stars. Recommended for mature audiences.
Hosted by Irv Broughton of Spokane Falls Community College
* If no tickets are available online, limited quantities may be available at the door. 
Who Bombed Judi Bari?Director: Mary Liz Thomson / USA / 2012 / 94 mins / Nonfiction Features On May 24, 1990, Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney carbombed themselves. Or, at least, that’s what the FBI claimed after their car exploded with them inside. Who Bombed Judi Bari? tells the story of the bombing and of Bari’s position at the center of the Earth First! movement.
Please note that Darryl Cherney is no longer able to attend SpIFF.
Hosted by Mary Pat Treuthart of Movies 101 and Gonzaga Law School (Feb 2) and Bob Dean of Eastern Washington University (Feb 3)
* If no tickets are available online, limited quantities may be available at the door. 
Chinese Take-Away (Un Cuento Chino)Director: Sebastián Borensztein / Argentina/Spain / 2011 / 93 mins / In Spanish and Mandarin with English subtitles Bitter and methodic Roberto spends his days running his Buenos Aires hardware story, collecting bizarre news clippings and fending off the affections of his acquaintance Mari. But his world changes when he meets a Chinese man named Jun and becomes emeshed in the man’s life.
Hosted by Barbara Loste and Natalia Ruiz-Rubio of Eastern Washington University
* If no tickets are available online, limited quantities may be available at the door. 
NualaDirector: Patrick Farrelly / Kate O'Callaghan / Ireland/Germany/France/USA/UK/Spain / 2011 / 90 mins / Nonfiction Features Nuala tells the story of memoirist, critic and novelist Nuala O'Faolain though the eyes of her friend Marian Finucane. With only a month left to live, Nuala turned to Marian to talk about her impending death in a radio interview whose rawness transfixed all of Ireland and provoked an intense debate.
Hosted by Tony Flinn of Eastern Washington Univerity
* If no tickets are available online, limited quantities may be available at the door. 
The Perfect WeddingDirector: Scott Gabriel / USA / 2012 / 83 mins / Comedy / English The Perfect Wedding is the story of two gay men who meet and fall in love over a holiday weekend, albeit with many humorous complications.
Hosted by PJ Hanson, SpIFF Intern
* If no tickets are available online, limited quantities may be available at the door. 
World ShortsEnglish Subtitles or in English A Collection of Shorts from Argentina, Australia, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
* If no tickets are available online, limited quantities may be available at the door. |
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