Events
SpIFF Social Hour
The Garland Theater 924 West Garland Avenue, Spokane, United StatesJoin us as we gather to celebrate the Spokane International Film Festival’s 22nd year! Rub elbows with fellow film aficionados and visiting filmmakers! This SpIFFy soirée will have food, drink, a no-host bar, and the artwork of Posterize! Admission to the SpIFF Social Hour is included with your ticket to Opening Night.
Opening Night – Best of the Northwest + Quiet Explosions: Healing the Brain
The Garland Theater 924 West Garland Avenue, Spokane, United StatesJoin us on February 28 for the opening night of SpIFF 2020 at the Garland Theater as we kick off with a SpIFF social hour at 6:00pm, followed by the Best of the Northwest Shorts, a 93-minute program featuring 11 short films inspired by the Pacific Northwest. Then stick around for an intermission and desserts…
Bamboo and Barbed Wire
The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesUSA / 2019 / 83 min. Directed by Karen Day Sponsored by SFCC Student Activities Watch trailer Bamboo and Barbed Wire chronicles U.S. justice system from internment in WWII to the Muslim travel ban enacted in 2017. With appearances by Ruth Bader Ginsberg and George Takei.
World Shorts
The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesWorld / 90 min. / Short Films Various languages with English subtitles A selection of the finest short films from around the world. With English subtitles. Anna Ukraine / 15 min. / Ukrainian/English Directed by Dekel Berenson Living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine, Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a change. Lured…
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesCanada / 2019 / 83 min. Directed by Alison Reid Sponsored by EWU Watch trailer The Woman Who Loves Giraffes profiles Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, who started studying giraffes in the wild in South Africa in 1956, and provides an intimate look at her career and the animals she has always loved.
Eagle Boy + Shorts
The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesEagle Boy USA / 2018 / 59 min. Directed by Ruth Eddy and Samuel Wilson Watch trailer Eagle Boy follows a team competing in a treacherous horse competition, "The Suicide Race". Horses and jockeys dash down steep hills and hurtle across the Okanogan River on the Colville Reservation. The meditative pace of film looks beyond…
The Wolf House
The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesChile/Germany / 2018 / 74 min. Directed by Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León Watch trailer The Wolf House tells the story of Maria, a young woman who has recently excaped from a sect of German religious fanatics. But The Wolf House is inhabited only by animals, and nightmarish situations unfold.
Workshop: Introduction to SAG-AFTRA Low Budget Agreements
Saranac Building Third Floor 25 W Main Avenue, Spokane, WA, United States***This event is free but is limited to 50 people. First come, first served. Located on the third floor of the Saranac Building; SpIFF volunteers will be available to help you find the location. Spokane-area SAG-AFTRA members: Don’t miss the workshop, “Introduction To SAG-AFTRA Low Budget Agreements,” with SAG-AFTRA Seattle Local Senior Business Representative Chris…
Book Week
The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesAustralia / 2018 / 102 min. Directed by Heath Davis Sponsored by EWU and Get Lit! Watch trailer A cantankerous English teacher and disgraced author must show he’s a changed man if his latest manuscript is to be published.
Song Lang
The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesVietnam / 2018 / 102 min. Directed by Leon Le Watch trailer An attractive, brooding male debt collector forms unlikely friendship with charismatic male lead actor of struggling opera troupe in 1980s Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). To their surprise, feelings are awakened in both men.
US Shorts
The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesUS / 110 min / Short Films A wide variety of short films from across the U.S.A. Echo United States / 4 min. / English Directed by Gabriele di Sazio A young and hopeful daydreamer finds an unexpected way to bring his grieving mother to smile. Yai Nin United States, Thailand / 13 min. /…
Balloon
The Magic Lantern Theater 25 W. Main Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesGermany / 2018 / 126 min.
Directed by Michael Herbig
Watch trailer
Before Germany's reunification, during the Cold War, two families in Communist East Germany attempt to escape to The West in their home-made hot-air balloon. Based on a true story.
